A Hard Lesson in Humility

And so it has come to be that Nick has fallen behind in all of his classes. Not one--not two, but all three of his classes.

As a near-30 year old man, it was extremely difficult and humiliating to tell my professor, "I'm sorry that I don't have my essay completed due to falling into habits formed back in high school." I'm 30 freakin' years old, I should KNOW better! Yet, here I am.

Of course, I never told her the specifics of the habits (they are rather irrelevant), but I shall tell you the story.

I started out high school great! I got excellent grades my freshman and sophomore years. Come junior year, I started to slack off a bit. And my senior year?! It was horrendous!! I almost didn't graduate! My problem was I would do anything to get me out of doing my homework. Be it by playing video games, watching TV or hanging out with friends... I would simply avoid it.

Now here I am in the same situation. I know I need to just buck up and do the work. As my mother would say, "The books aren't going to read themselves!" And Howard Kang's (see the other UIS bloggers) New Year's Vlog about not simply stating a resolution, but DOING it has had a lasting impression.

I'll let you know when I get all caught up. Hopefully it'll be sooner than later. Freshmen and sophomores be warned: DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON TIME!!!

For now, I'm off to do homework. I'll talk to y'all again soon.

~N.