Not Following Directions Well

For today’s blog I’m supposed to create a chart showing how I’ve used my time so far for this video project and how I plan on using the rest of my time, but I’m not going to do that. I don’t like time management charts and planning out my time. I think it takes longer to plan out your time and it’s a waste of time where you could be doing something productive. Besides I never stick to my schedule anyway and I never continue to write one up after the first week.

 I have a general outline of what I have to do every day. I memorize my weekly tasks and work other tasks into my day. I only write down appointments when it’s not a daily or weekly thing (for example, doctor appointments, vet visits, meetings, etc.). I know what I have to accomplish in a day and when it needs to be done by. I constantly run through everything I need to do in my head when I’m walking, driving, zoning out during a boring lecture, etc. I feel that writing down every single thing I have to do at a set time is pointless because things come up and schedules have to change. Also, I’ll probably end up losing or accidently throwing out my schedule.

 So this week I’m being a bit rebellious with this project, but I need flexibility, not structure, to get my work done. And I think I’m doing pretty well on it so far. I have two interviews done so far, I emailed a few professors some questions, and I’m working on scheduling more interviews with other students. My game plan right now is to collect all of my data and upload it to my video. Once I finish that I’m going to organize it so it has a clear beginning, middle, and end. Then once it’s all nice and organized, I’m going to mess around with it transitions, music, and whatever else I can find. Finally, and hopefully I’ll be able to think of something creative to add to my video, to make it stand out from everyone else’s. Right now I don’t have anything, but I’m sure I’ll think of something. I think I might ask a few friends to watch my video, once it’s complete, and ask them how they think I could spice it up a bit.

 I wish I could give you guys a more step-by-step blue print of my project, but I don’t have one and have no intentions of creating one. I’m not going to waste time that I could be using to work on the project to write up a plan that I’m not going to follow. I know what I need to do and I will do it when the time has come. Some people need to plan out every action of their projects in order to complete them well, but I don’t. I mean I did the entire first draft in one night (I did the interviews ahead of time) and from what I saw in class I’m headed on the right track.