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Oops I did it again! I have procrastinated! I know exactly what my problem is, and that's the fact that I don't like to do certain things. One thing that I don't like to do is quarterly reports! Quarterly reports require a lot of work, they also require me to remember everything about some of the people I've been working with. Oh how I enjoy quarterly reports! Last night I was filling out quarterly reports last minute so I could send them in this morning before 10 a.m. I finished those reports at 2 a.m. in the morning, and I had to go to work by 8 a.m. If only I could force myself to finish these reports on time I would have a much more enjoyable life! But there's one good thing that comes out of procrastination, and that is the sweet relief I feel right now knowing that I completed everything just in time and don't have to do it again for another 3 months. Well... maybe I actually do have to do other quarterly reports next month or the month after that because I have other people who I work with, but at least I don't have to do these again for another 3 months at the least.

This reminds me of when I was back at college. I'd been taking my AJ 205 class which I'm pretty sure had to do with criminal investigation or something like that. It's been awhile so forgive me if I'm incorrect, but this particular class was a load off my shoulders for the first two and a half months, mainly because I didn't have to turn in any class work or homework. The only thing I had to turn in for that class was one assignment, a murder book. Basically we had to recreate what a detective would give to the district attorney regarding a homicide case. Being the master procrastinator that I am, I decided to wait until the last week to start the book. What's funny is, during that last week I told myself I have another day every single day up until the last day. The night before the book was due I looked at my computer and nearly had an aneurysm. I started typing like my life depended on it, I had no time to ask the teacher any questions about the assignment, the only time I had left was to type and to compile everything that I needed for that paper. I spent about 16 hours straight typing that night all through the morning and my paper totaled over 90 pages. The moment I finished that paper it was 7:30 a.m. in the morning and my class was at 9. I took a shower, drove to the campus, printed out all 90 pages, went to class, and nearly collapsed.

I turned in that paper expecting at least a C-. I had talked with one of my friends in that class that day about how I typed everything up the night before. Pretty much the whole class can hear my conversation and I'm pretty sure that they expected the exact same outcome that I had been expecting. The teacher came in, collected the papers, then give us an early day. I left the class and went to my car to take a nap. The next week when we were meeting for class I distinctly remember talking with the same friend that I told about how I typed everything up last minute. He said that he had done a similar thing except he had started two nights prior to turning on the paper. We had both been expecting very poor grades but something absolutely amazing happened. My friend ended up getting a 95% on his paper and I got a 99% on mine. I could tell that the whole class was extremely pissed off. I also felt extremely sorry for the girl who is sitting in front of me because she had turned her paper in 2 weeks early only to get an 80%. The teacher actually asked if he could keep my paper and add it to his collection of example papers that he handed out to students who needed a little bit of help. I told him he could keep it because I knew but I did not want to see that thing again.

Does this mean that you should procrastinate? Perhaps if you're good under stress, but if you're like me... I'm just lucky I suppose. Don't procrastinate! It is a very bad habit and can get you in a lot of trouble in the future. The only reason why I was able to get away with it... Well I guess it was because of my good fortune. It is better to live a stress free life where you have an excellent work ethic than live on the edge, completing things last minute and not knowing whether you're completed work is acceptable or not.