I had a random thought recently when I was taking my shower. You know the deep and random thoughts you have when you’re sort of disconnected from the world because your phone isn’t waterproof so you had to rely on your own thoughts to entertain yourself. Well, this thought that occurred to me made me think why do I always procrastinate.

This thought happened when I started thinking about ways to improve my studies and I found the root cause of all my problems, procrastination. Well, you see, if I do not procrastinate I could’ve done my assignment as soon as my lecturer handed it to me. By doing so, I would have had more time to complete my revision on relevant topics. See what i mean?

Everything happened because I procrastinated. Technically, it is hard to blame myself, especially with the thought of playing one more round of computer games or going out with my friends seems more fulfilling than completing my assignment immediately. So, why do I procrastinate? It must be that completing my assignment the fastest and quickest does not bring me the instant gratification or satisfaction from doing something fun.

Truth be told, doing assignments is never fun for anyone. Some of you may ask me why don’t I think about the consequences of procrastinating my revision or assignments. In all honesty, I do think about it sometimes and it scares me but I can say it doesn’t scare me enough. Because if it did then I’m sure I wouldn’t be procrastinating.

That brings me to my second point, I procrastinate because I do not receive any added benefit from not procrastinating. My exam results aren’t that bad to start with and if I do not procrastinate my exam results would not skyrocket and have me immortalized as the smartest human being in history. On the other hand, if I do procrastinate I get tons of fun and enjoyment while being able to bond and enjoy my time here in university being with my friends and enjoying the high speed internet the university provides. You can see my thoughts developed into more and more complex thoughts as I progressed with my shower. It came to the point that i almost figured out the key to solving my problem of procrastination but that had to wait because I was done with my shower. As they said shower thoughts are meant to be left in the shower and not to be brought out.