James was a step away from achieving his dream. He was on the verge of becoming the best ever chemist in his college. Although, James was like a genius in his field, he still needed to prove himself practically. He engaged in other activities in college that were less important and this distracted him. Instead of spending more time reading for his professional exam, he kept on postponing his reading and doing other less important activities. He thought all that was needed was a couple of weeks before the examination to read. He didn't prepare well because of procrastination. He ended up having a poor result and missed a scholarship for his masters and PhD programme in a prestigious educational institution.
Time is an essential factor in life. Time once lost, is lost forever. Procrastination steals the beauty of what time brings us.
Procrastination is to be slow or late about doing something that should be done in no time at all.It means to postpone or delay something needlessly. From my research, there are different types of procrastinators. We have:
* The Perfectionist, they find it hard to begin a task because of the thought of getting every detail perfect.
* The Idealist, they dwell on abstract things leaving reality aside.
* The Avoider, they avoid important tasks.
* The Calamity-procrastinators, they feel they work best under pressure.
* The Over-doer, they procrastinate an important task in order to complete less important ones.
Economists talk about scale of preference. This is very important because it helps us to arrange our activities according to our priority. This helps us not to procrastinate an important task or activity for a less important one. When work is delayed, profitable time becomes a waste. Know the value of time; snatch, seize and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination! Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Remember, "time and tide waits for no man" & "a stitch in time saves nine".
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