IT’S A SIMPLE LIFE

I am quite bored today. Nothing much to do. So I have started to revise some of the O lvl format as the O level exam are coming soon. I just reviewed the essay I have wrote last time. I am still quite used to writing argumentative essay =.= Haha. Here are one of my best essay that i wrote last time.

Procrastination leads to no where

Procrastination comes from the Latin “pro,” meaning “forward, forth, or in favor of,” and “crastinus,” meaning “of tomorrow”. This means that a person keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring.

Procrastination is usually seen as a negative occurrence, requiring the addition of some characteristic such as psychological pain or irrationality. Procrastination should only deal with planned tasks as there are many things we could be doing right now and it becomes burdensome to think we are putting them all off.

Procrastination is pervasive and it concerns everyone. At least 95% of us procrastinate at least occasionally and about 15-20% of people do it every time and problematically. There are also lots of historical records of people procrastinating in the past 3000 years.

However, procrastination does not necessarily mean an unsuccessful life. Some tasks can be completed in a day or two of concentrated work, perfectly suited to procrastination. For example, artists whose inspired works are best created in a flurry of energetic activity may benefit from occasionally procrastinating.

The qualities from other abilities can also be used to overcome its harmful effects. Thus, there are several famous and successful procrastinators. For example, Leonardo da Vinci was a man of incredible talent. He explored almost every field available to him, in both science and art. He made significant contributions in engineering, architecture, biology, botany, anatomy, math, and physics. He sculpted, painted, both portrait and mural. But he never finished a project on time. His talents and energy were often wasted in unfinished projects like The Adoration of the Magi. His procrastination caused him much grief as he could have achieved much more. Given his talents, more of his aspirations could have become a reality in his own time. Being unable to focus on one project until completion is highly predictive of procrastination. His distractibility, jumping from topic to topic, allowed him to contribute in a wide variety of fields. However, it is doubtful whether such as strategy could create more than a dilettante today.

My final deducement is that procrastination leads to nowhere as one cannot control most of the irrational or distracting impulses which result in them being a careless and undisciplined person.

~mIn

~min N
Thursday, October 05, 2006