Being a procrastinator is a life no one chooses because it chooses you. Do I want to stay up early into the morning to make sure something is perfect because I waited until the night before to start it? No, but I do. There’s no helping it. Sometimes I look at a project weeks before the due date and nothing about it seems right. I try and try to accomplish my set goal on a scheduled timeline but the majority of the time, my efforts fall short. So instead, I wait for the timing to feel right and for the pieces of the project to fall into place naturally. The truth behind my procrastination is that forcing my work to turn out a certain way doesn’t accomplish anything. If at the time I feel like I don’t have the skills or the patience to achieve my goal then the reality is that I won’t be able to. Why sell myself short on a half-baked outcome? It’s true that the results of procrastination aren’t pretty, but most of the time they’re my best.
So here’s to those who procrastinate! I give you a closer look at the process behind it.
1.) Realize you have a lot of work to do.
2.) Prepare to do said “work”
3.) Realize there's no hope
4.) Rate your stress on a scale of 1 to 2007 Britney
5.) Cry a bit
6.) Decide you're over it
7.) Decide to recommit
8.) Realize deciding to recommit was a lie
9.) Get scolded by your roommate
10.) Pretend to show interest
11.) Fail at said pretending
12.) Commit yourself to other important tasks
13.) Realize you have an hour left to finish
14.) Decide you’re ready to try again
15.) Turn in your assignment with zero seconds to spare (i.e. 11:59 a.m.) and realize you have a problem
Repeat.
