Right now I am deep in essay writing territory. For the last few weeks of semester I've been tallying the amount of words I need to write, the huge number that tells where I am at greater than saying 5 assignments.....four assignments....
More like 6500 words...5500 words....
At one point I was convinced I was going to have to ask for an extension on at least one essay. I had two weeks and 6500 words to go. With research. Not possible.
More recalculating. Then I figured it out. I could do this. I had plenty of time. Then Boom! Bam! Two assignments down, 2500 words spent, two essays to go at 3000 words total. I've got this!
And then the research. Then writing. I told myself - 400 words a day, that's a great amount, leaves me plenty of time to polish and edit. First day I wrote 300ish.
So began the bargaining. If I do this today, then tomorrow....still plenty of time...no time...calm down, plenty of time....
Of course what has actually happened is I spend so much time thinking about what I need to do, i.e. the number of words I need to write down, it blocks my concentration, making the research not sink in. Cue more bargaining.
But I still have enough time. 6 days. Two assignments. 2000 words. We can do this, brain. Calm down.
