By: Brad Hoepfner
So in this week’s blog I decided to write on a different topic architecture students have to deal with commonly, habits. Every one of us form specific habits and can break or bend them from time to time, but in general, we are afflicted by these different habits year after year. They can range from something as simple as nail biting to drinking a certain beverage every day to not sleeping enough. You may even begin to believe that participating in your particular habit will become essential to the completion of your project or assignment.
One of these habits that I run into often is a simple but dangerous one, procrastination. Procrastinating on a project just seems natural to us as architecture students. “Oh, I can finish that in a few hours” is one of the many thoughts or phrases that arise when I start to debate the act of procrastination. Many times throughout my time here at SIUC I watched other students crumble under the pressure of a project completion date; this is usually due to waiting to the last few weeks to really get started on a project. When in reality, if you would spend an hour or two every day putting solid work effort into a project or a paper it could have saved you from the massive amount of stress you had to undergo. Teachers can aid the students to help prevent procrastination by setting up midterm goals and benchmarks that the students need to achieve.
Obviously, most people can use a mental break from architecture after working a 10 hour day, but taking a week off from a project is not a good way to approach the project. As a student, you can really start to see when other students are working hard every day at the amazing work they can produce. The entire point of this blog is to just remember that enjoying your time in college is important, but it is even more critical to stay focused on your bigger goals in life and to do your best to stay focused on the work in front of you today. We are paying way too much to be here to procrastinate on assignments.
So in this week’s blog I decided to write on a different topic architecture students have to deal with commonly, habits. Every one of us form specific habits and can break or bend them from time to time, but in general, we are afflicted by these different habits year after year. They can range from something as simple as nail biting to drinking a certain beverage every day to not sleeping enough. You may even begin to believe that participating in your particular habit will become essential to the completion of your project or assignment.
One of these habits that I run into often is a simple but dangerous one, procrastination. Procrastinating on a project just seems natural to us as architecture students. “Oh, I can finish that in a few hours” is one of the many thoughts or phrases that arise when I start to debate the act of procrastination. Many times throughout my time here at SIUC I watched other students crumble under the pressure of a project completion date; this is usually due to waiting to the last few weeks to really get started on a project. When in reality, if you would spend an hour or two every day putting solid work effort into a project or a paper it could have saved you from the massive amount of stress you had to undergo. Teachers can aid the students to help prevent procrastination by setting up midterm goals and benchmarks that the students need to achieve.
Obviously, most people can use a mental break from architecture after working a 10 hour day, but taking a week off from a project is not a good way to approach the project. As a student, you can really start to see when other students are working hard every day at the amazing work they can produce. The entire point of this blog is to just remember that enjoying your time in college is important, but it is even more critical to stay focused on your bigger goals in life and to do your best to stay focused on the work in front of you today. We are paying way too much to be here to procrastinate on assignments.
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