DIY: Do-It-Later (ON PROCRASTINATION, A revised audition piece to Essays.ph Email-based)

DIY^L: Do-It-Later

“This’ll be no problemo. Why, I’ve got plenty of time.”

                                                - Spongebob, Season 2, Ep 37a

That has always been the famous line. Whether you are too excited or too lazy to start or finish something, distractions would always come your way delaying these “supposedly prioritized” things down. Doing tasks later isn’t that of a sin. It is appreciated that there could be laters with good points:

(1) better opportunities paralleled with later time;

(2) more productive acts before doing main task;

(3) finding other things worthier than the main task;

(4) accumulating better resources in preparation for the main task; etcetera.

But, people got to remember that later is not always better. Much when you caught yourself spending your precious time for an unworthy one, exchanging an important target for a lax and hungry-for-freedom-and-pain attitude. Taking rests during task execution isn’t that of a sin. It is self-approved that one should not go to the point of straining yourself and beyond, focusing way too much to finish an activity in a shorter time. Everybody is free to gift themselves a relaxation period. But this relaxation period should not continue growing into a relaxation line. Take it like this: forgetting to go back to the task purposely after an hour to several hours is a serious sin. Next to relaxation line will be the thought of how one would be able to allot time doing the left task. What now? The tendency would be to engage in cramming.

Crammers’ critique is that today’s generation is the most susceptible to the art of cramming. One of the connected social and sociological elements is peer pressure. There is one wonderful thing about the said art. It is the instances of having better outcomes when the deadline is the nearest. Ideas and juices best come out during those times. Well, that made cramming phenomenal. But, that does not guarantee beauty in your craft. Creating successful works in a very short span of time is actually a skill. It could be learned, maybe, but, it is never done right away, always, at least for normal people with a level skillset.

Plus, there would be nothing better than a task done with every sweat and blood, sweet and slow. The more you review, the more you think about the progress, and the more you think of the ways and strategies on how to make your craft more beautiful, the more you will grow. Going back a bit to the peer pressure thingy, it is not that you shall not go out with your friends anymore. It’s just that know you should know how to prioritize things. Overcoming peer pressure and all other kinds of pressure and temptations, practices your ability to ‘say no’ and stand for your own reasons. Remember that saying NO is too difficult for most of us, most of the time. And saying it in the right time, place, and whys and wherefores, makes you gain more and more respect from other people. This sends you to getting better with your goals.

To wrap it up, there are three points to reach full potential of avoiding procrastination:

(1) set goals;

(2) overcome pressure and temptations; and

(3) have enough time to rest between activity hours.

      Obviously, this is campaigning Stop Procrastination. It’s one of the biggest enemies of all. Procrastination it is. And you are one of a kind each and everytime you beat it.