| Procrastination |
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| Written by Marcus Lambright |
| Tuesday, 31 March 2009 14:34 |
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Are you aware that I am a world renowned mathematician? My most famous mathematical theorem is the Counter Productivity Proof. It dictates the "the shortest distance between my work and more anguish is the TV". The TV is actually a variable that can stand for any kind of distraction. For you a distraction may be: food, Facebook, friends, football, novels, texting, flea markets, fml, cleaning, doing work OTHER than what you need to do...the list goes on. Notice how most of the distractions start with an F which is what you're bound to get if the procrastination never ends! I am fully aware that my procrastination has caused more harm than good in the past. The road to recovery is a work in progress. And this road is looooooooooooooong. Another one of my theorems involves Inverse Utility/Pleasure. "The amount of pleasure you immediately receive in putting off a task is equal or less than the amount of anguish you receive later for putting it off in the first place. Inversely, The amount of anguish received in just getting the stupid task over with is less than the joy received later on". I like to make lists when I work. I can't describe how good it feels to make that empowering slash through a completed task. Only Cinnabon and back-crackings rival that feeling. There is much more to gain than the completion of a task upon its completion. A wise woman once told me procrastination essentially means disobedience. She stated that procrastination is delayed obedience which equates to disobedience. I confess that in the last few weeks when God asked me to do certain things I sort of gave God the "psssh whatever." or a "I can fit it in tomorrow morning after I'm well rested". Big mistake. Eventually, one thing after another began to pile up in my face and I had no one else to blame but myself. How can I expect God to help me out when I'm not willing to do the same? (this is in no way suggesting that God works on favors) It appears my theorems stand the scientific process yet again. There is a solution to the woes of procrastination. If we add the effort and subtract the distractions, the anguish will divide so our satisfaction can multiply. Perhaps in the future, procrastination can be treated like an organ and just get removed. It is a part of me though. Despite it being part of me, procrastination simply isn't the whole equation. |
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