Bad Habits

A first year student, not yet a month into my first term and I have already picked up some terrible habits. And I don’t believe I am the only one.

Myself and my fellow students, as far as I can discern, are all now masters of procrastination. I cannot count the amount of times that I have heard the words, “Oh I’ve got /so/ much work to do.” And in saying such, do we sit down and crack on with it like sensible people? Of course not. Don’t be silly. We put it off as long as we can and then fight under pressure to get it all done, it seems to be the way things operate.

I seem to have the most incredible talent for falling through manure and coming out smelling of roses. Relying on this, I am trying my damned hardest to coast at the moment and hope for the best. We’ll see how this holds up... (I’m guessing that I’m in for a shock). I know I’m not the only one either.

Another ‘bad habit’ I seem to have gained, is the ability to spend money I just don’t have. Before coming to Manchester, I was prudent with money, spending what I needed but always making sure I had enough. Well, that’s gone out of the window. In three weeks I wonder just how much money the local clubs and bars have taken from we first years and our new found love of spending. I’ve considered a budget, but working one out seems too much like hard work in my opinion as a chief procrastinator.

A final point, and one that I cannot omit, has to be my accent. I come from West Yorkshire. I would say I’m from Leeds, as I am prone to doing, but the truth is I am from Bradford. It’s just that no one from Bradford cares to say so, it is not a city to be proud of. Anyway, I digress. The point is, I had a relatively normal (no jokes from the southerners there, please) West Yorkshire accent. However, for some reason since arriving here, I find myself with the broadest Yorkshire accent possible. Why is this? It’s not fierce pride for my home county for sure. I suppose it could be from fear of sounding remotely southern, but it seems a little extreme for that. Either way, I think I need to spend some time back at home to level it out again. I think the point of this little tirade was to see if anyone else has experienced this, or is it just me? Answers on a postcard.