You're only screwing yourself

Procrastination is probably one of my biggest downfalls. Why do I lack the motivation to do simple tasks like paying bills or going to the bank or even getting myself up and moving in the morning (if I don't have to be somewhere)? And then there's the major tasks, like my Grad School applications. They're not difficult, it's just a matter of doing them. I'll open up the schools' websites, get out my started Word documents, and reread several of the essay questions. Someone IMs me, we get to talking, I play a game of Solitaire or two (or 5000), VH1 has some top 100 celebrity spending show on and all of a sudden, it's 5 hours later. I've gotten nothing accomplished and feel crappy as a result. I've wasted 5 hours on the couch staring at my computer screen and the TV.

I've tried eliminating some of the distractions: signing off online, turning off the TV (and moving the remote far away), keeping my cell phone on silent, etc. Nothing seems to work, I always find something to amuse me (such as this blog). My latest amusement though, I took a practice GRE exam just to see if I would do better than when I took the real thing last year. Taking the math portions was more entertaining than typing up essays.

And for those who are curious, I got the EXACT same score on the GRE I took today as the GRE I took more than a year ago.

My name is Jennifer and I have a problem.