Assignments - Fighting the urge to Procrastinate!

We are currently working on our first graded assignment for this year, and we all feel the pressure because we understand that this year the grades we achieve determine the overall degree classification. With this in mind, I have worked a little harder to ensure I am more organised and prepared ahead of the deadline. 

I know I am not the only student who has to work hard to fight the urge to procrastinate...I transform into a domestic goddess and find myself doing housework of taking up baking. Just this afternoon I was very determined to sit with my books and do more research into my topic area, and before I knew it I had face planted my text book and was having a nap. 

The thing is, I am tired. REALLY tired. I had no break between finishing year 1 and starting year 2 due to my circumstances and I was just thrown back into university routine. Now my sleep is not only interrupted by my children, the dog, the neighbours dog, my irrational fears and my husbands habit of stealing the duvet but my assignments wake me up periodically throughout the night. I seem to become a genius in my sleep and I find myself writing my essay in my sleep, I then have to get up and write it down before it is lost! I had a really good idea earlier that has left me smirking quietly inside because ideas like this really don't come easily to me. 

As part of putting my past to rest, I am going to allow myself to celebrate this small victory! I've so much to look forward to right now and I am very excited about my future!