Procrastination is an Evil

Billy with Dreams
3 min readMar 9, 2021

[Beep, Beep. Beep, Beep.
It’s 8 am and, the papers are within a week.]
“Damn, these papers. Can there be a life of literal chill and no papers? This routine of continuous study has exhausted me. Nevertheless, Let me get up and wash my face first.”
I move towards the sink. The instance I open the tap and my hands under the drowning water,
“shshshshsh! The water is too cold. In this cold, dreary season, freezing water adding to the excitement.” My morale, motivation went down even more. A thought came to my mind, “Why not sunbathe to eradicate the evilness of the weather? Perfect!”
I went along, and the garden seemed beautifully lit by the sun. It’s the perfect weather to enjoy the blessings of nature. The quiet chirping. Slow breeze. Warm sunshine. I sat on the sofa in the garden and chilled all the way. The atmosphere took me to another level. I forgot where I was.
[11:00 am]: A bee hits and takes me out of the fantasy.
“Come on. I was having a wonderful time lying out here.”
My emotions pumped me up. The adrenaline rush ensured my entry ticket out of my anxieties. I opted to go for my mobile rather than my books having a thought in my mind.
“Oh, I’ve got a lot of time to spare. I’ll have a sneak peek later.”
[2:00 pm, having a glance at the time]:
“Mobile is certainly a great invention. You certainly don’t feel how quickly time flies.”
It was high time for study. My brain was trying to direct me towards my books. But, I was finding it hard to defeat my inner self. The emotional stature set at the start was hard to contain. The flying time with my flying eyes on my console, “Will study afterward, I have got the time. I shall freshen things up by playing Fifa 21.”
The sight was enough to overdrive the power from my brain towards my heart. Once you are in it, you never know when you are coming back from video games. Two, three hours, or more.
[5:00 pm]: “I think I’ve had enough. No more time-wasting. Let’s get straight to the business.” At last, I found the courage to defeat my evil breath.
The environment was perfect for study. There was silence in the room. Peaceful atmosphere. Lights directed at my books. In these conditions, I sat on my study chair. I opened page number 101. My eyes were at the first line, which states, “The heart is a syncytium.” It was hard to focus, yet the happiness inside me was matchless. Finally, I was doing what I intended to do. Wastage of time was not there anymore. At that very moment, boom. Darkness spread throughout. Clarity was not there anymore. Visibility levels down to zero. I screamed, “No, no, no, not now.”
I went outside and approached. I got to know that there was a fault in the transformer and it will take several hours to fix. This news shattered me. I successfully wasted a day that I didn’t intend to. The light came back at 9 o’clock, but I didn’t have the energy to continue.
I never intended to go through this whole thing. I had high hope when I began that day. But, you never know. The time is never at your disposal. You are at the time’s disposal.

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