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White envelopes addressed to you, emblazoned with the school's logo hardly ever bear good news. They usually carry bill or a notice of some sort of impending money collection. Sometimes they carry letters discussing the academic conduct of a student. They scarcely bring happiness; this is very rare.

However, the chances worked in my favor, and I received a letter announcing that I had made the Dean's List with a 3,786 GPA. I had truly worked hard my first semester in college, and the hard work paid off in full. I had all A's, and one B by a few points. I knew that I had actually tried, this time, but it was still a shock because my high school marks were sub par.

Despite my great grades, I had a few setbacks. I remembering thinking more times than once at four o' lock in the morning how I wished I had finished this paper earlier or how I wished I hadn't waited so late in the day to finish my homework. I felt like a slave to my school work late at night, unable to sleep because of it. The lack of sleep would cause me to wake up in the morning, still tired. Because I was tired, it was hard to focus in class because I was nodding off or the lecture failed to hold my attention. Sometimes, I would even skip class because I was tired, and then again, sometimes I would skip, and I wasn't tired at all.

I hope to try to get over my chronic procrastination issues so that I can get good grades with ease, not by sacrificing my sanity just to take a few more glances at Facebook.

I'm starting now with this blog, because last night, I was up doing a paper that was due today before midnight. I am doing thing blog on time, the day it was assigned.

I'm kind of proud of myself.