Its almost a challenge like, what is the least possible time it would take for me to eventually complete this task, you know?
Its like when you play video game and theres that level where you have to kill all the enemies in a dungeon, disarm a bomb and save your friends before it explodes annihilating all of you into oblivion kind of stuffs. You wouldnt feel pressured or challenged if you had all the time in the world right or there was no bomb threat.
I think I even remember the first time I discover procrastination. It was like discovering how to live for the first time. I was extremely diligent with my work as a kid having strict parents that put a lot of discipline towards education and stuffs similar to it. I had homework that was due like the next day but a Naruto and Dragonball Z movie was airing that particular night and my mom said
" Adik! Dah siap semua kerja sekolah? "
and I kinda lied (sorry ibu kalau ibu baca nie.. tipu tu time darjah 4 haha) and said yes.
The movie finishes and I was surprisingly exhausted afterwards and I endup passing out. I wake up and its THE NEXT DAY. I started panicking over my incomplete homework but after a minute I stopped.
Eventually, I paused and think..
" Okay Sam, okay! Fokus, kerja sekolah tu untuk mata pelajaran Matematik, hari nie masa matematik tu start selepas rehat pukul 11, kalau aku buat kerja sekolah tu time waktu rehat and sambil makan-makan, mungkin cukup masa kot untuk habiskan benda tu, oh and masa untuk sebelum rehat tu waktu Bahasa Melayu, and cikgu BM tu agak sempoi maybe boleh kot slow2 buat benda tu belakang dia.. "
Right? Like you start going covert ops on your homework and milking any possible time you have until the deadline. Hahaha. You guys remember how offended teachers get when you work on homework that's not from their class and it's like dude, you ain't the only one on my plate and this homework is like between life and death for meeee!
Maths class comes around and the teacher asks everyone to take out assignments and I pulled it out so quickly and proudly like I wanted to boast about how much time I worked on it like..
" Korang tengok tak movie cerita Naruto dgn Dragonball semalam?
Fuh aku buat keje math nie sambil layan dua movieeee nie dooooohhh!!! HAHAHAHA "
Well, time flew by and it gets progressively worse from then on procrastination became my life. Like going to bed for example. I would probably be like
" Kalau aku tido an exact 34 mins from now,
Ill get 6 hours of sleep~ Mehh~~ Leh lagi dota satu game~ Letsuuu GOOO! "
I mean when you think about it, life itself is a very long chain of procrastination right? As morbid as it sounds, we just occupy ourselves with distractions and time consumers until we reached the end of our lives. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that being alive or the things that we do on to day-to-day basis are pointless, but it is rather the exact opposite of that. To procrastinate doesn't necessarily mean to underachieve.
It means to delay or postpone action. Often something you HAVE TO DO for something you WANT TO DO. Some of you maybe at a crossroads of your life where you're deciding over what you want to do for a living. You may want to procrastinate if you have the luxury to do so of course. To take time and explore your choices before settling on something you might not entirely enjoy.
For example like procrastinate on searching for a partner you may not even need just because your aunt and uncle that every family gathering asked if you're married yet. You probably procrastinating right now reading this post and you might even do something else afterwards like watching youtube videos or playing games along the way kan.
While I do not claim responsibility for missed deadlines or whatever, just know that it is sometimes okay to just treat yourself, you know.
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