Just Do it
What is your personal credo? “Just Do It,” yes, the quote by Nike, but one quote that held me through moments of fear, laziness, and overthinking. Personally, I consider myself an ambitious person with a lot of ideas and goals for myself, but the only thing that holds me back is procrastination. Procrastination is my worst enemy; it knows my weaknesses, my fears, and my distractions. Looking back, there are a lot of things that I wish I could have done differently. This mindset that I built for myself all began during my sophomore year of High School. Sitting in the back of Dr. Wilson’s class, staring endlessly at a blank Google Doc that was supposed to become my ten-page history essay on the relationship between Anime and Western cartoons. I didn’t know where to start; instead of trying, I froze and did other things. I think many of us have experienced this moment–knowing something is important, yet feeling unable to do it. After wasting my minutes of liv...