I say I'm going to write a review today. I spend my time on Tumblr or Twitter. I say I will spend my time typing up some meme posts. I decide to read.
I am getting highly frustrated ..at myself.
I picked the worse possible time to bounce back. Midterms were just around the corner. All my free time was dedicated to creating study guides, studying and reviewing. Never knew it was stressful. Since I've never done midterms, I was terrified but they actually aren't that bad if you know your stuff. If I get one question wrong, then it's okay. It's one or two points. I'll live. Exactly how if miss to type a post. I'll live. It's okay. This is something I need to accept. If I mess up then I discourage myself harshly and end up typing nothing. So enough is enough. Midterms are over and I am off to truly get back to things.
There are so many quizzes, tests and just so much work. It's not going to get easier either. I think I finally have a handle on how I should do things. I don't want to make excuses for myself for not posting but I have to face facts. I am not responsible. I am not good with managing things. And I always procrastinate. In a way, I think everyone deals with this in some shape or form but it's just how they handle it to be how they conquer it and ..I think every day I'm getting better at it. Small things like avoiding temptations will lead to big victories. Practice makes better. Not perfect because no matter I won't be.
You go, Monica! I know you can do it! And I know what you mean. Midterms and high school in general is very tough, but once you find your groove, things will get better. And if you need to take a break to study for exams, take it! Don't feel bad about your decision because wouldn't you rather have good grades over an updated blog? You just have to find the balance, is all :)
ReplyDeleteYou just made me feel all kinds of happy. Thank you so much. :) A balance, I really like the sound of that.
DeleteI know exactly how you feel! In fact, I should be studying for an algebra midterm at the moment...But I'll get to that in a few minutes.
ReplyDeleteJuggling high school and blogging has been a lot harder than I thought it would be, and the fact that I choose to spend HOURS on Twitter and Tumblr instead of doing something productive definitely does not help. Just this month I went through this really weird period where I was just so stressed out because of school and homework and projects and tests. Add to that the fact that I had NO blog posts written at all, and I was freaking out. But I realized that sure, grades are important, but they are not worth getting insanely stressed about. Now I'm trying harder to not waste all my time on Tumblr, but I'm also not going to stop reading and blogging and everything because of school. School is important, but so is being happy and reading and chatting with friends on Twitter and all that. :)
I hope you're able to find a good balance that works for you! I've seen a bunch of other bloggers in similar situations recently, so just know that there are other people dealing with some of the same stuff you are if you ever want to talk about it. :)
-Rachel
(I hope that attempt at advice didn't suck. I mean, I really have no idea what the heck I'm doing, so maybe you shouldn't listen to me. :P)
It was amazing advice! I'm glad there are others like me and that's just it! We choose to spend our time on social networking sites and truth be told, it's not helping anyone.
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