Procrastinators unite…Tomorrow

At this present moment as you’re reading this article you probably have something important you should be doing or for that fact, should’ve been doing since two weeks ago but instead you’ve left if for the last minute or a few minutes later now that you’re reading this. You, my friend… are the product of procrastination. Not saying it’s a completely bad thing as its true that you will be a little older by the time you get it done, therefore wiser!

There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you’re supposed to be doing something else. I
wrote this article before you ten days after I had initially planned to and if it wasn’t for submission dates and my cellphone screen that I need to replace (which could be converted to my pay check) I probably would still be by feeding the cat, going out to buy something I need for my apartment (I don’t have either), meeting a friend for coffee, checking emails, writing down lists and looking for “inspiration” on T.V. or even in the pool! As I sat there thinking about it, I contemplated that maybe it’s about time we stopped accusing the dogfor eating assignments or printers for malfunctioning, because we all know what really happened. You can basically smell it on someone and see it in their eyes… we all do it at some point in our lives, some of us more than others and I should know because I’m an active member of the “keeping up with the yesterday’s club” that will be launched in the near future, which is a mystical land where about 99% of our productivity, motivation and achievements are stored because we’re all just too busy doing a lot of unnecessarily necessary things today!

Only 1 (me) in 5 people are chronic procrastinators and these people have it down to a skill, seeing that, analytically speaking, procrastination is simply the ability to withstand any urge of doing anything productive. Sounds like a lot of self-discipline me! You don’t agree?
What if I told you that Procrastination is an acronym for prioritisation? First of all you can’t argue it because you don’t have a thesaurus in front of you and second of all Jessica Hische  said that the work you do while procrastinating is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life. I’m not sure if making a peanut butter sandwich was what she meant , but I agree… because who am I to question the wise and famous?

Though I believe that I’ve made strong points and all as a master procrastinator, my theory can never be 100% because of logic and realists who snatch the well backed up percentage in the argument that procrastination is in fact the thief of time. It has the ability to kill opportunity and destroy future aspirations as it’ll always hinder with your progress. You’ll never really feel good about the work you’ve done as it’ll always be rushed, not thought of thoroughly and you know that awesome feeling where you’re done with all your work and can relax for the remainder of the day? No? Oh well, join the club because I’ve never experienced it too. This smooth criminal will deprive you from living up to your potential and will leave you stressed out and cause a lot of unnecessary anxiety.

Procrastination is then simply the practice of delaying a process, the same way that this next sentence is of no value but is a mere method of making this article seem longer and by writing a lot of nothing I am hoping my closing line will somehow meet me at the end of this written thought process which of course is the result of procrastination. Maybe procrastination is a virtue seeing that all good things come to those who wait and moms please, if we say we’ll sweep the stoep, we will. Stop asking us every three months about it.

But honestly, thinking about it rationally, wisely as unbiasedly I think we all know that procrastination is a real setback when it comes to moving forward and getting things done… so realizing this harsh reality I have hope and will start working on my procrastination issue, just you wait and see. I acknowledge it as my sin as it brings naught but sorrow. I know that I should stop it. In fact, I will! Tomorrow.