I need help, y/y?
Aug. 18th, 2008 07:01 pmI'm suffering from the onset of vacation blues. This is what happens when friends are busy, there is no work to distract me and no class projects to geek out about. (Yes, I am such a nerd) I have also lost nearly all interest in fandom. I'm sure this is a temporary, though alarming, situation. Fandom is an integral part of my life after all. I think I'm just missing university. When there are classes, I can ignore my lack of social life. It is in vacation time that I begin to realize the consequences of being socially inept. Namely, I have very few friends in the world that I care to hang out with. Even Boy is insanely busy.
I think the main problem is that my inner procrastinator is suffering. The fundamental thing about habitual procrastinators is that they need to be constantly and deliberately NOT DOING something. That is the only way they get any work done - either through imminent threat of looming deadline or determinedly doing things which are less urgent in order to dstract them from the task at hand. Professional procrastinators are never more capable of enjoying life than when said enjoyment should by all rights be put on hold in favour of work. You'd think procrastinators hated work, wouldn't you? On the contrary, they love work! It gives them something to NOT be busy with.
Conversely, when a procrastinator has NO work of import to do, their chief occupation in life is taken away. This causes severe withdrawal usually manifest as "vacation blues". A common symptom of this is when said victim spends two hours googling the names of all her friends, classmates, boyfriend's classmates and passing acquiantances of the past five years just to see what kind of hits turn up.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is when you know that you have not only hit rock-bottom in the well of Pathetic, but then also found a drill.
I think the main problem is that my inner procrastinator is suffering. The fundamental thing about habitual procrastinators is that they need to be constantly and deliberately NOT DOING something. That is the only way they get any work done - either through imminent threat of looming deadline or determinedly doing things which are less urgent in order to dstract them from the task at hand. Professional procrastinators are never more capable of enjoying life than when said enjoyment should by all rights be put on hold in favour of work. You'd think procrastinators hated work, wouldn't you? On the contrary, they love work! It gives them something to NOT be busy with.
Conversely, when a procrastinator has NO work of import to do, their chief occupation in life is taken away. This causes severe withdrawal usually manifest as "vacation blues". A common symptom of this is when said victim spends two hours googling the names of all her friends, classmates, boyfriend's classmates and passing acquiantances of the past five years just to see what kind of hits turn up.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is when you know that you have not only hit rock-bottom in the well of Pathetic, but then also found a drill.