Semester 2 Blog Post 7 - Mid to End Semester Crunch and Class Balancing

Honestly, this semester has gone by super fast. I can't believe it's already almost over. There's about. . .16 weeks of school in this semester, and we're on week 13!! How did that happen!?!? I wish I knew, honestly. But hey, stuff is getting done, especially in thesis class, so I'm not really worried. I'm more tired than anything. I'm struggling to make sure I'm getting everything done. I finished writing my essay and turned it in once and for all. I'm glad I don't have to worry about that anymore, but now I need to think more about my stupid Creative Writing class because I have some stuff I need to finish for that before the end of the semester too. Not to mention I don't really want to do Creative Writing OR Art History homework. I just wanna work on my fantasy creature animation for Brett's class. And also yarn babies animation. They're fun and stretchy, sue me.

Animation on my end is going a lot slower than it should, in my opinion. I've never been particularly fast at doing things, especially when it comes to more creative and labor intensive tasks, but I always feel inadequate when I look over how much I've gotten done in the time frame of what everyone else has gotten done. I wish I could go faster without sacrificing quality. Unfortunately, that's not really feasable, and so the best I can do is try and give myself extra time on things where I can. But everyone needs breaks, and I'll burn myself out if I don't take care of myself. And sleep and food are neccessary too. I wish I could do work in my sleep. That would be nice. Get up nice and rested and see your unconcious self wrote your essay for you?? Haha. . .but in all seriousness, I try to cut time out for me to spend extra time on things.

I also feel like I need to start wearing my headphones more during work classes. . .this goes for both Production and for Creature Animation. I've noticed that I get incredibly distracted by conversations and the people around me. Yes, we're working in a group for thesis, but sometimes I just need some music and quiet to get my stuff done. And I definately get sidetracked by all the weird conversations that can happen in animation classes. I try not to talk too much but it's hard when there's interesting stuff going on around you, you know?? Either way, I have a feeling that wearing the headphones will not only help me focus, but allow me to get more done, and fee less bad about the amount of stuff I can do. It's honestly amazing how much brainpower is needed to socialize. I don't get how people do it so well so much. But that's my own personal problem, and I have luckily found my own personal solution. So I'm not worried too much.

I'm optomistic about this upcoming week, because I've finally chugged my way through the worst of the homework for this semester, and I'm working on "catching up" to where I want to be, so I'm not so busy and stressed all the time. I don't like having to worry about multiple things at once. I wanna worry about one piece of homework at a time, not ten. And now that all the really hard stuff is over and done with, I'll be able to better balance my time!! And maybe I'll actually get around to cleaning my dorm this weekend!! It's a mess. . .and working in a mess just makes the mess worse, and makes me less productive. It sucks. I want to clean it so bad but homework always seems to take precedent. At least it's not disgusting and gross, I guess. . .