Procrastination and Highest Ranking Leaders

Procrastination is what I have done for the last three hours; it is the thief of time. It is the art of stalling on a task you would much rather avoid. My years of school have made me a master of procrastination. Yet I am not proud of my title. Procrastination effectively dissolves your time and replaces your attempt to work effectively with pointless acts that lack any relationship to the task at hand.
According to the Webster dictionary it is the act of delaying or postponing something. (write about the word the history)
The word procrastination automatically summons the image of homework to mind. It is during tasks such as homework that procrastination comes easiest. Much in the same way this essay was assigned, a professor often assigns a project one or two weeks prior to the due date. However, the first draft and final copy are usually one in the same the night before. The blame repeatedly falls on the shoulders of procrastination. It usually plays out like this… “I will start my essay now… After I get on facebook.” This is usually just the beginning. Social media and networking end in a night of catching up with old friends, reading countless of stories from less than reputable sources, and somehow Youtube videos dominate my computer screen by the end of the night. Sometimes a clean room becomes a priority or I decide that organizing my music library simply cannot wait. Anything is better than doing unwanted work. After all this, three hours goes by in the blink of an eye.
Procrastination is a state of being that overruns the mind with countless better things to do while the body sits unaware. In fact, I can trace procrastination in my life back to my childhood. In elementary school I would argue with my mother about cleaning my room and making my bed. In my young mind there was no reason to do either of these things. I would just sleep in my bed that night and all the following nights and make a mess again tomorrow. My mother’s response was always