Can You Say "Procrastination?"

Yesterday I had a paper due for school which I had put off all week. Yesterday morning I woke up at 4:30 to get up and feed the baby so I figured I would get a jump on my assignment. After completing one task, I promptly moved on to the next. I was working efficiently and I thought I was going to be finished by noon...boy, was I wrong. I worked on that beast on and off all day long! I didn't go to bed until 1:30 this morning and I could kick myself for waiting until the last minute. This week, I vow to schedule my time a bit more efficiently...maybe. Just for fun, here's a poem I read about procrastination that I can relate to:

Procrastination
by Kit McCallum

Yesterday, I said I would

Until the time had passed,

And now today, I see my list

Of never-ending tasks.

Why so, I ask myself, did I

Put off that task at hand?

For yesterday has added to

My ever-growing plans,

Of things I say I will attend,

Accomplish or provide;

Seems every day I put if off -

It multiplies in size.

A simple job if given

My devotion for a time;

Would surely have resolved itself

And eased my worried mind.

However, due to circumstance,

As always is the case;

I had no time to spend that day …

I had no time to waste.

For yesterday, I worked on

All the tasks I had delayed,

From days before when I would say

I have no time today.

You see, tomorrow’s easier

To say that I will vow,

To catch up on the overload,

And yet - I wonder how?

‘Tis easier to play the part

Of victim in this case,

And be the martyr ever-more

I have no time to waste.