May 2, 2011

Before I can sit down to study, I have to "get everything squared away."  I have to get caught up on emails, troll Facebook for a while, check my horoscope, read the news . . . you get the idea.  This process can take anywhere from ten minutes to a few hours and it is amazing what I decide I simply must take care of before I start studying.  Thankfully (in a pathetic sense of the term, since willpower is apparently no longer sufficient), I found a program that blocks me from accessing any website I place on a "Blacklist."  Once I activate the program, I can't access any of these websites or servers until the end of the time frame I've chosen.  I've been able to figure out how to game the system for some of the websites, which just indicates how averse I am to studying at any given time, but by and large, the program is successful at keeping me on task.  With the time crunch between my last race and sex discrimination class today and the final on Wednesday morning, this program was essential today.  Unfortunately, I seem to have been too productive and have two more hours before I can get back to my "squaring away" business.