5 More Minutes

Admit it: Right now, most likly, you're reading this instead of doing homework, studying, writing, ect. Procrastination is a plague which has infected the entire human race. Hell, right now as I type this I'm putting off Religion essays and a Spanish powerpoint. Why do we put stuff off? Why do we wait?

It's obviously bad for us: Less sleep, more temporary cramming, lower grades (usually)... Homework is BORING. That's the simple truth of it. We have "better things" to do. It all comes down to personal preferance. I'd much rather write this blog post than 5 essays about Dorothy Day (With all due respect to her). You'd much rather read this blog post than read your next chapter in Bio. Otherwise, you wouldn't be reading it and I wouldn't be writing it.

Eventually you hit the point where you realize that you really are screwed and should probobly work. THEN you look over at your clock and discover that it's 2 AM. You rush to finish everything and eventually go to sleep. But... if you had done it all in the first place, would all this have happened? If I didn't watch that hour of Family Guy, I'd be getting at least an extra hour of sleep. Which I need.

The other night I was doing my math and bio homework. Which was, without a doubt, boring. But... I was able to stay focused. I had no clue why. There were only 2 things which diverted my attention: An infrequent IM, or changing the song I was listening to. That had tohave been the reason I could stay focused!

If we sit silently staring at the same word document for 15 minutes, we will go insane. The lack of new and interesting stimuli very well may kill us. But throw a pair of headphones into the equation and we have enough to work with. Once again, as I write this, I have my headphones on. It really works!

Sometimes audio stimulation may be a bit too distracting, so be a bit careful. But for the most part, I don't even focus on the music. I honestly can't tell you the last line Tay Zonday just sang to me (Besides "Chocolate Rain"). The key is to listen to the music, but pat attention to your work. It's even easier if you're listening to non-vocal music.

Yes. I just said it. Random trippy techno rave music may be productive to your homework. Try it. Tomorrow night when you're doing your math homework:

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/147188

It very well may help. Now, if you excuse me, it's 11:15 PM and I still have 5 Religion essays to write.