• procrastination
    personal essay

    Procrastination

    Procrastination plagues my family. It’s a character trait handed from one generation to the next. So naturally, there’s nothing I can do about it, right? Well . . . if that’s your approach I’m here to change your mind. Causes So why procrastinate? It’s easy to say it’s hereditary. But is it? Really? I don’t know if it’s the rush I feel when working under a deadline, overfilling my plate, or simply poor time management, but procrastination must fill a role for me otherwise I wouldn’t do it. Always a conscientious student, I did my math homework and history reading as assigned. It was those longer projects that hung over…