[Blog Entry #1] Analysis Paralysis

Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson

So one week in and I'm already finding it hard to follow the schedule I've committed to. In fact, I really didn't want to start writing this post. But in my experience, the hardest part is getting started. Therefore, this post won't be the most organized, I won't go through and proofread, so this is coming directly from my brain to my blog.

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So this week has been pretty good, especially since I had a long weekend to recharge. However, I wasn't as productive as I would've liked. I would attribute this to analysis paralysis. In other words, I spent way too much time overthinking my actions and way too little actually acting. 

This week was the first really serious week of the New Year. One week into school, and I'm already having trouble with productivity. Because of this, I spent the weekend scouring the web for new ways to be more productive and confident. I landed on Udemy and decided to purchase three courses that teach confidence, productivity, and studying disciplines. This isn't the first time I've used Udemy, and I've had a pretty good experience with their coding courses. I spent the whole weekend binging these courses and I still feel like I've done nothing. That's right: I wasted time in an attempt to waste less time! Is this what they call "Procrastination?"

From the advice I've been given, I've started a premium Todoist account using free coupons and am still learning the ropes, hopefully that helps my productivity and lessens my anxiety. In addition, I've also started a personal wiki, which seems to really suit my mindset since mindmaps never seem to work for me. 

Other than that, schoolwork has been steadily depreciating. It seems despite the fact that I think I'm giving it "my all," I just can't reach my academic goals. Huh, that's weird, I thought he just said he wasn't productive? Yeah, "my all" is really just the work I did under the pressure of nearing the deadline. Unfortunately I seem to make things harder for myself by putting off important work for less important work and only doing the important work at the last minute. This makes the work seem "harder," when in fact it might've been much easier had I started earlier. I really need to change this.

The club that I'm trying to start, a club to encourage use of our school's makerspace, has been inching along in progress. We are one of the later clubs of the year to be started, but I really think this'll be something big. There's no other club that will utilize the makerspace like we do, and I don't see any reason the school committee wouldn't approve it. However, I can't seem to set up a meeting with the school committee to actually get the club approved, since nobody involved in the club has schedules that line up. Hopefully, I'll have met with the committee this time next week. 

All in all, while unproductive, this week felt difficult. And that seems like the beginning of a big problem.

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That's all for this week. Thanks for reading,
@ctrl-r