Plogging (Plan blogging)

Exactly one week ago, I finally finished my Junior 1 semester. Medical extension was not the most fun thing ever, but at least it's over. Now - onto the main event: summer.

Last summer, I wanted to chill out and rest before my Fall semester began. This summer, I have a reading list too long to realistically accomplish, full of books on narration theory, Elizabethan history, and Shakespeare.

What changed from one summer to the next? Plan. Last week I created my first "Plan" folder on my computer, which is SO SO SO cool. And terrifying. For anyone reading this that isn't familiar with how Marlboro College works, all Juniors and Seniors participate in an undergraduate thesis project. We pick one (or two, or seven) things we want to work on for two years, and in our final year, it is the only thing we do work on. Other classes get pushed to the side, etc. Plan consists of at least one academic paper, an independent project (done without help from professors), and then depending on your major, a dance, a play, an experiment, more writing, etc. Whatever you want to do, just do it thoroughly. It's basically a grad school experience as an undergrad, and there's a lot of pressure surrounding it. 

I'm entering my Junior 2 semester, which means I have one semester to figure out exactly what I want my Plan to be. Right now I know this: my degree is going to be in LIT/Shakespeare and WRITING/Fiction. I'm going to try to prove Cleopatra IS a protagonist using Aristotle and Plutarch. I'm going to write a historical fiction short story. That's pretty much what I know, but I'm never-the-less incredibly excited about all of it.

BUT

 I am perfectly aware that I procrastinate. It happens. And I'm scared of procrastinating on Plan, because that's the thing about Marlboro - your success lies solely on your shoulders. You have to get it done - no one else is going to give you deadlines. 

So. I decided if I'm going to procrastinate on Plan (and I am), at least I could do it in a way that could be disguised as something else.  I've created this blog to vent about Plan, track my progress, let off steam, and write about what I'm writing about in a less formal medium. And yeah, I'm sure this will evolve into me writing about my life sometimes, and maybe some humor posts too.

Plan begins. Good-bye sanity.