Ooh... I know this one... I really like the just-enough analogy someone posted earlier. I'm a student and currently buried under tons of assignments. I currently need to do two things to survive this semester:
A) do my assignments and make sure they don't suck
too much
B) do something fun to keep the balance. Humans need more than just sleep to stay mentally sane: they need to do fun stuf too.
Right now, I'm doing neither. I've honed my procrastination skills to the max and I'm like a pendulum stuck in mid-swing: I'm not doing my assignments (right) but I'm not having fun either (left). I'm just sorta in the middle, goofing around on the internet. Yeah, it's amusing at times, but not as fun as painting, writing or playing my favorite videogames. And it's not getting the work done either, making me feel guilty. If I don't use the free hours I have to do my homework, then at least I should use them for something really fun to recharge my batteries. Now I'm still stuck on square one, with my energy slowly seeping away.
Sadly, I can't get off the internet. I need it for the assignments...
You're not alone