I Hate It When I See 5 C's In A Row On My Scantron.

My name is Chowdhry and I am a chronic procrastinator.

More than likely, you should be studying rather than reading my blog. But because studying is the last thing you want to do, you find anything else to do and that has led to the blog of the kid who should be studying himself. 

I will do the most random activities just so that I could avoid studying. I'll start writing blog entries, watch Feed The Children videos, and even attempt to write with my left hand. More than likely, you can put a pile of shit in the middle of my living room and I wouldn't clean it unless I had to study. It's ridiculous to the extent I go to avoid opening my book to the first page. When I finally realize I have screwed myself over it is then that I actually sit down and..... take a nap.

But I am not a lazy shit all the time. Oh no. There are times where I actually do study 3 hours before an exam. But you know what, I'm better off not reading at all, YOU KNOW WHY? Because when you don't read, you don't know shit. But when you read just enough, you have enough knowledge to what people in the scientific community call "fucking yourself over." Oh yes, the "fucking yourself over" knowledge is when you read material but don't know exactly what everything means. Therefore, when the test comes and you read the answers for multiple choice questions you think everything is correct because you saw that damn word in the material you read. I hate when this happens. Everything in my body from my toes to my brain to my ballsack cringe because everything looks correct! 

You see, if I hadn't read anything, everything would look wrong. So with my sixth sense that I was born with (my penis) I would choose something that looked kind of correct. For example. "When was Pearl Harbor attacked?" A-December 7, 1941 B-June 6, 1944 C- January 20, 1991 D-July 4, 1776. 

Now if I barely read my history textbook all these dates would look similar. "Like omg I read something about 1944..wait omg like I totally read something about 1941 too and like 1991 too, like does 1776 even exist?" HOWEVER, if I didn't read anything at all, all this would look like Cha Su Bow. But with deductive reasoning and no prior knowledge I would have an easier time coming up with the answer. "Well 1776 doesn't exist, choice C is my birthday, eenie meanie miney moe chose A, so it has to be A" 

I hate those professors that put the same letter choice as an answer 4, 5 times in a row. You know what I mean. You look down at your scantron and realize you have 5 C's in a row, therefore making you think you're wrong. Why can't you just spread the answers out evenly so that the pattern that I think I see is correct! Since the days I took CIMS tests in elementary school, I feel like there are patterns on scantrons. I spend more time looking for the pattern than reading the questions and finding the answer. 

The other night as I procrastinated, I read a biography of Muhammad Ali. I already knew he was the greatest boxer, and quite possibly, athlete to ever live. But I never really understood how hard he worked in every aspect of LIFE to become successful. This guy would wake up every morning at 5 AM and wouldn't stop training until 10 P.M at night. He did things like sit on a chair for hours on end just so he could become disciplined and patient in the ring. It was these little things that made him great. 

Sometimes, I sit there and wonder why do I have to study for classes I don't care about. I don't need calculus or physics in my life. But the more you think about it, the more you realize the amount of work you put in for something you don't like shows you who you really are. Pretty sure most of you don't like giving oral but if you truly care for someone, you'll do a good job. You should strive to be the best and do your best in everything that you do even if you don't like it. Everything we do matters. We might hate calculus but that good grade will help my transcript and further propel me later in my career. 

Face it, we all hate studying but we shouldn't give up. I wrote this blog so that a friend of mine can see that even though you're struggling it's okay because we all struggle and hate to study. But, at the end of the day everything is up to you. If you approach everything with an open mind and have confidence, then everything is going to be alright. Procrastination is bad and I myself need to fix this problem as well.

However, as long as you have the motivation to achieve your goals it doesn't matter how you get there, just get shit done. Remember, never say the sky is the limit when there are footsteps on the moon.

I'll end this blog entry with a quote from Muhammad Ali

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”