Why do we procrastinate? Is it because we like laziness or
is it that we hate taking decisions? And what does the reasoning behind it tell
us? Author Rowan Pelling looks to answer
this very question in her article “Why do we procrastinate so much?’ As a
procrastinator myself I relate to the author’s situation and I too find myself
wondering on why we procrastinate. No one likes to be rushed by a deadline and
yet most of us end up being harassed by one. What is it that makes us procrastinate
and what does this tell us about the nature of humanity?
Procrastination is a very juvenile course of action. I often
put off homework until the last minute. Instead of working efficiently and
finishing quickly, I will rather do any other menial task before starting on my
homework. It’s only when I feel pressured by the deadline that I start working.
As the author “I am, as you will have guessed, a fully paid member of the
hardcore procrastinator’s gang.” But unlike Hamlet, literature’s most famous
procrastinator, I do not have to hassle with life changing decisions. For the
prince, the more he waits, the more he reconsidered, and the more he hates
himself. But from a modern perspective Hamlet is reasonable, he doesn’t act
impulsively, he is no child. But “I am not prince hamlet nor was I meant to be”
I only have small decisions to take and by putting them off I am only making it
worst for myself in the future. We are stubborn and by procrastinating we hold
onto childhood wishing recess never ends.
Decisions are things for adults. But as we grow up, more and
more decisions need to be taken, people grow up. Procrastination is a way to
avoid taking the decisions we most dread. Humans hate responsibility but soon
enough all of us must accept that we are adults and recess is over.
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