How many times have you made a New Years' Resolution or a promise or something similar and repeated the mantra "I'm not going to procrastinate" over and over and over again. And how many times have you written a sentence in your essay before flashing back to Facebook or the internet and finding out that you have wasted about five hours reading funny statuses?
If you answer "none," "never," or "zero" to the previous questions, I am going to say this right now -- either you are a magical mutant-genius alien or you are lying -- I do not think it takes long to figure out which one I am leaning towards.
Of course, it is not only teenagers -- even when you are forty, you will find yourself waiting till the absolute last second to go down to the bank and sort out the house bills. (Just something I picked up on television in general, not from personal experience, I swear) But it is extremely prevalent in our young and naive age, when we will constantly convince ourselves that we still have time to do something until the final moment comes.
Is it because we need the pressure to force us to start working? Or are we just that opposed to doing any work? What part of humanity makes it so we cling to machines to take care of all the dirty work?
Perhaps it is simply the way we are raised, to always find the easiest way out. Or maybe we just do not understand the imperative that has been placed upon us?
It is an interesting psychological and philosophical question to delve into. But because it is late and I cannot post a full analysis without looking like an idiot, let me ask you, the reader, what do you think makes us not tick? What keeps us wanting to be distracted from the cold, hard truth?
I agree. There are so many students who wait until the last minute to do their work. Finishing work ahead of time gets more difficult during the school year. Some students have such an excess of extracurricular activities that when they get home all they feel like doing is curling up on bed and sleeping for the next week or so. I think it's human nature as well. Sometimes I feel like, " oh the project isn't due for another two weeks I have time...." and then I wait and wait and still brainwash my self into thinking that there is time when there really isn't.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Jobel. Most people do need the pressure to start getting the job done. I'm not going to lie, I need it.
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