I've always loved psychology. I think it's so very interesting how the human mind works, and the various factors that play into personality and behavior and all that fun stuff. One thing that has always stuck in my head for one reason or another is the conditioning and training methods. Things like positive reinforcement vs. punishment and those kinds of things.
I've always wondered if part of the reason I procrastinate so much is that I tend to work better under pressure. Or I guess it could be because even when I procrastinate, and put even large projects off (big huge papers, perhaps) I still tend to do well enough that I don't see the point in starting earlier or putting a ton more effort in the next time around.
Take for instance, the actual big huge paper I turned in at the end of last month. Turned out to be about 30 some pages, and I ended up staying up all night the night before it was due to finish it. The end result? An A. But not just any A.
A 100% A.
I'm so dang happy, but I also recognize that the flip side is that I just received a reward (a 100%) for putting that paper off the way I did. As has been happening most of my life.
Not really sure that there's a moral to this story, and I apologize for how disjointed my thoughts may seem today. I'm so very tired, this cold has been making sleep difficult to come by, and I think my thyroid levels might be a little off. So I guess I'll leave you with this:
New Moon opens tonight, a couple girlfriends and I have tickets to the midnight showing, and I'm as giddy as a little school girl to go see it. And to eat the Sweetarts I bought that are Twilight themed.
They even sparkle :)
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