"...running circles in my head. While you sit there contemplating, you're wound up left for dead"
~When I'm Gone by Simple Plan
Why do people procrastinate so much? 'People', namely myself and other unfortunate teenagers.Over this last week, I discovered how easy and how QUICK it is to have a shower when you aren't distracted. Just hop in, shower, and hop out. If I wanted to, I could be out of the bathroom in 10mins, i.e. including doing some business and brushing my teeth. If that's the case, why do I end up staying in the bathroom for such a long time - sometimes even more than one hour?
Simple: distractions.
I always end up sitting on the floor reading a book. Or I'll be watching a video, drawing, writing... And no, this wasn't originally written in the bathroom! I wrote it in the bedroom with messy writing due to not having an avaliable seat...
Sorry, I digress. Life would be a lot better if my attitude towards that kind of thing was like my attitude to food: "I'm full. No more." So in this case, it'd be "I've had enough. I need to work. No more." Even when I'm dying of work because I left 3 assignments to the last day ONE THE SAME DAY, I don't start to seriously work until 11pm. I admit, I'm getting better, but still... Why do I do this to myself?!
It's ridiculous. I consciously realise that if I didn't procrastinate, and did my work and then relaxed, I would enjoy my relaxation time so much more.
While it's such an easy concept in theory, it's such a difficult action to carry out.
For this reason alone, I've decided - especially since I'm getting into the higher grades - to not leave assignments to the last day, and start working - at the latest - one week before it's due. (Considering the the tiny amount of work I do when I am working, that's actually a good timeframe...) Since we're normally given two weeks for assignments, good luck to myself, I say...
I think the final conclusion is that procrastination is enjoyable because we're too caught up in the moment of enjoyment. It's like being drunk (not that I'd know what it's like). You don't realise the consequences until you wake up with a killer hangover.
That's Kate, out~!
P.S. Happy New Year. I'm going for something different with the start of the new year. I rarely update, so I've gone back to being old-style and writing in a physical book. That's why some of these posts may sound a little bit strange like the 'writing this in the bathroom' stuff. Yes, I wrote this in the bedroom. Anyway, that's all I've got to say for now. You'll see more about this in the next post I do titled "Handwriting... and Technology".
