the social media trifecta: procrastination at its finest

i have come to the realization that while i hate the fact that college is over and i'm in the 'real world' (whatever that means), i never would have graduated from college today.

now that might seem like a strange thought to those of you that know that i did, in fact, just graduate from undergrad in '09, but hear me out on this one.

i wasted many an hour just a few short years ago 'studying' in the library when in fact i was really on facebook or goofing off with some of my best friends (even if they actually did need to study).  i'm the first to admit that i didn't study that much in college as most of my classes required papers instead of tests, but when i did need to study, i put in my time.  however, when these situations did arise, i usually locked myself in my room or went off somewhere alone, cell phone turned off, wireless disabled.  when i had to rock 'n roll on the books, i did.

however, today i have wasted the majority of my day, despite the fact that i have hours worth of work (in the form of packing) to do.  i'm not sure in what delusional world i'm living in where i think i can just waste away the day and everything will be peachy, but apparently i have become a permanent resident of this alternate universe.

so why would i never have survived college if i was still enrolled?  well nowadays there are so many tempting distractions that a girl can't just choose one.  facebook was enough of a distraction for me in college that hours of my life were wasted that i'll never get back.  but now there's twitter.  and pinterest (which i just joined today ... hence the procrastination).  and everyone and their mom (except my mom) has a smartphone so there's always something new i feel compelled to check.

but just for the record, i'm not complaining about it.  i know i do it to myself.  no one is forcing me to have a facebook account.  and no one sends me directions that include tweeting or pining crafty things that will only add to my procrastination.

but i just want to.  so i do.  but goodness knows i would have flunked out of college after a semester of the social media trifecta.

it's amazing what i'll do to procrastinate

i have quite a few friends who are avid bloggers and i've always been jealous of their dedication to the craft.  i started countless diaries as a child only to lose interest after a few entries (which always went like this: "oh my goodness, diary, ______________ is SO cute!!!!!!!!!! i wonder if he likes me?!?!?!?! i'll write more tomorrow, diary!!! xoxoxo, megan").  i don't know that i ever had a diary entry of substance, and i can't promise that i'll have anything of substance here either.  however, it's worth a shot if it means i can procrastinate my homework.  it's amazing what grad school makes me do.  seriously.  i've even been driven to CLEAN instead of work on projects.  and anyone that truly knows me knows that's saying something.

all i really want to do is play around with the blog features more and try to figure it out before i get overwhelmed.  when i joined twitter a few weeks ago (another grad school procrastination technique) i spent days just trying to figure out the basics.  there's another month-ish of the semester left and plenty of projects to procrastinate on so i should have lots of time to figure things out.

but just for the sake of keeping my first entry consistent with the idea of learning something new every day (or at least every day that i post...which with my diary history could be infrequent), here's my nugget for today: drivers do not appreciate it when you stop when the light turns yellow (red, maybe...yellow, no way). they do not care how pretty you think the boys are that are running by. 

in my defense, i was trying to be a safe driver and not drive while i was distracted by those boys, but either way, lesson learned.  next time i'll pull off the road.