I am a Person Who Leaves things for the Last Minute by Nysa Yadav

PERSONAL ESSAY

I am so not like my mom; my mom is the kind of person who likes to do everything beforehand, while I’m the kind of person who leaves stuff for the last minute.

It’s a Friday and we have homework……LOTS!! But as the weekend just began I wasn’t in the mood to do my homework today. I was just lazing around the whole of Friday watching TV, going to play and reading my book. Before I knew it, it was Saturday morning and I was getting ready for my dance class, where I was reminded by my friend that it’s my best friends birthday  party!! Which I absolutely couldn’t miss!  I thought about my homework but I slyly just postponed it till Sunday. The party ended quite late, and when I came back home I quickly had my dinner and slept. Sunday morning my mom was working and she had told me to do my homework in her absence, but me being me, I just switched on the TV and started watching my favourite movie. Before I knew it I was having lunch with my mom. As I had just sat down to do my homework my cousins came! I had a lot of fun with them. But time flew too quickly! They left late AND I STILL HADN’T FINISHED MY HW!!! I ended up staying up till 12 to finish my homework. While I was doing my homework my hands were hurting my eyes were drooping and I was super tired!

We were going to Delhi the next day! And I still haven’t packed, I was just watching TV while my mom and dad were packing, they kept reminding me to pack, but I just kept postponing it. Soon it was dinner time, and then it struck me. I HADN’T PACKED!! But I still thought that there would be time for me to pack after dinner (that’s what I assumed). As I had my dinner I kept thinking that I would pack this and that I would pack that. After dinner when I finally went to my room to pack, I couldn’t seem to find ANYTHING!!

As I searched through my room for the things I needed I looked at the watch and saw that the time was literally FLYING……………..

10:30, 11:00, 11:15

Oh no!!

As I gathered everything I needed I had no more energy to do anything! I somehow managed to pack by 12. I had a headache and I was super tired. Going to bed that day was definitely the best thing that had happened to me throughout the day!

I have now realised that leaving work/stuff for the last minute isn’t going to help as I get tired and sleepy.