{"id":64155,"date":"2014-03-10T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=64155"},"modified":"2014-03-10T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:49:35","slug":"my-life-as-a-procrastinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=64155","title":{"rendered":"My life as a procrastinator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angie Solis, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Missouri\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

My life as a procrastinator<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"AngieSolis\"<\/a>As my time as a graduate student comes to a close I have been reflecting on the last two years I have\u00a0spent at Wayne State University<\/a> learning the ins and outs of Library and Information Science. I have\u00a0gained so much knowledge throughout these years, but I didn\u2019t want to write about the LIS knowledge\u00a0I\u2019ve gained, I wanted to write about what I\u2019ve learned about myself over the last few years and what I\u00a0learned about learning. So here goes:<\/p>\n

Have fun with your work.<\/strong> This is one thing I always tried to do. Anyone who knows me knows I love\u00a0welsh corgis (when I say love, I mean absolutely, head over heels, – I even made a website devoted to\u00a0them plus an Instagram plus a Facebook page and it\u2019s one of my most pinned Pinterest boards – in love)\u00a0so I tried to incorporate corgis into assignments and things I did like making addresses say 123 Corgi St\u00a0(It\u2019s the little things that get me smiling). And you know what? I loved doing it. I loved adding a piece\u00a0of quirky nerdiness into some otherwise mundane tasks. It made the unbearable, bearable even though\u00a0it was such a small piece of the puzzle it was something I could control and something I could make my\u00a0into a part of me. I think everyone should try having a little bit of fun every once in a while. You might\u00a0start to enjoy yourself!<\/p>\n

Networking is HARD!<\/strong> I know everyone says they hate networking but I really do hate it and I really do\u00a0think it\u2019s hard. And honestly it is a LIS student\u2019s best friend. If you read my last blog post you would\u00a0know that I attended a SEFLIN Conference in 2012 (right after I began the MLIS program). I went there\u00a0to network and learn and just have a good time. I accomplished 2 out of 3 of those so all in all, not bad.\u00a0But\u2026 I really wish I had networked. Let\u2019s all be honest, in today\u2019s world you get places if you know the\u00a0right people and it\u2019s really hard to meet the right people if you stay at home and don\u2019t speak to anyone\u00a0but your 3 welsh corgis and fianc\u00e9e (cause they will NOT be helping you get a job no matter how cute\u00a0they are). So if I was to give any MLIS student advice it would be this: Take your networking seriously!<\/p>\n

Procrastination gives you more stress and gray hair.<\/strong> It\u2019s true. Ok, maybe not 100% true, but I probably\u00a0have my fair share of hypothetical gray hair. Just don\u2019t do it! It hurts the procrastinator more than\u00a0anyone else!<\/p>\n

Get your work done early so you can do the things you want to do.<\/strong> So if you follow the rule to not\u00a0procrastinate you really will have the time you need to do the things that you WANT to do. This should\u00a0be enough right there to just dive in and get work done before anyone gets hurt.<\/p>\n

Procrastination only leads to lack of sleep and wrinkles.<\/strong> This really is true. OK, so maybe not 100%\u00a0but it\u2019s true a lot of the time. I wish I could tell you about all the nights I spent awake, past my bedtime,\u00a0working on an assignment that should have been completed days before. Instead of getting my beauty\u00a0sleep I was up all night and the next day nothing could hide the dark circle under my eyes. So the lesson\u00a0here is that procrastinating makes you look tired and tired is never a good look.<\/p>\n

Participation is key.<\/strong> Participating in classes really is an important aspect of any graduate program. I\u00a0personally don\u2019t learn well from discussion boards or class discussions but that doesn\u2019t exempt me (no\u00a0matter how much I want it to) from the requirement. I wish I had participated more because I could\u00a0have received a few better grades had I put in the extra time and effort just to add my 2 cents on the\u00a0conversation.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t procrastinate.<\/strong> Forget what I said earlier. If I give anyone advice it\u2019s this: Don\u2019t procrastinate!<\/p>\n

Make friends (even at a distance).<\/strong> Just like networking friends in the LIS field can be beneficial not only\u00a0for your professional life but also for your educational world and social sphere. I wish I had taken the\u00a0time to get to know my classmates (even virtually) so that I could have someone to talk about the ups\u00a0and downs of school with. Someone to share common tales of professors we hated and assignments we\u00a0loathed. But I didn\u2019t have any of that. I have my friends (who I love dearly) who just stare blankly at me\u00a0while I try to tell them how much I hate using Dublin Core Metadata Elements.<\/p>\n

Take it seriously while still having fun.<\/strong> I know this may seem like a contradiction but the biggest regret\u00a0of my time as a graduate student was that I just wanted to get through it. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I learned\u00a0a lot, but I wish I had learned and retained more rather than just going through the motions to get my\u00a0assignments done. It was probably attributed to procrastination.<\/p>\n

Seriously, procrastinating is not cool.<\/strong> Enough said.<\/p>\n

Obviously there is a recurring theme\u2026 I\u2019m a procrastinator! I want to declare it from the roof tops and\u00a0attend procrastinator\u2019s anonymous meetings. But seriously, I would have been a much better student\u00a0had I not procrastinated my way through graduate school. As I type this I am thinking about all the\u00a0things I have put off for later and I\u2019m not really sure why. I am in no way a terrible student but I think I\u00a0would be a phenomenal student if I actually did things early rather than waiting til the last minute. Any\u00a0students reading this should know that it definitely makes a huge difference in the quality of work you\u00a0submit and I wish I had taken the route to Punctuality Land rather than the Late Canyon. So if you suffer\u00a0from procrastination, I\u2019ve found a few sites that may help you in your journey to end procrastination.\u00a0Check them out and definitely let me know<\/a> how your struggle is going. I\u2019d love to talk and I\u2019ve got your\u00a0back if you ever need a friend! Good luck, and remember: Procrastinating is NOT cool!<\/p>\n

How to Stop Procrastinating<\/a><\/p>\n

Overcoming Procrastination<\/a><\/p>\n

11 Practical Ways to Stop Procrastination<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angie Solis, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Missouri\u00a0 My life as a procrastinator As my time as a graduate student comes to a close I have been reflecting on the last two years I have\u00a0spent at Wayne State University learning the ins and outs of Library and Information Science. I have\u00a0gained so much knowledge throughout these years, but…<\/p>\n

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