Paper Schmaper

Right now I am writing. I am writing a blog post. I am writing a blog post when I should be writing a research paper. A very long research paper.

I have a problem with procrastination. Somehow when something big is due, procrastination inevitably finds me. He sneaks up on me when I start to read my textbooks; he lurks around the corner when he sees me looking at class notes; he artfully looks out for any sign that I might be productive. Yes, procrastination is a very sly fella indeed.

And tonight he bounded and gagged me and drug me to my computer. He insisted I either meddle with blog stuff or play computer games. I chose the lesser of two evils.

I am going to fight back now, and go to sleep. I need to get some rest so I can try to beat procrastination at his own game tomorrow.

~ Angela

Contentment

It took me a long time to find my blogger template

It also took me forever to tweak it into just what I wanted in a blog

Hours were spent in placing the description, photos, affiliation buttons, and everything else

And now I'm feeling the sting of blogger template discontentment.

I recently tried out Squarespace, because it was the latest hot blog system. Well, let me tell you, that site is complicated! You have to space the boxes manually, change columns with great difficulty, just adding my picture was medieval torture!

I'm so happy to be back to my blogger roots, but I'm still discontent. I look at all the beautiful blogs online, and I like them, but I also like my simple design. I would like to have three columns though so that all of my extras (i.e. non-entry content) can be spread around and not in one long stream down the side.

I want to change, however, I get very frustrated when changing blogger templates because all of my widgets get deleted! This frustrates me so much that I don't think it is worth the hassle to change my template. But then again, I am a creature of change.

I am always changing! I can never stick to one thing for too long. I like the simplicity of my current template, but then again I want something more bold that makes a statement.

Other bloggers seem perfectly content with their templates. Why can I not be so lucky?

I suppose I will stick with this template for now, if not because I like it then because I want to preserve my widgets.

If you like my blog just the way it is, let me know. If you have found some awesome yet simple three column blog templates, give me a holler :)

Until next time,

~ The Jane of All Trades and Master of Discontentment

Squarespace Conundrum

Should I switch to Squarespace?

Check out my tester blog and let me know what you think:

www.thejaneofalltrades.net

**Update** I am not switching to Squarespace because it is too complicated. I will be pointing that domain to this blogger blog sometime soon though :)