Two days prior, I’ll do it later. One day prior, I’ll do it later. The night of, I’ll do it later. Nine O’clock, I’ll do it after I finish history. Eleven, I still haven’t done it. The bell rang eight times, we had class, and I still wasn’t done. I had done my notes, I had done my research, I had done my experiment, I had even done my outline. Why couldn’t I start the paper?
It wasn’t that I didn’t care. I wasn’t too busy to do it. I liked the class, I just couldn’t get my foot in the door for the paper. Why was it so hard for me to start essays. I walked into the classroom, everyone else had finely written papers. Meanwhile, I had nothing. I fidgeted slightly, this was an important essay. The teacher went around, checking in with everyone, then it got to me. I had a hook, and plans, that was it.
Somehow I managed to talk my way into more time, I felt guilty, and I felt disappointed. My letter is P for procrastination. While I have gotten better about it, I tend to put off big projects. It’s not that I don’t care about the class or the work, I just can’t seem to start homework. The strange thing is, it almost always only applies to schoolwork. This is why I chose to color my P green to represent school and homework. I also included a clock and z’s in a thought bubble to represent the lack of sleep my sin has caused, from me trying to finish my work late at night. Luckily my sin has improved with time, however, I still struggle with procrastination somedays, especially on papers that I am not sure what to write about.
Two days prior, I’ll do it later. One day prior, I’ll do it later. The night of, I’ll do it later.
I struggled to decide what to write about for the latter half of this essay. I repeated the sin and procrastinated finishing it. This led me to rush to finish a paper I didn’t have a plan for. As a result, I am not very proud of the latter two paragraphs of this essay.
I really like this narrative because it speaks to everyone at a time in their life, or their entire experience. I have struggled with procrastination for a time, and pushing all of the work away gives temporary relief, but working through it and making the accomplishment has massive impacts to not only the workload, but the individual. Great job, Forest!
I like this piece because I can relate to it a lot. I alway procrastinate until the last minute because I always am able to know my limits and know exactly how much I can do in a certain amount of time. I like that you explain how you still are incapsulated by your sin but you have been able to make improvements towards overcoming it.