The Art of Procrastination

Oh, yes. Procrastination is an art.
It's rather difficult to do correctly.
Procrastination, put simply, is the act of putting things off until the last minute. One common instance of this is teenagers not doing their homework until the last minute. Usually, procrastinating includes distractions of some kind, such as books, movies, music, cell phones, or Facebook. A person will start to do his or her task, get distracted or just choose to do something else, and be face with a huge deadline. That is, they will find themselves with two minutes to create a Sistine Chapel.
Successful procrastinators will have no problem with this. I should know- procrastinating has always worked wonderfully for me. Here is a sort of schedule for a successful procrastinator, supposing that she gets home at 4 p.m. and her bedtime is 9 p.m.
4:oo- Eat a snack and watch TV.
4:20- Talk about starting homework soon while really continuing to watch TV.
4:45- Get up and go to wherever homework is done; start slowly unpacking needed materials
5:00- Sneak back to the living room to find out why everybody's laughing at the TV.
5:02- Make an excuse to the parents and run back to the homework area.
5:03- Discover friends are online. Instant message three or four at a time with textbook open.
5:37- Text a few friends to ask questions.
5:40- Arrange your flair on Facebook.
5:50- Write on some people's Facebook walls.
5:59- Do a couple easy homework problems so it won't look like you've done nothing all evening.
6:04- Instant-message different friends.
6:30- Eat a lengthy dinner and converse merrily with your family.
7:15- Start writing a novel.
7:38- Get out your iPod because it'll help you "concentrate."
8:00- Start wondering whether you'll have enough time to finish your homework.
8:25- Start working hard and heavy, regretting all that procrastination.
8:45- Start freaking out because you have so much left to do.
8:50- Scream at your computer because it won't pull up pictures fast enough.
8:51- Print out some pictures.
8:52- Glue pictures onto posterboard. Hurriedly do a few math problems in between.
8:54- Suddenly remember you had French homework. Conjugate three verbs and give up.
8:56- Where did those Sharpies go?
8:57-Use Sharpies to make poster colorful.
8:58-Make mental list of what isn't finished.
8:59- Do a few more math problems.
9:00- Go to bed.
7:15 A.M.- Finish math homework on the bus.
7:45- Finish French homework sitting in front of your locker.
8:15- Go to class and turn in all your completed homework.

Whew. Things get pretty stressful when you procrastinate.
I wouldn't recommend procrastinating to anyone, really. Hours of laziness paid for with brief moments of intense stress... Not really worth it.
The thing is, procrastinating is habit-forming. It's hard to break that habit.
The only good thing that comes out of procrastination, I would say, is the ability to do things well at the last minute. That's a nice skill to have. But things don't always turn out right, unfortunately, which really bites.

Oh, procrastination is an art. A difficult art. A fickle art. A regret-causing art.

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