Thoughts on... procrastination

I've learned from experience that procrastination is never a good idea. The more often you do this, the less sleep you get in the long run. There have been many times in my life that I've procrastinated doing something important thinking to myself that, "I still have tomorrow", or "I'll get it done later." The ambiguous "later" syndrome can plague us all if we don't watch out. Sometimes "later" comes sooner than we had planned for and we find ourselves writing a ridiculous amount of blog posts to get credit for a semester-long assignment. A person's worst nightmare is to be caught unprepared for an important moment. Just imagine the amount of sadness and regret that the world will have at the day of judgment. I'm sure that many put off their much needed repentance because they take time for granted and think that they will always have another day to do this.

Essentially, procrastination is gambling away your time. Some people are still able to finish their necessary projects after procrastinating them but usually this is done at a much higher cost than it would have been otherwise or with weaker results. I don't know about you, but I never work very well when I'm tired or after studying for many consecutive hours. That's why it isn't wise for me to save all my studying for the day just before the test. Without beating this topic too much into the ground, I just want to finalize by reemphasizing the moral of this story: Don't disillusion yourself by thinking that procrastination is okay because in the end you will still have to do the work and put in the time.