Isn’t it funny how all professors seem to think assigning all of our big assignments in the same week is a great idea? NEWSFLASH: IT’S NOT A GREAT IDEA!
I just spent the past week of my life writing papers. No, I seriously had an 8-10 page paper due this week along with the one I just finished up, which turned out to be 21 pages of garbage. I also had another assignment due, which was 7 pages.
If you’re like me, you’re a procrastinator. You see, I probably should have already been working on those assignments weeks ago, but I didn’t. I started all three of them this week, and they’re all due by Friday. What can I say? I’m ready for Thanksgiving break.
This is essentially the 5 stages of grief while writing the papers that you’ve been procrastinating all semester.
Denial
The first stage of any grieving process is denial. In this stage, you don’t even want to think about writing these papers. You basically sit around watching Netflix and creeping on your ex-best friend’s Facebook page like you always do. All thoughts equal to “YOU’RE FINE,” even though you are the furthest away from being “fine.”
Anger
This is the stage where you decide you hate all your professors. They obviously plan these assignments out with one another at the beginning of the semester because they want to hurt us and stress us out more than we already are. It’s going to be their fault when we make bad on these papers, right? I’m blaming them.
Bargaining
This is the stage where you are almost coming to terms with the fact that you have to get these assignments done. Maybe you think, “If I can get this paper done tonight, I’ll stay home and start on the other one.” Maybe you ask God to help you out, which probably sounds something like this: “If you just let me get done with this paper, I promise I won’t go out next week.” You’re totally lying, but hey, you’ve got to get this paper done.
Depression
This is where you think there is no way you’re getting all of these assignments done. Essentially, you’re over it, and just want to go back to watching TV and creeping on Facebook like you normally do. It’s not like you really need this class or anything.
Acceptance
Ok, last stage. You’ve decided to get off the couch and start working on these papers again. They have to get done, regardless of how you feel.
You knew this was coming. These assignments have been listed in the syllabus all semester, but you've been casually ignoring them and hoping they'll go away. They didn't go away!
You'll get them written, don't worry. You may not get the same grade as your classmates who started on their assignments weeks or months before you did, but C's get degrees and that's all that matters. Employers don't ask for your GPA, they just want to see your degree.
