Roxy highlights her choice for the perfect guys to look for this summer.
Roxy looks at whether the "other woman" is always in the wrong.
Sound familiar?
I hope not! I would like to think that I'm not the only one with my talent for procrastinating, as it can be incredibly infuriating. See, I don't only get distracted by fun, exciting things such as going out with friends, I find myself frantically cleaning or engaging in anything other than what I should be doing.
I'm not sure whether it was the heady delirium of coming to university and as such being the boss of my own life, or my conviction that although I'm not stupid I simply won't do as well as someone else will, or just the knowledge that there's no threat of detention if I don't do an essay. Whatever it is, it means that the weeks, days and hours leading up to a deadline are jam-packed with the finest quality procrastination.
The weeks, days and hours leading up to a deadline are jam-packed with the finest quality procrastination
The panic of knowing that I need to do work makes me jittery and hyper-active.
The advantage of all this is the vast amusement that my dancing around the kitchen, cleaning and screaming "Move! I have an essay!" generate for my housemates.
And as I would have done, were I to be actually doing something related to my much neglected degree, I've added a list of recommended 'reading', or more accurately listening and viewing:
1) First up there's Jay Foreman's song 'The procrastinator', which gives a good check-list of important procrastination activities that you may have indulged in. Most importantly, it will make you feel less alone, which as a procrastinator is crucial, especially if you've reached the stage where you actually need to complete a task that is in some way crucial e.g. a dissertation and have done so little on said crucial task and have so little time left to complete it that actual normal social interaction is an impossibility.
2) The Big Bang Theory: US sitcom about Physics geeks and the many ways in which they are their own worst enemy - yes, obviously it is your mind's unrelenting genius that causes you to get everything except what you should be doing done. Episodes are also around 20 minutes, so you can probably justify watching an entire season in an evening.
3) Ally McBeal: Feeling sorry for yourself? You don't really procrastinate, you have an over-active imagination? Well, then if like Ally McBeal and you're still hung up on your father/ex-boyfriend/friend/imaginary friends/relatives leaving you, then share your misery with Ally - she understands! Episodes are around 45 minutes and will almost always make your life seem ordered and uncomplicated.
4) Jeremy Kyle: If nothing else gets you motivated, then this will. Whether it's Jeremy condescendingly shouting at people that he's better than them, even if they've been through horrific trauma such as rape, or if it's watching someone explain to their partner why they've cheated on them with their entire extended family, then, like standing bare-foot on a floor coated in sulphuric acid, this show will not fail to irritate you into action.
Good Luck Procrastinators!
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