Procrasti-nation

Why do people in this human race procrastinate? What's our reason to do so? Everything is based on surviving for a better position in life, for a better future, yet we willing shoot ourselves in the foot at times. As you can see, I've just had a few exams, and almost every other person is saying what I'm saying: why didn't we work harder? We could have easily done so much better? Is it that the payoff for doing better and being more psychologically at ease before an exam less than the comfort received by doing absolutely nothing for four months yet getting insane mind crunches within two weeks and risking the money/degree? And yet, after all this procrastination, many of us get by (sometimes with better than expected results relative to amount of effort) and make the solemn and serious promise of changing our paths: "next year I'll study an hour every day for each class", "next year I'll be the top in the class".

Until we truly feel that our position is threatened, we won't get up from watching another episode of Family Guy or playing that seriously addictive flash game (....damn....u....bubbles)

No, I think its something deeper within our consciousness. We know as a group, that if everyone started to be productive, that if everyone was working at maximum productivity, then that would raise the bar so high that the entire group of people would need to work at ridiculous levels to manage and keep up...and then eventually break down. Even if there is no break down, we simply don't find the need to be productive, as productivity in one area will cause an imbalance in another aspect of life. The aspect of Pointless Feedback Systems. These are represented by the systems that generate seemingly meaningless inputs for the human mind. Like staring at a microwave. Its quite fun, especially if you have an exam the next day, to see your little food spin around and being zapped by these really hot waves that they name micro.

People would not have enough time to sit back and enjoy life. We should not run away from our procrastinative (spell check says i made this word up) habits but embrace them. It is the only thing that allows us to slow down our already hectic life. That is why we procrastinate simultaneously, when belonging to a class, although at times separately. Adults of the industrial world should learn from us, and do something pointless and meaningless today.

After all, you wouldn't be reading this blog if you had anything important to do.