Procrastination

I know everyone has procrastinated at least once. It starts with something that you really don't want to do. You say to yourself "I don't want to do this, so I'll find something more interesting to do." This causes your brain to find the most obscure and stupid things entertaining. I've run into procrastination more times than not. I know I am a procrastinator, and I know I should change my ways, but the thing is, it's an extremely hard habit to break.
 My procrastinating ways have built up over years and years of bad habits. Some people may call this laziness, and say that these procrastinators have no time management and have a poor set of priorities. This may be true for some, but for my other fellow procrastinators, it's a huge generalization that isn't quite true.
Personally, I hate generalizations. I think the main reason is because I feel as though often I am an exception. Maybe it's because I want to feel special and I don't want to be lumped into a big group of people. Or maybe I want to stand out and be different. Maybe it's even because I know everyone is unique, and even if people share some qualities, they may all have a different degree of that quality. Either way, generalization suck, and I don't like them. 
Sometimes procrastination can be a good thing. Often times, I will do something that I was procrastinating just to avoid and procrastinate something else. Unfortunately, that's the only positive thing I can think of about procrastination. A lot of times, people will say, just do your work little by little, and then you won't have as much to do in the end. This is not too easy. When I see anything, I see a lot of work, no matter how much work there actually is. Whether it's a little thing like a small homework assignment, or a big project like cleaning and vacuuming my car. I see it as the same amount of work and effort, which is a lot. And the little work seems huge when in reality it's not that bad.
Now, you may be thinking to yourself, "but don't you realize that once you do them, they take less work and so you should just get them out of the way in the first place?" That would be nice, now wouldn't it. I'm sure it would be fantastic to realize that it's not that much of a workload. But, unfortunately, my brain doesn't function that way. I hope I'm not the only one who feels like this.
Sometimes, I get bursts of energy and motivation to actually do work. And honestly, it feels great when I accomplish tasks. Yet, I'm always procrastinating. It doesn't make sense because if it feels good to accomplish something, wouldn't I want to accomplish more things and thus get more work done and not procrastinate? The answer is yes, that's how it should work, but unfortunately that's not how it actually works. The whole thing puzzles me.
On that note, I am actually procrastinating right now, as I need to write a rough draft for a final paper that's do tomorrow. So goodbye, and get some work done! (don't say you have none, because there's always more work to be done)

What's on the News?

I was on Twitter this afternoon, and as I was scrolling down I opened a picture.

As I was reading the list of things the news talks about, I realized how much of it is actually true. The real issues are never there. It's always, somebody died, stock market's up, somebody famous had a baby, somebody famous got an award, somebody famous is on drugs, gas prices are up, here's people causing an outrage, politics, etc. All information that is quite frankly getting old. Honestly, I really don't care that Kim Kardashian got a new dog or that some guy in a far out county got arrested for drug overdose.
Looking at the list of information we should be informed about is also very true. Some of the stuff on that list I didn't even know was happening. The problem with this is that all media is regulated by the government (which is a whole other rant by itself) and as we all know, sucks. It has always been and always be terrible because of the people in office and their greedy asses. Now, I won't deny that there were some great people in office, but there are and have been more than enough not-so-great people in office.
The fact that this terrible government regulates what the people know is actually pretty horrifying. Media (at least television and radio) is totally corrupt and brainwashing. This is why I do not listen to the radio or watch television (except to watch Pretty Little Liars, which I record and NFL). I honestly don't find a need to.
Now, you may be saying to yourself, "but Sam, how do you stay connected and entertained?" Well, the answer to that question is the internet. One of the big things I like is YouTube. YouTube let's people post up their views and opinions without being censored. Well, I guess it's somewhat moderated because viewers can report things and if videos are copyrighted then they are taken down. But, it's still so open. Honestly anyone can put anything on the internet. Which, in return doesn't necessarily mean everything is true, but I'll take it over unimportant nonsense on television.
And I swear if the government starts to censor the internet too, I think I might go insane and move to Canada.
If we need to know all of these things, maybe I'll figure all of it out and start a new blog. If it does happen, I'll give you guys a link or something. I guess that just about wraps it up for today, and on that note: I hope you learn something new today.

What I'm All About

You may all be wondering what this blog is about and who exactly is behind the keyboard. My name is Sam and I want to share my thoughts with you. It occurred to me a few nights ago while stumbling home from a night out that I have no sensor when I'm drunk, especially on the walk home. I literally just keep talking and talking about anything that crosses my mind. Sometimes I feel like my brain has so many thoughts that I can't keep up with it. I physically cannot speak fast enough to say my thoughts.
So that leaves me with this fantastic idea about creating a blog. Since I've never really expressed myself and my own thoughts any way at all, this experiment could go very well or be absolutely atrocious. Either way, it's a learning experience, and I feel as though this will help me with my writing skills.
Most of these posts will probably be rants about random things. Some may be about my life, about what made me mad or sad that day. Others might be about really philosophical and deep topics, things I've always pondered. What ever it is, I just want to open up my brain in some other way. Some people gossip and talk about things, I want to write.
I don't plan on anyone finding this blog for a while, but if somebody does stumble across this and would like to read more, comment something you would like me to talk about. I generally do better with a subject, because then my brain all of a sudden opens up my opinions on that subject, that I never knew I had. I guess you could say my brain is like an office. It's got lots of files in cabinets, but I don't know what's in them unless somebody says something in that topic. For example, if you ask me my views on a topic, I might share a few things. But if someone says something in an argument against my views, then I will refute them and expand on that little detail of that topic.
I'm not quite sure if that made sense or not, but I can't really explain it any other way. I hope this blog will be an outlet for my thoughts, and with that I say good day.