I personally don't get it.
Why do most people procrastinate? I just dont get it.
In my world- if I realise something needs doing, if I'm not doing something that needs doing MORE urgently, I do the first thing and as soon as it's done I start the second thing.
Why put it off and take the chance of it getting forgotten about until it's too late?
I understand prioritizing things, but to know something needs to be done by a deadline(such as TAXES) ...
Just why?
You know your brakes have been screeching for two months- why do you wait until they fail on you to finally get them replaced? Like now- as soon as my clutch make the first vibration/shimmy- I was off to the mechanic(who I refer to as Maggie's Gynecologist/surgeon- Maggie is my cars name btw). And it's a good thing too- I have an appointment scheduled for an entire clutch kit to be replaced on her on the 28&29th. IF she holds out that long. I don't know the hows or whys it started doing it- but I highly suspect that it may have something to do with the 255k miles on her. She's a 2007 and she is a doll of a car.
I had a little toyota Celica many years ago that was a lot like her- I got both when they were up in years. I babysat two kids for a lady for an entire month in trade for the Celica. (basically I got paid $25 a week to babysit so I got her $100. She lasted for two years and I only had to replace the brakes when I first got her. But when she decided she was done- SHE WAS DONE and all the things went the same day- no warnings, no screeching, scrubbing or slipping or shimmying... She just quit. Both the Celica and Maggie(Mazda) were/are the most dependable, easy on gas cars ever. Until the Celica wasnt- and on the last day of school for my kids before Summer break, the brakes went out and the alternator went out along with the clutch AND transmission as I was headed home from picking them up from school...I was literally coasting her back into the driveway using the handbrake when I got home. God was looking out for us that day thank god the school was only a half mile from the house!!! At least the tires didnt blow out, right????
Hubby 2 was a mechanic and he gave me the bad news- it was going to cost more to fix her than she was actually worth. I had to be towed to the scrapyard and I CRIED the whole way. I love the Celica- and I love Maggie equally. The only car I loved more than them was my 72 Challenger. No car will EVER replace her.
Anyway- I digress- the point is- why put off doing something you KNOW needs doing?
Even worse is putting off something you will ENJOY doing!!
Why Procrastinate??
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Speaking as a reformed procrastinator, I see two primary reasons: 1) You don't understand the consequence of waiting. Using your car as an example... we all know we're supposed to change our oil. The thing is, there's no "reward" for doing it, only a consequence for not doing it; and even then, if you're a few hundred miles late every now and then, there's no real problem. It only becomes an issue if you chronically neglect this preventive maintenance, and even then, the consequence doesn't happen in a predictable manner. 2) You're avoiding something unpleasant. In my opinion, this is tied to youth and a present-focused mentality. It takes wisdom and experience to understand that the unpleasantness doesn't change due to putting something off. Indeed, it's sometimes worse. But you can only learn this through experience.
This leads me to believe that procrastination is inversely correlated to life experience, but I haven't spent a lot of time validating this hypothesis.
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