Connor's Blog

 Procrastination has always been a problem for me I mean I can remember doing it as long as I can remember. And at this point, I just end up doing it without realizing it. And the work that I need to do I just end up doing it. I do not know how else to explain it. because I do not really ever get stressed I guess I have had it what it is a mentality for a very long time. I know that procrastination is very bad for me but I almost can not help it I have done it for so long that it is almost just second nature at this point. But I have decided that I am going to try my hardest to break this habit because I know that if I continue to procrastinate that I will struggle in the next semester. Because of the fact that my sport, volleyball starts next semester. And if I continue to procrastinate I will not be very successful.  I also want to stop because of the paper that I wrote about the topic actually for this class because after I started to do more and more research on the topic ...

 Ever since I was introduced to finals in the 7th grade I have not been very fond of them. And typically I just do average on them and I always wanted to do as good as I could and try to get all A's but to be honest if you do finals in middle school they are just stupid. All they are is another way to get a bad grade and somewhat prepare you for finals in high school. I think that Finals in high school were actually important because they actually determined a lot about the rest of your school career. Because getting into a good college is actually important and will affect the rest of your life. So I did try hard on finals throughout high school but that definitely does not mean that I did really good on them. But I made it to college so I did not do too bad. But now that I am in college my mindset has changed a little bit. I will definitely try my best but I know deep down that I am ok with just passing the class. 

 I like the holidays and all the things that come with them. My two favorite holidays are Christmas and Easter. I have always liked them ever since I was younger. Well sure when I was younger I liked them because I got gifts and got to go on an easter egg hunt.  But now that I am older they have stayed my favorite holidays but not for the same reasons. Sure it is nice to get gifts because nowadays I have to pay for things myself. But I now actually want to see my cousins which is the best part because those are the only times I am certain that I will see them.  Now that I am older I have better learned to appreciate my family because now that I am in college I do not get to see them as much as I would like too. But it is ok it is apart of growing up and I know that when I do see them I have to make the most out of it.

 One thing that I never thought would be so annoying would be when I have to go home. And it is not like I don't want to see my family or anything like that even though before thanksgiving break I was away from home for about 100 days but that is not what is annoying. The fact that I have to move so much stuff when I want to go home and I have a small car and I do not have much room in the car and I am just not looking forward to the process that I am going to have to go through in order to go home next week. And I will have to physically go get my car which is also very annoying, the fact that I have to go to the remote lot and go get my car to bring it back to campus and then move all my things into my car. I just hate the remote lot because it is just such a hassle to go and get my car. And then if you try to keep it on campus the odds are that you will get a ticket and have to pay the school. I just get so annoyed when I go home. But is it worth it? Yes, it is I obviously want ...

 Since my pre-season ended around a week or two ago I have had and am still going to have a lot of free time on my hands and some days I don't know what I want to do. And this hasn't really been a problem or anything but it is something that I have been thinking about and never really thought about before. because when I have been in this situation before I would always have something to do when I was at home but this is not the case anymore.  Some of the things that I would do when I was at home and I had plenty of time on my hands to do whatever I wanted. Like workout, play video games, watching movies, hang with my friends/ siblings, or even do something with my parents but I am not always able to do those things now that I am here at college and pretty far away from home. And some of those things do not really interest me as much as they used to now that I am at college. The main things that I do now that I am an athlete here at school are lift, practice, and hang out with...

 As you may or may not know I play Volleyball here at North Central College. And that is basically the only reason that I am here. But I am glad that I came here at least so far. If I didn't come here I would probably be at some crappy school. But now that I am here, I know I made the right decision.  So far volleyball for me has not been as difficult as I thought it would at the collegiate level. So far I have been able to keep up with most of the others players and I like to think that I have a good chance of playing a decent amount this year. Or at least that is my hope. But if that doesn't happen that is fine with me but most people would agree that it is not desired. And some of my teammates have given me the confidence that I can take the number two spot on the team for my position.  But I will not know until January which is when our season starts what my position on the team is. But if don't get the spot on the team that I want and I end up on the bench a lot more...