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"No fear," I said. "I have a whole week until school starts!" <- this is the number one sign of procastination.

So another day went by and I kept telling myself to study, but at the same time I was like "nah" <- second sign.

Then yet another day passed and I started making up excuses "It's not worth starting to read today, cause I'm seeing friends later, so I wont be able to fininsh anything anyway.." <- third sign.

Which is why today, I finally got my butt out of the lazy seat and started reading. Now some of you might be thinking "It's just a book, all you have to do is read?" but alas, no it isn't. Even if this was just a book, I would still have to take notes on all the events taking place in the book, and all the impressions and thoughts I get while reading (which takes quite a bit of time, actually) but this isn't just any book. This, is Shakespeare. Which means adding 20 other things to do like: reading through chapter summaries and finding a good synopsis, making a chart of all the characters and how they are related, looking up every other word/phrase because they don't make sense, etc. So, no, it isn't just reading.

Anyway, there are five acts in the play, so I'm thinking I'll read an act a day, even though I have 6 days to complete it. I'm almost finished with Act 1 (have about two pages left of the last scene) and my head is already mush. I figured this is a good, easy way to start school, as I have some time to build up my mental stamina, which was lost somewhere along the lines of "summer vacation".

And, a blog isn't complete without pictures, so here's a picture of the signs/stages of procastination I was telling you about!