Procrastination

I am a procrastinator. Most projects I take on are very big, so I wait while I ponder how to handle them. Then, I am almost too late in diving in, and suddenly, I am under pressure. I work best under pressure. In fact, if there is no pressure, there is little work. I need a party planned to really clean the house well. I need grades to be due to get all the grading done. I need a problem with the car to have it maintenanced, and I need to be sick or out of medicine to go see a doctor. I know there is no excuse for this - none.

Right now I have 100 projects and 100 exams to grade and enter before January 5th. I brought them home with me to tackle over Christmas vacation. I had a plan...two hours a day each day and I could knock them out in three or 4 days. However, I got busy with other things. Shopping for Christmas, cleaning for Christmas, Christmas, cleaning up after Christmas, the nervous breakdown from all the stress, getting ready for New Years, thinking about taking down the Christmas decorations, the overstimulation of too much family...you see how it goes.

So, today, once I post this, I begin. I will take one class, wade through it, and go on to another until I am done. Because I am babysitting twins this weekend, I can't wait until then, so I have no choice but to do it now. Can't wait any longer. The heat is on.