My Assignment In on Time, Easily

Story by Frankie R.

In intuition class we talked about putting things off on your to-do list or doing things in the order that they feel good. It takes some intuitive know-how.

I'm in school and had an assignment due on Monday morning. Last weekend, all weekend, I thought, "I know I need to get this assignment done for this class before the end of the weekend."

But, I got invited to the pool, so I took my kids to the pool. I got invited to go to the movies. I went to the movies. Sunday, I pretty much just vegged all day because I did a lot the other two days. I thought, "I really just don't want to do this assignment. I don't want to do it right now." I put it off all day. I got my kids into bed. Then, at about 10:30 or 11:00 at on Sunday night I instantly thought, "Okay, it's time."

I had put it off the whole weekend. I really didn't think if I could pull it off it at this point. I thought I might have to change the due date or due something different. I'm in a flex class so I can do that. Thank goodness!

But, at 11 o'clock at night I felt, "Alright, now's the time." I got it done in 30 minutes and I'm pretty sure I made an "A" on it. I'm fairly certain. I did a really good job. I felt very confident turning it in in a way that I didn't when I was forcing myself to push through some of these assignments.

​What did you learn from this experience?

I think there really is something to just listening to yourself and giving yourself that extra space to relax when you want to relax, or do something different, that kind of fills you up before you get into that daunting task.
 
You said some other magic happened over the weekend. Would you please share?

Yes. I was on my way to the pool with my kids and realized we didn't have any sunblock. I wasn't really raised with sunblock but I want to try to get my kids using it. So, I wasn't sure what to buy.

While I stood in the sunblock aisle at Walmart, staring at all the bottles, I noticed another lady nearby me and felt an instinct to ask for her advice. It turned out that she worked in a dermatology office and knew everything I needed to know about which brand and type to buy for my kids.