Realizations about My Studying Habits

Today's I've been studying whole day. It was the most productive day in the week. In fact, it's the only day with any productivity at all in this week. I think the reason I'm studying conscientiously today is that I have no urgent need to study today or for Monday. I have no paper to write. No project to finish. I have no immediate work to be done. When I do have a paper to write or a project to finish, though, my tendency is to not do anything at all and then cram the paper or project the night before it's due. The paper or project is usually so tedious and boring and time consuming that it requires a lot of effort to sort out a general idea of what I'm going to do. I hate to do the sorting out so I procrastinate and procrastinate. And because this paper or project is due the day after I don't feel like I can start doing other not so urgent work before this urgent one is finished. So procrastination plus this strange feeling equals a day of nothingness and a night of torture. Today, on the other hand, there is nothing urgent to be done. So I picked the Princeton Review book for AP Calc, and just studied and studied. That feels great.