In high school we read many stories about tragic heroes and their downfalls. These stories teach us how to avoid the same problems they ran into such as betrayal and love. However, though these are important life lessons, none of these stories manage to teach high school students about what is perhaps the greatest downfall for many of them. Procrastination, a word which every high school student has their own definition for, knows all too well, and yet continues to ignore. Someone needs to step up and remind everyone why it is that when report cards come out they already know they are grounded. And who better to remind them and forewarn everyone than a kid who has already gone through the experience, me.
Procrastination and I go way back and we know each other all too well. However, so far this year has been by far the worst. Procrastination has reached a whole new level and my grades have hit a whole new low. Everyone knows that it would be so much better to go home and get all their homework done right away, but as soon as their computer turns on the battle is already lost. Sure, we start off on Microsoft word, but slowly and surely we find our way to the internet for a source. Then from there another tab opens and YouTube appears. Then another tab, and another, and another, until the paper due tomorrow is pushed back to the very far reaches of the brain. Eventually three hours tick by and as we close down, tab by tab, we come back to Microsoft word and find only our name and date. Technology should have made doing homework easier, but instead it has only provided us with more distractions.
Right now it is 11:25 and I am just getting done with this blog post which was supposed to be in at 10:00. I’d like to say that procrastination has nothing to do with the post being late, however, I could have done this blog yesterday or even the day before. Then today comes and I find myself finally getting home at ten and I still have a blog post to accomplish. Procrastination is avoidable, but very few people realize this until it is already too late. Procrastination is a losing battle.
