Dear Procrastination,

You have been ever-present throughout the entire semester. I tried to power through and get my work done, but you’re really weighing down on me this week.

We’re all freshly back from Thanksgiving break and have just gotten a taste of what being home feels like. Suddenly, it’s the week after the break and I’m bombarded with all of the work I probably should have done during my week off.

Alas, you were ever present and told me to relax and spend time with my family during Thanksgiving. So, I put off writing my paper, editing my Italian composition, and creating a study guide for my exam on Friday.

I have become very good at your game, Procrastination, these last few days. I have mastered staring at my wall with great interest and finding reasons to walk down the hallway to chat with people. I’ve found more ways than I would care to admit on how to avoid doing work.

I religiously check my email and when I see I have a package notification, I must immediately go and get it. I now complain about how much I actually procrastinate. It’s getting out of hand.

I even started writing this article to put off writing my paper, and then somehow ending up procrastinating writing this. Why, Procrastination? I need to get my work done.

But now I feel the pressure of all the work that needs to get done. I lay in bed at night and think about how to plan my day in order to get all of my work done. I even sacrificed my Tuesday nap to finish some work.

Finals week is coming up and I need to prepare. I hope that this sudden laziness that has overcome me is just leftover from Thanksgiving. Maybe one day this week I will be motivated enough to finish all of my work and get a head start on some other work.

However, it’s not just me that you are looming over, Procrastination. You have plagued everybody in this dorm. Matt has avoided his twelve page essay for the last two days by playing Wii, Ava has given up on her essay by looking up the worst Emmy red carpet dresses, Tricia has taken up looking at possible dogs for adoption-even though she's alergic to them, and Justine is furiously typing her Genocide paper that we had all break to do and she doesn't even have her supporting quotes picked out yet.

We all need to finally buckle down and finish this semester strong. If I can focus and get some work done each night I know I can do it. Some nights it seems hopeless, like the work will just keep piling up.

Procrastination, can you give us a break for once? Have mercy on us, we just need a little more motivation and in two weeks we’ll be home again. We all need to hang in for a little while longer.

Here’s to the end of the term and surviving the first semester of Freshman Year. We worked our butts off, but not without a little Procrastination every now and then. Here’s to hoping we’ll get through the next four years, and that you my friend, Procrastination, only arrive every once in awhile.

Sincerely,

A Tired College Student