One major thing or attribute in people that leads to failure is 'Procrastination.'Procrastination is the act of delaying or postponing something.I am very sure that all of us would have experienced the negative effects of procrastination.
Procrastination feels good only for NOW!Why do we procrastinate something???Definitely because we are not interested in doing that particular thing at that point of time and may or may not be interested in doing something else.For example,Imagine you have your exams next week and obviously you got to prepare for it.You will start today but end it in few minutes due to lack of interest and you will plan to do it the next day.The most common thing that comes to ming is,'I have 6 more days and I can study or prepare well from tomorrow.'This is really a very bad practice.You might feel that you have time left but you are just piling up more work by procrastinating it.You procrastinate thinking that you have 6 more days,then again thinking that you have 5 more days and so on.Finally,on the eve of exam or two days before exam,you find yourself stressed up and scared about the exams.This could have been avoided if you were serious from the first day itself and not procrastinated it till the last.
One more disadvantage of procrastination is you don't know what is coming your way tomorrow.Considering the above example,you might have procrastinated thinking that you have 6 more days.What if something unexpected happens and you end up in a situation wherin you cant even touch your books for the next 5 days.So,you will have only one day left and all that you will do is break your head,don't eat properly,get tensed and many such negatives.Suppose,you had not procrastinated and studied to the best of your capability on the first day itself and missed 5 days because of unexpected situation,you can Atleast be a bit tension-free because you would have studied something already.Since you had studied to the best of your capability on the first day,though you can't touch books for the next 5 days,you can atleast recapitulate what you have studied and atleast become Perfect in that.
So,isn't it true that 'Procrastination feels good only for NOW.'You postponed your studying thinking you have time left to prepare for it and basically you had no interest to study at that time.When you closed your books and got up from the study table,you felt good because you have procrastinated studying and do something else that interests you.But ultimately you made more works to pile up as you procrastinated on the other days also.And this definitely leads to tension,irritation,frustration,sadness etc.Hence,procrastination feels good only for NOW but makes you feel very bad LATER.
I was about to procrastinate writing today's blogpost because I was feeling a bit sleepy.However I was not so tired that I can't even sit for few minutes.From my experience of procrastination,I felt it won't be good if I postpone it because I will definitely get a few more works and finally many things get piled up.Eventually,I will lose interest in doing by looking at the number of works pending.Hence,I thought I will have to complete this at any cost and then sleep.Here it is,I have completed my blogpost to the best of my ability.In contrast,if I had procrastinated today I would have procrastinated the next day also and moreover more works will keep coming my way and they will get piled up.This will make me lose interest because it automatically gets stored in the subconscious mind that 'You have a lot of work.'
I truly understood the benefit of not procrastinating.I can be happy that I completed a blogpost,i can be happy that I have finished the work already and I can be free of it.
Hence,stop procrastinating.It feels good only for NOW.
Thank you for reading.
Vishwesh Wali from India.
