Boy am I bad at keeping up with this blog or what? I
don’t know why, but both aspects of this project have been very difficult for
me. I guess I can attribute my lack of blogging to embarrassment that again,
stems from my inability to adhere to what should be a simple task. I mean how hard is it to
only read celebrity gossip on Thursdays??? Super hard apparently. And I guess I
can attribute that difficulty to the plain old fact that gossip is just not something I
care to give up.
Another issue that has frustrated me: I made my goal here to decrease gossip intake under the assumption that this would increase
my productivity. While a good idea in theory, I’ve found that gossip or no
gossip, if I’m not in the mood to do work I will find other methods of
procrastination. Ugh. I mean I wish I could distract myself from gossip with
school work but I just can’t. Ultimately all the things I was doing to distract
myself from gossip just ended up contributing to my procrastination problem.
So at this point I’m back to relapsing daily, which I’m not
proud of, but one good thing is that my friends are
trying to help me get back on track. For example, I texted Lindsay the other
day about this settlement MTV made with this girl, Tonya, who used to be on the
Real World (I won’t go into details but if you want to know more, just Google
“Tonya MTV toothbrush"). To my surprise, instead engaging in the discussion,
Lindsay scolded me for reading gossip on a Friday. The same thing happened on
Saturday when I tried to talk to another friend about Justin Timberlake’s
homeless-person wedding video. So maybe with the continued support there is
still hope for me? Maybe?
One other good thing that has come out of this is that although
I have relapsed frequently, I have cut back my overall intake to about 15
minutes per day (as opposed to the usual hour I was at originally). Also, at this point I really only read one particular blog, LaineyGossip.
I’ve talked about Lainey before, she's just so great, and guess what? She just did a Ted Talk last
Sunday!! The title is called The Sociology of Gossip. I obviously cannot wait to
see it.
So all of that being said, I guess I will keep trying to
stick to my original goal for the rest of the semester—and even more so, try
not to beat myself if I can’t do it. Okay.
I completely relate to how hard it is to keep up with this blog lol. In any case, I would focus on your achievements on this one. Reducing the time spent on the gossip from an hour to 15 mins is awesome. Maybe the goal can be revised to be only spending 15 mins a day doing it. That might help you to acknowledge your successes and feel more successful. Just a thought. :)
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