{"id":5938,"date":"2022-05-05T01:35:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T09:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningcommons.twu.ca\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2024-04-28T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T20:12:19","slug":"deadlines-can-suck-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/learningcommons\/2022\/05\/05\/deadlines-can-suck-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadlines can suck it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deadlines Can Suck It<\/h1>\n

Andrew Johnson<\/h3>\n

May(be) 5, 2022<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Sometimes<\/span> it\u2019s okay to be behind schedule.<\/p>\n

I had a lot go wrong this semester that helped put me behind. Although I do tend to run behind (Hofstadter\u2019s Law is basically my life motto), this semester the rain decided \u2013 in true Vancouver fashion \u2013 to pour. I had a run-in with everything from medical issues to immigration concerns, and I\u2019m already behind in general (my go-to answer to the dreaded \u201cwhat year are you\u201d question is \u201cI\u2019m in my final semester, and I have been for about 2 years now\u201d).<\/p>\n

Being so far behind was really getting to me all semester long, and that ramped up big time toward the end of February\/March. (And if I\u2019m being honest, it\u2019s still getting to me, but I\u2019m processing it better now.) However, it was roughly two weeks before finals when all my tutees started coming in also<\/em> massively behind. Granted, part of me wants to chuckle smugly when freshmen talk about how far behind they are \u2013 just you wait! \u2013 but something about being able to say, \u201cyeah bruh, me too\u201d helped me ground myself a bit.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still not sure what it is \u2013 late-stage capitalism, academic toxicity, social comparison, imposter syndrome, or obsessive time-orientation \u2013 that makes it feel like such a bad<\/em> thing to be behind on deadlines. There\u2019s no objective<\/em> reason why it\u2019s bad to run behind schedule. (Yes, I\u2019ve heard all the prattling about how it devalues people\u2019s time or whatever, but this is nothing but neurotypical propaganda \u2013 utterly meaningless drivel tantamount to ND-phobia to somebody with both ADHD and<\/em> highly valued friends.)<\/p>\n

It’s taken a lot of mental rewiring (and support from many people) even to begin readjusting to being okay<\/em> running a bit behind. It doesn\u2019t make me a worse person, nor does it make my work less valuable. (Also, you never know who else is running behind and could use the extra ~10% past the deadline to make progress on their own<\/em> stuff.) What is<\/em> valuable is 1) doing the work in the first place, 2) finishing (or opting not to \u2013 it\u2019s my<\/em> choice after all) eventually, and 3) keeping an eye on mental health, both mine and others\u2019.<\/p>\n

And when the deadlines come knocking, take a page out of Shawn and Gus\u2019s book and have this<\/a> on standby.<\/p>\n

Post-scriptum: I am aware that this is a fairly privileged perspective to take \u2013 I\u2019m about as WEIRD as it gets, not to mention white, male, and not obviously LGBT-presenting. As such, I don\u2019t mean to communicate that this is the way I think the world is<\/em>, nor do I necessarily think this reflection contains generally good advice. Instead, my hope is that I can leverage some of my privilege to bring some minority concerns (in this case, ND concerns especially) to the forefront of conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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