The word ' procrastinator' may seem scary , but the definition of the
word is pretty easy to understand . It means someone who likes to put off,
something they have to do till the last minute , and sometimes ……. okay most of
the time- I procrastinate . Here are a few incidents in my life in which I have
procrastinated.
Chores , most of us do them , either at home
or at school , or even both. I have an interesting relationship with chores. I
tend to do them at the last possible moment every time !
Once, my mom had promised me Rs 60 to water
the plants by 6:30! Now- usually when my
mom asks me to do something I do it , but today was my brother's turn to water
the plants. But, as usual, he forgot and went to the movies with his friends .
It was now 2:00 pm , and I had no idea what to do! I was bored out of my mind !
So I decided to watch a movie instead of watering the plants. As the movie was
half-way through , I started to fall asleep , and before I knew it , it was
5:30 pm! I panicked. I decided to go and
water the plants , but I could not find the bucket to fill the water . When I
went to my room to look for the bucket , instead I found myself watching
YouTube videos , and now it was 6:15 pm ! I rushed downstairs . As soon as I
saw the clock in my room. I grabbed a jug from the guest bathroom in my house and
started to pour water in the jug, when- by accident , I jerked my hand and the
freezing cold water fell all over me !
I took this memory to heart, and I will try
not to make a mistake like this again.
Secondly , I tend to procrastinate when
having a difficult project due .
Ah, projects , no matter how much time I have
to complete them I always do them as late as possible!
Once , on an idle , lazy Friday , I had just
received news that I had a math project due on the coming Monday ! I decided
that the math project shouldn't be hard , so I did only the first part of the
project and figured the rest would be easy. I decided to take Saturday as a
work free day. As Saturday flew by, Sunday arrived. I took a look at what I had
to do that was left for the math project , and realized that the first half was
the easy part ! What was remaining took the entire night to finish. The next
day at school I could barely keep my eyes open because I had stayed up all night finishing
the math project.
When I recall this horrible memory, and see
how I procrastinated , I dare not wish
it on anyone.
Finally, my strangest memory incident of procrastinating
is the following memory. You know what they say, save the best for last.
It was 3 days till my monthly tests, and I
was up to the point in which I was so nervous, all I could think about was tests!
( I was worried that I had not studied enough.) The next day and a half I
studied so much, that the only thing I could think about was math sums and the
Greek Civilization . I decided I need a few minutes . Those few minutes turned
into the rest of the day! I could not remember anything I had studied for !
As I conclude , a quote comes to mind when I
think about my memories in which I procrastinated. "You don’t have to see the whole
staircase . Just take the first step " - Martin Luther King . Procrastinating
is an easy thing to do but a hard thing
to stop . I hope these stories and this essay helps you to not make the same mistakes as I have.
Hopefully you don’t leave things for the last possible moment!
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