I have always been a dreamer. I remember growing up and wanting to be a YouTuber. I dreamed of being the biggest YouTuber and making tons of money. I made some youtube videos and I enjoyed doing it; however, I didn't go far enough. I was dreaming of mars but only shooting for the moon. I often do this. Whether I am planning a trip, making a longboard, or making a youtube channel. I always plan huge, get bored when I can't achieve it, and either give up or settle for way less. It's not that it's not possible for me to achieve my dreams, but that I just don't want to put in the work for the results I want. This is because, just like being a dreamer, I have always been a procrastinator.
If someone says they have never procrastinated, don't trust them; they are lying. Everyone procrastinates at some point and I tend to do it a lot. At first, I think it was because I didn't care about what I was doing. I didn't care about school, so I almost failed Algebra my freshmen year. I was legitimately two points off on the exam from failing the class. I learned two main things from procrastinating my way through my high school years.
1. Don't do something if you're not going to give 100 percent.
2. Don't do something just for the money.
If you don't give 100 percent, you're wasting your time, and most likely, other people's time. If you do something just for the money, you won't be passionate about it enough to give 100 percent and see it all the way through. Some people may be able to, but I can't.
To sum it up, my work ethic has been lacking. To achieve the heights of my ambition I need to work more and procrastinate less. My band teacher in high school, Mr. Clauder, would often talk about the importance of delayed satisfaction. It's doing something now that will pay off later. It's often easier to go with immediate gratification, things like Netflix, and video games. However, if you want to achieve greater things you have to pick delayed satisfaction over immediate. This has stuck with me and I've been able to improve a lot since high school, but I still have a long way to go.
