Assignment 10: On Procrastination (a la David Sedaris)

Fun fact: the word procrastination is derived from the Latin word procrastinare, which originally comes from two separate Latin words, pro, meaning for, and cras, meaning tomorrow. Therefore, to procrastinate literally means to save something for tomorrow . So, does that mean that if the aforementioned tomorrow has already arrived, you've reached a new level of procrastination? Is there a word prolatertodaytion? What causes people to procrastinate, anyway? Stupidity, perhaps? I did just spend 45 minutes using a pair of tweezers and my iPhone flashlight trying to fix my keyboard space bar after breaking it, when I should have just put up with it and used Geek Squad some time later. Or is it perfectionism and/or obsessiveness? I knew I wanted this post to be good, so I put it off in the fear that I wouldn't write it well. A short attention span, maybe? The Internet is notorious for sucking people in and preventing them from getting work done, which I can surely attest to. I think the clearest reason for procrastination is simply human nature; we are all human, and so we desire pleasure and instant gratification. Why should I do something that causes me stress and anxiety now when I can passively watch TV, or listen to music, or scroll through Twitter? Right now, though, I'm feeling yet another reason: the I-told-you-so. It is now 11:57 and this blog post is due at 11:59 and I'm going to submit it on time, so who really gets the last laugh?

Note: I'm really not even close to being as funny as David Sedaris, but I thought this would be an interesting piece to try to write. And I kind of left this until 11:59 to submit to add an effect. Kind of. Also, I don't find writing these blog posts stressful and anxiety-inducing; that was referring to physics.