Time Flies...

When the opportunity arose to be the discussion leader for this topic, I jumped at the chance without hesitation. I love the challenges I find in leadership roles. Evidence of this is found in my involvement in Sweethearts, Student Government, Senate of College Councils and Education Council. However one problem remains, I am serial procrastinator. The was a quote that rang true with me from the anthology, "Now people seem to have become dependent on stress to motivated, to get started, to keep going, to get things done, to feel challenged, to feel excited, to feel busy, to feel important, to find meaning, to feel validated by being in constant over demand" (p.87). In past semesters I have felt like I was the most important out of my roommates because I "needed" to pull all-nighters and I had to stay up the latest, but in reality I had placed all the pressure on myself by waiting until the last minute. I did in fact feel receive validation from feeling in demand. Maybe I volunteered to the discussion leader because in a way I knew I would wait until it got down to the wire to pull things together. I thought that the added pressure would increase the integrity of my work. I had started the work for this assignment Thursday evening. I sat down at a coffee shop and did all of my readings and planned some discussion topics because I had plans for the weekend. Now I find myself no further in work, because I spent the whole day on a party barge. In the past I have relied so heavily on the last minute study sessions to get me through and I am laying a terrible foundation for later in life. I enjoyed reading some of Covey's analyses," Satisfaction is a function of expectation as well as realization. And expectation( and satisfaction) lie in our Circle of Influence.Rather than focusing on things and time, fourth generation expectations focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and accomplishing results--in short, on maintaining the P/PC Balance"( pg. 150). Balance--I think that word captures it all. Time management is essentially a juggling act, you have the keep the right balls in the air ( your main priorities) at the right time and if you find that you can keep those in the air you start tossing in a few more balls ( friends, fun etc). It is definitely a trick which requires practice to master.