Procrastination Punished

I've talked about how I have not done very much work this semester before. This was one of my last two weekends before finals start so I knew that I had to start outlining and studying for my 5 exams. Surprisingly, I spent most of my weekend outlining and being productive. I estimated that it would take me about 120 hours to outline for all of my classes (doing good outlines on my own) and when I counted the hours I have available in the day, I realized I was about 55 hours short. This motivated me and it felt pretty good to be a law student again.
EXCEPT for the fact that it was probably the most beautiful day in southern California yet this year. With temps in the mid-80s, and sunny, clear skies, everyone who lives in the LA/Malibu area was at the beach ... that is, everyone but me. I was in the dark and gloomy library hunched over my computer.

Driving up PCH to school, this was my view:



From school:







At lunch, I went to the store to get some food. The Ralphs in Malibu was PACKED with people in their bathing suits and cover-ups, grabbing beer and snacks. I can't remember the last time I've been so jealous.

Of course, the lesson I'm taking away from all of this is that you will always be punished for procrastinating. I had 13 weekends so far this semester, many of them not the greatest weather, where I could have done all of this work. If I had my outlines up to date, I might have even taken this weekend off. But since I had not done ANY work yet, I was banished to the library all weekend.

Lest you think learning this lesson might lead to changed habits, this happens every single semester. Whether finals are in December or April, the week or two before and during finals always has unbelievable weather. Then usually, the day I am done, the weather is gross. Oh well, at least I'm almost done with my SECOND YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL!!!!!!! woohooo.