Not Enough Time....But Always at the Beach

It's been a while since I have made a blog post, not because there was nothing interesting to post about, but because so much has been happening in the last few months that I felt like I didn't have time to write.....at least that's the excuse I'm going with.

Don't we all complain that we never have enough time? I know I do! I sit on my bed watching Netflix, while I tell Shea and text my friends that my teachers assign way too much homework and I don't have time to do all of it. Or maybe it's the 80% score on the In-Class quiz because that chapter was too long to read, but I spent my free time at the beach. I'm sure I would realize that I have loads of time if I didn't spend all my time at the beach, watching Netflix, or scrolling social media. It seems easy for me to manage my time better and actually take the time to read my textbooks. Every time this thought passes through my mind, I say to myself 'when I get home, the first thing I'm going to do is do my homework', and do you want to know what usually happens when I get home? I take off my backpack, pull out my phone, lay down on my bed and start scrolling through the endless social media posts.

Although I will say that I have yet to miss a due date for an assignment, there have been many times that I submitted my homework at 11:58pm, and the deadline was 11:59pm. After the rush of anxiety and thrill of barely getting the assignment submitted, I make a little promise to myself that I won't procrastinate my responsibilities anymore, but it always happens again. Maybe it's not getting my homework done just in time, but rather, putting off cooking dinner and just settling for the Cheez-Its and Granola Bars that in the snack bucket under the bed.

The more dedicated I am to spending my time wisely and planning out my day, the less stressed I feel. Not only do I feel like I have more time, but my brain isn't filed with the stress of the things 'I should be doing'. With that being said, and after thinking a lot about it, I have made the decision to keep writing this blog and to post more frequently. Stay tuned for some fun stories about my past and current adventures!

Advice from a girl who needs more time:
Sometimes we spend too much time complaining that we don't have enough time, and we miss the opportunity to take a deep breath and just do the stupid assignment that we don't want to do, only to find out that it only took 20 minutes when we spent 30 minutes telling everyone who will listen how pointless the assignment is. 

-Laura FRAZIER