Procrastination

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Procrastination

It is Monday morning and I have slept in, thanks to Thanksgiving. In

fact, it's twelve o'clock and I am free for the afternoon. As usual, I sit in

front of the television after I clean myself up, staring endlessly at the

screen with my finger clicking on the remote. I realize that I have a draft due

on Thursday, but I justify my procrastination with reasons like: "there is still

lots of time."

Life is faster now, and people in the 00's are supposed to organize and

plan in order to keep up; however, it seems to me that more people are

procrastinating than ever before. When I ask people why they procrastinate, they

often supply reasons like: this task won't take me a long time; the pressure

makes me to work more efficiently; there were emergencies; and there were other

important things. Some of these reasons sounds legitimate, but I think these

reasons are just excuses for people's fear of failure, fear of lost security,

and need for pressure.

Back high school, I had a friend, Eric, who dropped out of school

because of bad grades. As his friend, I knew he was doing fine until the period

of final exams. He was a smart and responsible person which laziness is not a

factor of his bad grades. Eric could not pick up the books soon enough before

the exam because he was afraid of failure. Since Eric's older brothers had

achieved excellence academic records and great careers, Eric' parents expected

him to follow his brothers' foot step. As the result, Eric was afraid to try

because he feared to fail his parents' expectation. When he realized the problem,

it was too late.

It is two o'clock in the morning. The computer is on, the coffee maker

is cooking, and I am under a lot of stress. "There isn't a lot of time left," I

keep telling my self as I watch the blank piece of paper in front of me. "I know

I can do it," I keep encouraging my self while my mind generates zero ideas for

my essay: which is due six hours from now.

Everyone I know procrastinates, my friends, relatives, even people in

government. Back in Taipei, the Mayor, Mayor Chen, delayed getting rid of gangs

in the city.

"I am going to issue a policy that will eventually stop gangs from

spreading in our community," promised Mayor Chen of Taipei during his election

campaign. Mayor Chen won the election, but he didn*t do anything about the gangs

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