I was a little torn posting this so early, considering my past blog hadn’t been up for very long. It was a bit of a heart-felt rant, and if you have the time and haven’t done so already I strongly suggest that you read it. You can have a (virtual) cookie!

How’s this for snappy blogging, eh? Not only did I remember, but I managed to find the time to blog within a week of the past blog. Within a few days, actually. I’m actually quite proud of myself for achieving this (yes, I know that’s lame). In another shocking first, this blog is not a rant. I’m not even kidding – for once I’m not ranting about something. So, in more than one way, this blog is making history. Small-time, Rogue City history. But hey, any history is good history to me.

A lot of historical things have happened in the life of Zaphiie lately. On Tuesday, I attempted waterpolo for the first time, and I’m now regretting the fact that I locked it in as my fourth term sport nomination. From what I gathered (which, I must admit, wasn’t much – what with all the drowning I was busy doing), it’s a cross between netball, and drowning. Neither of which I’m particularly fond of, unfortunately.

However, the historical happening of this week that I hold in the highest regard is what might seem quite trivial to some of you. Those who know me will most likely know that I have a terrible procrastination problem. When I say terrible,  I mean that I can get through a whole weekend, 14+ hours of actually sitting at my computer, claiming to be working, and come out of it having done nothing. Or having written a monumentally crappy one sentence. When I have several major assignments due the next week. It stresses me enormously – I want to work and do well, and in my head, I know that it’s smarter to work first and procrastinate after, and I genuinely try to do that. But it’s at the point where procrastination isn’t a choice – it’s habit, and sometimes I don’t even realize how much time I’ve wasted until 10pm on Sunday night, when the work for tomorrow isn’t done.

Then comes the late night, stress, shitty assignment, and back for another round. It’s a vicious cycle, and I hate it.

Which is why I am so excited (to the point that I’m blogging about it) about the fact that tonight, Wednesday September 1st 2010, I finished my Science assignment, working productively non-stop without a single speck of procrastination. For the first time in a long time, I finished an assignment before 9pm, and not on the night before it’s due. And now, I’ve got this glorious hour-and-a-bit of free time, with nothing hanging over my head. Hence, I’m blogging.

This is probably an incredibly boring blog, but hopefully those of you who do procrastinate can relate to the feeling of absolute empowerment when you’re actually productive. They say that productivity breeds motivation, and I’m starting to feel that now. Normally, I wouldn’t spend my ‘free time’ blogging, because that takes time and effort, and frankly, I can’t be stuffed. Tonight, I feel like it, because it’s another task off my checklist, keeping me motivated.

And right now, I have the motivation to do something our school Principal suggested at Assembly today. ‘Spring has sprung, spring clean yourself!’ she had exclaimed, amid barely concealed sniggers and snorts of derision from her semi-conscious, barely focused audience. At the time, I was like the other 900 girls in the school, hot, bored and cramped, ready to get up and go to lunch. It’s only now that I’m realizing what good advice she had.

Spring clean yourself. Get rid of any bad habits, fix up any broken relationships, and do something you’ve been longing to do for a while. I really like this idea. As for physical spring cleaning however… I don’t think so. Too much effort for me. At least right now.

While I’m here – today I finished reading Paper Towns by John Green. I don’t say this about many books, but it had just been catapaulted into my list of favourite books. It could possibly be my favourite book ever – I laughed, I cried, and I tried to make the last page last forever (It didn’t work). I recommend it – read it as soon as possible and let me know what you thought!

Oh, and speaking of spring cleaning – it’s about time for a new layout, hey? I’m getting a little sick of this one… I want something chunky and minimalistic. Which makes no sense, so wait until I’ve made it. A picture is worth a thousand words, which makes me think that a layout must be worth a million. What with all the CSS and fancy-pants hovers. Don’t expect anything too soon, though, because I’m a perfectionist, and it will take a while. I’m also a procrastinator.