It is Sunday night. The plethora of assignments due at midnight are piling up, as you calculate in your head how many hours you have left to complete everything. Why do we do this every week? I mean, don't get me wrong, there are definitely people who keep there priorities straight throughout the week and never have to deal with this last minute stress, but I, like so many others in this world are definitely not one of them.
While it may seem nice to just look a that pile of laundry and declare that today is just not the day to get it done, living with the "I'll just do it later" mentality definitely has its downsides. In the back of my mind I constantly have a list of all of the things that I need to get done. The current things that are circulating my brain are packing to move out, figuring out my finances for next year, getting about 4 projects/essays done, a meeting, running to the store, fundraising...and the list goes on. And all of these things need to be completed within the next seven days.
However, unlike a somewhat smart person who knows that getting things done ahead of time will truly pay off in the end. I haven't completed any of these things. I haven't even somewhat started them. Everything that I need to pack is still cluttered in the room unorganized, despite the fact that I'm moving out in a week and I have yet to even look at my final assignments. I know that I will get these things done. I have never had a problem with getting things completed in time, but I do wait until the last possible minute.
That list is constantly on repeat, going through my head everyday until I get those tasks completed. Despite all of the extra unnecessary stress though, I still continue to push these things off until the last possible minute. Even currently, I am writing this article the day of the deadline, because for some reason I can never build up enough momentum to get anything done at a reasonable time.
Although, every time Sunday rolls around, I regret all my decisions I have made for the week. I don't think that this is something that will really change about me anytime soon. Some of the best things I have accomplished were done at a last minute pace, with a large rebel from Dutch Bros in my hand and my "study" playlist playing full volume through my headphones. I think that doing things last minute is motivating, and as long as I get everything completed, then I don't see why it could be a problem. So, I'm sorry to myself for always allowing this extra stress to build up, but also applaud myself for completing everything in such a short amount of time.
Cheers to all of the procrastination. Thanks for always keeping me on my toes.
