Memoirs of an English Major

     One of my professors always said the thing he gained from college was how to study. What I gained from my college years was my work ethic. Most of my friends are aware of this, but if it’s not apparent, I procrastinate. I’m what some may classify as a slacker. I can’t name the numerous times that because of this, I not only had numerous papers stack up, but was probably late on more things that I would like to admit. I can’t name the amount of times that I was up at two in the morning finishing three papers, fooling myself that if I cycled through each of the papers that I could keep any energy I had at a level that I could at least get the papers in a state that I would be proud of before collapsing for the measly four hours before waking up only to skip the class to finish the paper for that class. Some would call it simple procrastination, but it would become more for me.

    As I have stated, I gained my work ethic in college. More so, I learned as to what hours I work best. As stated, I worked mainly the crazy night hours. As such, my brain started to adapt and due to this fact, most of my best work and ideas came at the night hour. Even to this day, when I am trying to get to sleep at a reasonable time due to my work schedule, my mind still gets its second wind at this hour. Only at these hours my mind is actually active.

   For most the day, my mind is asleep or in a low state. I tend to get some work done, but my mind is usually on another tasks, whether is be a project or a stray thought. Only at night do all those thoughts seem to come back to foreground of my mind. Though I have tried to adapt my mind to think at hours, I can’t seem to get it to.

    College gave me  my work ethic and I’ve learned to deal with it. It is something that has helped me at times more so than I would like to comment. So, why write about this ability. Well, it is the eve of a storm and I have a rare opportunity to experience it again, seeing if I can capture the muse. In any case, this was a simple excise to get my mind back into a working order. I thank you for reading this stray thought. If you do want some content though, check out Bebo Author. The site is finally publishing the short stories and well, mine was an entry. I’m not quite sure if I’m on the short, but looking at the works that are, I’m fairly certain that I am not. There’s some excellent talent that outshines any work of fiction I could do. In any case, feel free to comment on the story when it hits the site.