how to tell anxiety from true performance cap?

[yes]

I'm a student. Some projects I do with pleasure and/or determination, largely b/c i feel that with due attention, I can complete them well - then I have no trouble putting lots of time and thought into it.

 

Then there are some projects I have a feeling I won't be able to do well because my understanding of the topic is just not precise enough, or my background in some other subject isn't sufficient. The eternal question is ... am I just anxious, and should suck it up and focus; or am I simply realistic about what is and isn't within my capabilities?

 

I think it's the latter, because I can usually tell how I did on an assignment when I hand it in - my marks are almost never unexpected. But I'm afraid to think this, because what if i'm wrong & simply not pushing myself hard enough.

 

Why I think about all this instead of working my ass off? Because I value my free time, and hate to waste time on studying. Yet lately i find myself plugging away at a project, making no progress, feeling too guilty to do other things, and basically wasting time just so to say "i did my best" to myself.

 

This has turned into a rant instead of a coherent qn i guess... any comments are still wel'come.

-yes

[IRULE]

I'm not an expert, but for me when I'm not really interested in something I don't want to do it, I don't like being bored I put things off. but when I do it I feel better and think that was not so bad . you can do it, its just probably not your favorite thing to do but when its done it was not as bad as you anticipated. do the things you like the least first then you don't stress on it as much,and can do the fun stuff last and get done faster.

procrastination make you stress during your free time. ok it made sense to me.but then I should be doing laundry or something constructive.

sounds like excuses if you don't feel you know enough to do it maybe you should ask questions.is that not what learning is all about?