All Day I Sit Here Waiting

Hey people!! Right now I am at school waiting until 6pm, because I finished my exam early and I'm not allowed to leave the room til then. Pretty sure I'm about two weeks late in blogging... On my defense, I've been busy with exams, a trillion doctors appointments (I found out I'm allergic to dust mites! It's probably the most annoying allergy to take care of), and career development/job hunting. Things are going well though. Anyways, I've got this habit where I get inspired and start free writing like crazy but then something comes up (usually laziness) and I stop and don't continue for weeks. And I only post posts if I'm feeling it! I need to learn to write even when I'm not inspired though. The following post is about three wells old:

So, I'm studying for my accounting exam and I just can't get myself to focus. First, because I don't like accounting and I don't get it so I get frustrated at the additional amount of time and energy I have to put into my studying in order to first get it, practice it, and let it sink into my bran so that I'm prepared. This frustration just makes me want to do other things. Secondly, I have tons on my mind right now. How am I supposed to focus if I have something on my mind that's super distracting? Third, I'm just lazy. URGH! Help. Yes, I have ADHD (diagnosed when I was 14) and yes I took Ritalin today.

I came up with a list of things I do when I'm procrastinating, because I'm procrastinating right now and because if I ever get bored and wanna figure out something to do to fill my time, I can just come back to this list.

1. Painting your nails: Let's face it. When you're not in the mood to study for accounting, that's when you notice just how chipped up your nail polish is and you realize it's been over two weeks since you last painted your nails. You think: what's trendy? What looks good on my skin colour? What am I wearing this week? What colour will look good with my outfit for church? Once you have all those questions answered, you start painting. Oh, I gotta let it dry now. Woops, has it been an hour? Shiz.
2. Planning your church outfit: I look at my closet and think "hey, that's a cute dress. When was the last time I wore this? Last summer? Does it still fit? I should try it on. Oh, it fits! What can I pair this up with? Should I curl or straighten my hair? Boots, flats, or heels? How should I do my makeup?" Two hours later I punish myself.
3. Running errands: Is it weird that running errands is one of my favourite hobbies? As a kid a hated it when my mom would be late picking me up from school because she was running an errand and/or would stop to run an errand on the way home after picking me up. But, I inherited that from her. I love running errands! I just hate waiting for people to run their errands. It's annoying. I feel productive running errands.
4. Writing your diary: I rarely write in my diary. I have to be going through something where I can't talk to people about it. But, when I need an excuse not to do something, I'll write in my diary. I'll usually resort to other things first though. I like reading my diary! It's fun to remember stuff I've done in my life and hardships I've overcome.
5. Trying new hobbies: Hey, it's a good thing to do! The other day I went rock climbing and that was fun. I wanna do it again sometime but, I keep procrastinating... or uh... I've been busy studying for my exams... Seriously though, it's nice to try new things.
6. Tweezing your eyebrows: I feel an urge to pee when I'm studying. I wash my hands after I'm done, and look in the mirror and notice how bushy and not-shaped my eyebrows are. I pull out the x15 mirror and notice a lot of excess hair... I tweeze them out. Oh, wait... I should probably trim them to line it up. Let me pull out my pencil to fill them in now. Holy cow, do my brows look good! Let me check them out in the mirror for another 30 seconds... or two minutes... crap, I've been doing my eyebrows for 30 minutes now. At least they look good!
7. Cleaning: I can't focus because my granola bar wrapper is on my desk. I should throw it out. Man, look at all these clothes laying on the ground. I should put them away. Maybe my living room is messy. I have so much crap on the coffee table! Let me throw it out. I'm gonna fold the blanket now. I should clean my bathroom too. Oh, the kitchen must be messy. Let me take the trash out too. Has it been two hours? Ah, I deserve to lie down cuz I'm tired from all the house work.
8. Showering: My exam is in 3 days but I think I smell bad. Or I'm just making that up. Hmm.. my hair feels greasy. I should shower because I can focus better when I feel clean. Wow, hot showers are so nice. I'm just gonna stand here and relax a little longer. I'm too cold to get out. I'm too wet to put my clothes on. My hair's too wet, I should blow-dry it. I'm sleepy... I'll just wake up earlier tomorrow.
9. Straightening/curling your hair: Yes, I'm half-Asian. But my natural hair texture is a wavyish straight. Especially now that it's shorter and more layered, I look like a cocker spaniel. Some girls have cute curls.. my hair's just thick and volumous and dry and weird. I'll post a picture of it so you have have a better idea. Anyways, I can't focus if my hair looks gross. So I need to straighten or curl it. Which one should I do? After 10 minutes thinking of what I should do, and finally do it, I take another 10 just to pride myself in how awesome my hair looks.
10. Blogging: If I am not in the mood to study, I will zone out into lala land. After about an hour of zoning out and daydreaming, a thought comes to my mind. "Wow, that's a really good thought. I should write about it in my blog when I'm done with finals. I'll just write it down now so I won't forget. Oh, another thought that builds to this argument came up; I should write that down as well. Ah, screw this studying thing... I'm inspired, and inspiration doesn't come too often." And blogging away I go.
11. Applying for jobs: I still don't have a job, I should apply. Oh, this position looks cool. It needs a cover letter. Let me write a cover letter. Okay, done. One job isn't enough to apply for. I'll apply for more. Twenty applications later: Shoot, I should study.
12. Cooking or Baking: I'm craving for [food]. I'm a poor student, so I should just make them myself since I have the ingredients anyway. (Make food). I should clean up after myself before my roommates get home. I should load the dishwasher. I should start the dishwasher.
13. Eating: I don't feel like studying... what's a good excuse? I'm hungry! I need to eat or else I will die. What should I eat? (Look at Pinterest, go out to eat, cook, or invite myself to a friend's house for dinner)
14. Working out: I feel chubby... when was the last time I got on the elliptical? Two weeks?! Okay, I'm going to the gym! [After an hour of cardio] Man, my arms could use some weights since I'm already here. Might as well do 100 sit-ups too! And squats. Ew, I need a shower. Oh crap, I've been here for almost two hours! Whatever, at least I look hot.
15. Pinterest: I'll study after I scroll through my newsfeed on Pinterest for 5 minutes. 4 hours later: 100 new pins, 4 new boards, 0 studying done.
16. Watching One Tree Hill: I'm going through a sticky situation in my life. Hey, didn't Brooke Davis go through a similar problem? How did she handle that? I should watch that scene on YouTube. [Watch it] Dang, that's a perfect way to handle it. Oh, I wanna watch this related video because I liked that scene even though it has no relevance to my life. I'll watch this scene too. Oooh, I like Haley's makeup in that scene, let me watch that scene. I feel like I should just watch the entire episode. Ah, what happened after that? I can't remember. I'll watch the next episode too. Might as well watch the rest of the season.
17. Writing the missionaries: I miss Charlene, I wonder how she's doing. I should email her. [After an hour of writing a super long email] Hey, I miss Kaylia just as much. It wouldn't be fair to her if I didn't write her too. [Another hour] Who else is on the mission? I should write Preston too. And these 5 million other people. Wow, I didn't get any studying done. But God will bless me because I wrote missionaries!
18. Laundry: I should really study but man, my laundry basket is pretty full. I'm running out of underwear and socks too! Also, I need a white T-shirt. Okay, I'll do laundry. [After an hour or 2 of doing both loads and putting them in the dryer] Wow, they're so warm, and clean, and soft, and dry! I'll put them away now. [an hour later] Shoot! I need to catch up on studying.
19. Calling my family: I can't focus, so I'll blame it on being homesick instead of just admitting that I'm lazy. Okay, I'm homesick! I should probably call my parents or else I'll be depressed. [Talk on the phone for 2 hours] Hmmm.. I wonder what my sister and my brother-in-law are up to!
20. Playing the piano: I love playing the piano. It's one of the things that helps me if I'm ever sad or stressed. It's fun to work your fingers around and have something beautiful come out of it. My left hand is pretty rusty, particularly when it comes to the bass clef. I'm really good with chords though, so usually when I have sheet music I look at the notes and figure out what chords fit better. Before I know it, I've been doing it for three hours!
21. Hanging out with my random friends: "Man, I really don't feel like studying... I wonder what this person is doing" [call person] "Oh, you're not busy now? Sure, Scandia sounds like fun. I do need to study first though. Actually, I'm all done studying. I need a break because I've studied all day! Okay, I'll see you in a bit."
22. Facebook: I'm bored, I wonder if anyone wrote me or commented on my shiz on Facebook. Nope, just random likes. Dang it, I'm bored... I'm gonna scroll through my newsfeed and see what's going on in peoples' lives. So and so is engaged? Cool, let me like it and comment and congratulate them. I wonder if the bride or the groom have good-looking relatives for me to meet at their reception. Facebook creeping mode on. Nope, nothing. Oh, so and so is also engaged! Sweet! She got her mission call? I didn't know she was going on a mission. Look at all these cool articles on global news! Three hours later: informed on peoples' personal lives and on current events, but no accounting sunk into my brain.
23. Watching YouTube videos: I think it's pretty self-explanatory...

Well, I hope you all enjoyed my how to procrastinate tips! Gosh, I'm bored from being here. I wish I brought my laptop because I hate browsing the internet on mobile devices.