Sunday, August 3, 2008

Experiments and Misadventures.

Tuesday night. It was just the second day of school and I was completely worn out. I entered my home and put down my bag on kitchen bench. I went straight to the study room. I sat down on my desk and tried to organize my thoughts despite the spinning sensation I felt, but my mind betrayed me as it shut down and I subconsciously walked to the other room I've claimed my own, and headed straight for the bed.

I concluded one day that I was tired of cramming and sleeping late, and I decided to take action. For a weekend, I did what I had to which was to not procrastinate. Armed with no form of nicotine whatsoever (which is my form of caffeine-another habit I’m trying to change), I was able to accomplish everything I had to in a span of a day. And it was just Friday. I didn’t put off anything last weekend and to tell you honestly, I didn’t like it at all. It left me absolutely bored and frantic come Sunday evening to the point that I’ve already pestered the bf and the puppies at home (not that I think the puppies minded one bit-in fact I think they loved the extra attention), and still, I was bored. Procrastination and I mesh so well together, I don’t think I can live without it. And I guess, that’s just how the night and I go together too.

This week has been a series of experimentation and misadventures. I tried sleeping early, which meant getting shut eye before the clock struck 11 — and it honestly did me no good. It’s totally contradicting how Tuesday night was a result of my sleeping early. I felt like I was one of those rehab patients (not that I know anyone to base this on...but it just really felt like it), constantly looking for something, for their little drug that satiated their needs. I was fidgety and restless and it seemed that the only side my bed had was the bad side. I always found myself longing for sleep during classes, therefore breaks in between tutorials were allotted to compensating for my drowsiness. It was hell.

So now, I’m back to my old procrastinating, nocturnal self. Life has been good. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” And I did, I became that change I thought I wanted — but in the end, I learned it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to see. Wednesday night was the time I slept late again, and Thursday held a lot for me – like a handful of sermons from lecturers at uni, Thursday being my most full-on day. It didn’t matter though. At least I stayed awake for the day.

10:46 PM