My last two essay submissions for my uni assignment have been handed in abysmally late, somewhere between half an hour and five minutes before the (absolute) deadline. "Shocking" I hear you cry, and I suppose you may wonder why I left it so late...
The problem was that as awful as it sounds (and felt) it wasn't for lack of trying - but it appears that the more time I give myself in which to write 2,000 words, the more I suffer from writer's block! I really don't like it, but I can't seem to control it - I started my last essay with 2 full days and 3 evenings spare in which to get the assignment written and submitted on the day before the deadline was due!
There are two reasons I think this is:
1/ I honestly blame my computer! I can't seem to get half way through a sentence without re-reading what I've written and thinking "goodness, that looks rubbish", or wishing I'd used different wording (even this is the second attempt at writing this paragraph!). I seem to be perpetually re-writing words or wondering if I'm concentrating on the right points (even scarier is that I do this with my facebook posts too!).
2/ Pressure. Speaking to a number of people about the problem I've been having it appears that I'm not the only one who seems to be able to churn an essay out more quickly when the deadline is looming ever-closer. I think the problem lies in the over-thinking, and more pressure means I am more aware that I just don't have time to over thinking what it is I'm writing.
So there you have it. I have found over the last year that although I'm not lazy (well, I am, but that's another post), and don't leave things until the last minute I am still unable to get an essay written and submitted more than 24 hours before its deadline!
OddStudent!
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