Procrastination

I thought of writing up on this tomorrow, but upon realization that it was never going to come, it sat down to address the elephant in the room. We often live in tomorrow rather than today. We have plans for holidaying, completing that long due assignment and spending that hard earned money on tomorrow. The euphoric state one gets when waking up to know that they are going to leave up to see tomorrow often makes them lose their grip on the present.

Most of us belong to the clan that derives immense pleasure by putting ourselves in place of the greats, whom you encounter in the real world or the reel world. But we often dismiss this impulse by postponing our journey of a thousand miles to the realm of tomorrow. This is indeed a disappointing sight. Growing up with your friends, you can very well see this change in them as they can in you, in a pretty evident fashion. While one is in his primary schooling years, as a result of the influence of the over concerned teachers as well as parents, one continues to be prompt on his work. However, while one gets into his teens and starts developing a voice for his own, he starts prioritizing the more futile things over the other. Caught in a world of Television drama and peer pressure along with self obsession, one often gets so concerned with the life of their “idol” that he or she seldom introspects as to what is their gain for this very empathy. It is often, very late that they realize that it won’t serve as a valid excuse for the late submission or their inability to have that “Dil Chahta Hai” trip.

Now, this isn’t a phase you want yourself to be in. But, inadvertently, one slips into it. To prevent such a catastrophe, there are many a precaution that one can take. The first and the foremost being the ability to introspect. It is not an easy task. It takes a lot of effort to know oneself. But, taking a little effort to stand out of the crowd before blindly following it into a sort of inevitable doom, always pays.

Begin by listing down as to what do you expect of yourself. The thoughts in the brain are subject to constant change and if you have your aims written down on a paper, it is always safe of further manipulation by your brain.

Have a sense of direction in life. By asking the reader to not to procrastinate, I don’t expect the reader to do all their long due activities at once. Rather, prioritize things and follow a sort of an agenda. While the much needed Goa trip can be finalized for the summer, your paper, due for tomorrow can’t be further delayed. This is where the essentiality of prioritizing kicks in.

These aren’t changes that I expect to be brought about on a single day. There is always tomorrow, the only change being the fact that it is from now on, it is subject to a twenty-four-hour clause.