"Mr. President, there is an enormous meteor headed for Earth! It will obliterate the Earth within a few years unless you do something about it!"
"Eh, We'll deal with it later."
Okay, that wasn't a real situation, but it's meant to illustrate a common problem: Procrastination or putting things off till the last minute....whatever you call it, you've probably dealt with it. Some of us are worse procrastinators than others. Some hardly procrastinate at all. But I do believe we've all procrastinated multiple times.
Why? Typically, we as the height of the food chain are considered intelligent beings, and therefore able to learn from our mistakes. Then why--after multiple instances of procrastination with the consequences it brings--do we continue to procrastinate? Why is cramming the night before the big test still a popular option, when simply studying for short periods for several days can drastically raise a grade?
Maybe it's simple: laziness. Our generation (teen to 20 somethings) is supposed to be the laziest of them all.
In that case, have previous generations had the same incredible overuse of procrastination? Did George Washington put off taking care of his teeth that he eventually had to get wooden dentures? Okay, that was another terrible example.
I think you get the idea by now. Why procrastinate when past experience has taught us it is an unproductive method?
Why am I avoiding my presentation report that's due tomorrow by typing out this entry? (this example is actually true)
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