Questions, Questions

So, what strategies do I plan to use to combat my procrastination and balance my life?

Let's see, there's the tried and true method of scheduling. In fact, I started it last night, but then I realized that I still didn't know exactly when my clarinet lessons were so I put it off until tonight after Wind Ensemble.

There's also my after ten rule. I don't do anything school related - unless it's an emergency - after ten o'clock at night. I bend that for things like MacGamut (I like doing it anyway) and probably this blog, but after ten is a no-no for everything else. After ten is when I plan to do my chil-laxing activities like fan fiction writing and pixel art.

I'm also going to save Friday and Saturday nights for socializing unless I have an "emergency". I'm thinking that a weekly movie night and an open chill night will do me just fine in the socializing arena until I'm more used to college and better at getting what needs to be done done. I'm not really a social butterfly anyway so too much socializing would do more than bring down my grades. I'd probably get irritable and moody. I love all my friends anywhere, but I need a lot of solitude or else. Heavy emphasis on the "or else".

Otherwise, all outside of class times, including meal times, will be open for me to do what I need to. I plan to practice every night around six since there aren't many people practicing in Blackman in the evenings. Plus I'm calmer and more apt to want to play after a day of sitting in a desk. While I love immersing myself in music there is nothing better than to actually play it. Theory and Musicology (aka Music History) are very interesting - and Musicianship and Piano are pretty fun, but at the end of the day, I want to play. I'll probably add another practice time once I get to my lessons, but for now six is it.