Procrastination 

We have all heard of that word before. Most of the time we heard about it in school. Teachers talked about it we talked about it. Strangers on youtube talking about it and ways you could get your homework done on time. 

Throughout our life, we have procrastinated here and there. It just kinda happens. You have the goal of getting work done, cleaning your room but then all of a sudden you are doing everything else but that and by the end of the day or a day before the deadline, you remember and kinda have to push yourself to do things. 

Now when it comes to procrastination some people say it’s great that people do it because no matter what we still get it done just the day before instead of a week before and some of my best work whether that was a writing piece or a school project it was some of my best work. 

Like I said I do it a lot. It’s worrying how much I procrastinate because the thing is I also have anxiety so all of a sudden I’ve been pushing away this huge project and I only have two days and then I freak out and it’s a huge mess. I try to get stuff done before they need to be done but I gave up after a while. 

Then I learned about sleep procrastination…… 

Or as they call it revenge sleep procrastination (It just keeps getting longer) 

Basically, it’s when you’re so busy during the day. You spend hours doing work, hanging out with people talking to people by the end of the night we stay up longer maybe to just watch tv or scroll through Tik Tok or just sit down and stare at the wall.

Your days get so busy that the only peace you have alone is when everyone else is asleep and you may even be tired yourself but being alone at 2 in the morning is very relaxing sometimes. When I learned about it I realize I myself do it. 

Every night for a few hours I go on Xbox and play games and my friends join me most of the time. We talk, have fun basic friend call type thing and some days we all leave early trying to fix our sleep schedule. I get off at 12:30 and I just sit on the couch. Checking emails, Checking all my socials to see how my accounts are doing. By the time I get upstairs, it’s 1:30 maybe 2 and then I sit on my bed for another 30 minutes. By the time I’m actually in bed, it’s 2:30 in the morning and I’m now finally going to bed. 

I can’t say I have a really busy life at this moment because I don’t. I don’t have a job that well pays me. My job is trying to grow all my social media accounts, trying to grow this blog, it may not sound like a lot of work but when you do it on a daily for a year or so you start to see how much it puts a dent in your mental health. Although I’m home all the time and I do have free time and some of it is being alone. For some reason when I should be going to bed I’m not. 

I’ve learned that the world is a very busy place. A very loud place and us humans are kinda just living in it. Some know what they are doing and some have no idea what to do with their life. Sometimes the only time to get true peace and quiet and just a moment to yourself is when the world is asleep and things go quiet. 

The question is will I or anyone else who procrastinates sleep ever stop and go to bed on time? Maybe. Maybe one day when our lives are calm and our brain is no longer so loud. But for now, I think a lot of us will take those quiet late nights and enjoy the peace we have before the mayhem of the next day.