This I Believe
You want to know what I believe? I believe that procrastination is a big
problem, especially when it comes to school.
Procrastination keeps you from doing work and will eventually spread out
onto your daily life. I mean, I can’t
really say that this applies to everyone; but it definitely applies to me.
Even when writing this blog, I
procrastinated. It’s 1am right now,
Sunday night and I just started this blog.
I had the entire Thanksgiving break to start this, but I was too
distracted by really “important” activities.
These activities include, exercising, hanging out with friends, staring
at the wall, and more exercising. Yeah I
know, I probably could’ve taken some time off exercising to start this blog;
but that wouldn’t have been fun.
One reason why I believe procrastination
is a problem, is that it piles up work and will eventually get in the way of you
being able to do the things that you’d rather do. The more work you put off, the harder you’ll
have to work to finish them. And also,
the more work you put off, the harder it will be to remember what you have to
do.
Another reason why procrastination
is a problem is that it can become a habit that is hard to get rid of. Usually habits such as biting your nails or
chewing on pencils are easy to break, while smoking isn’t an easy habit to
break. This is only because the
cigarettes already have addictive qualities in them. But does this mean procrastination has its
own addictive qualities? Probably not,
but you’ll find that once you start procrastinating, it will first become an
option to avoid doing work, then eventually a natural reaction to all of your
work. I know this personally from
experience. The first time that I’ve
ever done something last minute was in 7th grade. After I actually completed the work last
minute and received a reward for doing it correct. I got the idea that I could do this with all
my work which is how my problem began.
The final reason why I believe that
procrastination is a problem is that it causes you to become lazy. Putting off work to do more enjoyable things keeps
you unoccupied for a longer period of time and will make you not want to do
work even longer. I probably could have
done a better job with this blog, but eh I’ll tell you that another time.
