Need Advice--Overload/Withdrawal/Inattention?

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Yes. Thanks. It does help to focus on the ultimate goal sometimes.

I have one reference and some basic research done. Also the laundry. I get more chores done while procrastinating than any other time, apparently.

...this is gonna take a while.

I'm sorry you're feeling like this. I was the same way over my last term paper. It was at the end of the semester and I just coundn't find the hook or the pattern in the available data and it stressed me out so badly that I couldn't think. It's a really lousy way to feel. All I can say is just keep going.

Regards,

Patricia

So... finished the paper.

It ended up taking 34 hours of trying to write 11 pages, a bibliography, and a table. I had some serious concentration issues, as you can obviously tell.

For comparison, when I wrote my last blog post, it took fifteen minutes for one and a half pages. That's a rate of six pages per hour, which implies that if I had been able to concentrate, I would have taken about two hours to write the paper.

I've begun to realize that if I don't try to do homework 24/7, I will never get it done. I've also begun to realize that the time it takes, theoretically, is only about a tenth or less of the time it really takes.

That explains why I've had to drop every single leisure activity to have a chance at succeeding in college, anyway.

Yeah, you kinda have to make school your special interest. Icky, but it works.

As an adult, I've used my passion as my reward for getting things done... like household chores, balancing my checkbook, etc. All those stupid, annoying, boring things that are required of adults.

And to keep things going, I set a timer on my time with the passion... an hour or so. Then on to the next chore.