My Life

Procrastination Ruins My Life

... Hey guys (or whoever bothers reading this...)!

So yeah... procrastination... this one is a very fun moment to share.

Ok well let's get this straight, I'm not the only one who enters this phase of laziness. There are other kids who face the same enemy as I do and in the end, we can either regret, accept or completely forget about it. Because in the long term, the only thing that matters is if you're still alive after all the yelling/punishments/whatever happens when you get caught... if you get caught!

I mean I can go on this huge rant (which... is exactly what I'm doing right now) about how procrastinating is bad and that people shouldn't do it because of the consequences and yeah, but I do it too, so it'd defeat the point. So yes, while I might not be a hero of justice or a super smart talented person, I face this enemy too... a lot.

Don't get me wrong though. I'm a somewhat well-rounded student who needs to have someway to enjoy myself... if not, I will go insane (insane as in... well I'll leave that to your imagination). So when I need a break, I will take one... whether it is for short 10 minutes...or 3 hours. Then, when I'm up late studying my butt off, I will regret defeating that dungeon or catching that one Pokemon or just taking a break.

So I'm guessing I should share a moment of how Procrastination actually ruined my life... So I do have a bunch of moments to share, I'm going to pick the one I most regret... because why not?

Alright, so this happened two years ago when we were given this huge project to draw out this script. My part was supposed to draw the scene where the heroine and hero meet... which happened to be the most important part. Now note that this was voted by the class, so I was voted to do this scene. I don't want to be rude, but let me get this clear: I didn't want to do that part... at all. In fact, I wanted to do the fight scene between the hero and his rival... but no, it went to one of my other friends.

Oh and the deadline would be on Monday... and this was given to me on Friday... yay... there went my weekend.

So what was I supposed to draw? Well in the center, was obviously the hero and heroine, but they were supposed to be walking through a forest, holding hands. It doesn't seem that bad, but the details! THE DETAILS! I'm serious... why on earth do trees/clothing/grass have to have so much details?!

Anywhoo, I was stuck with the project and ended up working on it 24 hours straight. In that 24 hours  I had drawn up/sketched the entire scene. It looked... well somewhat amazing, but the pencil had to go. To actually make it look awesome, I needed to ink and then color the picture... and that's where my procrastination started.

Ok who can really blame me? It was A LOT of work, but I had to do it... Some time before the dead line... So I did the most "logical" thing to reward myself: eat food. 

Yeah yeah I'm a pig, but the food I'm talking about is typically junk food... To be more specific, potato chips and a can of Fanta. It's not too bad, but after that, I decided to go for a bike ride... And them after that, I was tired so I went to bed.

It's not like I didn't do anything. There was just more time... Tomorrow. But tomorrow's work never came. Why? Let's say that day was literally a day full of temptation. My laptop, gameboy, t.v., online games, cell phone.... Everything just seemed so tempting. I mean come on... Which would you choose? Go online and play games/talk with your friends/watch anime/watch t.v. or ink and color?

So you can guess what I evidently chose to do... All day... Note that I'm a very lazy person, but I'm sure by now you already knew that.

To cut the story short, I literally rushed to do my project and ended up staying up till 4 in the morning inking and coloring my picture. While I was half sleeping and half coloring/inking, I remember thinking things like: Damn... I shouldn't have played that game... And Damn I shouldn't have played that last dungeon... Typically all regrets. 

The next day, I was dead. Completely dead. I only had 2 hours of sleep and ended up taking sneaky naps in my Language Arts and Computers class (didn't get caught though ahaha). When it was finally that dreadful class, I learned the most horrific thing. That picture... The picture that took up my sleep and all of Friday, was only worth 10 points. 

Yup... Thanks Mrs. Harris...

So while this isn't really the best moment to share (after re-reading this), I hope you got my point. Procrastination is a terrible force that will haunt you, but it's up to you to defend youself. Life is too short to keep making decisions you'll only regret. 

This was pretty fun to write about and I'm glad (more amazed) that this book has over 60 views. Like wow... People actually care about this crazy, stupid, clumsy, person behind a computer screen... It's just really amazing. 

I really wrote this section to own up to my own regrets. There are times where my habit of procrastinating has severed some friendships, but it was my fault. While I still tend to procrastonate, I don't really do it as much as before.

 This isn't like one of those cheesy books where I tell you what to do and not do. This is simply something I want to share to change myself (wow how many times have I said that? Sorry if I just completely annoyed or bored you). 

So thank you all so much again and I'm so sorry I haven't been taking some of my deadlines seriously. A lot of things are happening, but I will do my best to update... Some time in the near future. 

Until then, stay awesome everyone.