Friday, 11 December 2015
Procrastination and Its Inherent Perils
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Procrastination and Its Inherent Perils
ROCRASTINATION AND ITS INHERENT Perils - Fortunes Ken
Why can’t I do what I need to do now? Is that question a familiar one? Perhaps, yes. Many a person has asked themselves this rhetoric question with little or no answer coming their way. Do you often putt off intentionally the doing of something that should be done until the last moment? Are you one of the folks that let the low priority tasks get in the way of higher ones? Do you willingly postpone that which you can do forthwith until rush hour? Then you are a procrastinator.
To procrastinate entails to delay, stall, prevaricate, hesitate, putt off, wait or even lag. Although, the tendency to putt off has been with humans since time immemorial, but its inevitable effects have been undaunted. Procrastination is the deliberate attempt to postpone the doing of something that should be done until the dyeingminute. The urge tells you to suspend and leave a project until timeis nomore. Let me also put it in a clearer thesis: it is the avoidance of doing a task, work, assignment,which needs to be done until tomorrow which needs to be done today. This is despite the fact that sometimes we disguise our avoidance and carry on in our facade of pretence; by being very fervent and keen doing things that may be interesting and useful though ,but do not contribute towards the main goal .And consequently, we end up losing the race and failing to change the outcome of any situation.
The best way to ascertain what is procrastination is to examine the outcome of behaviour. Sometimes we suffer great heartache to this phenomenon. For instance, you ‘ve wanted to tellsomebody how much him or her meant to you but you tarried for too long and eventually, the fellow dies unaware of your intention(s). I also know of a situation where two roommates were at war with each other .And later, decided to bury the hatchet and continue their relationship where personal differences met them, but the decision was ill timed as one of them passed on a day before the other could make up his mind. How would the dead ever know of your intents?
Delay has also led to the undoing and abrupt doom of many great men of history. The British ambassador Norbert Quayle said: ‘only a few minutes delay cost him his life, his honour, and the liberty of his soldiers’. Earth’s history according to him ‘is strewn with the wrecks of half-finished plans and unexecuted resolutions’. Quayle maintained that ‘tomorrow is the excuse of the lazy and refugee of the incompetent’.
From the pathetic experience of the said commander Quayle, we can deduce that procrastination is but a thief of time. One sneaky way that it invades our lives is that we lead ourselves to fools’ paradise thinking that because we keep busy every day, we are being productive. This is not always so.You need to examine what keeps you busy and occupied and also, endeavour to know if your preoccupations are really needful and important at a particular point in time. In the odyssey of my life, I‘ve discovered that most at times, we spend our energy and synergy doing the wrong thing oblivious of the fact that we are time killers. It’s germane that one sits down and makes a table of preference either mentally or on paper and enquires from himself/herself what his/her most serious and important urgencies are in life and cultivates an endearing disposition towards them. If by chance you discover that you have derailed from the initial plan, you must make a U-turn in order to make your paths straight. Do it today for tomorrow may never come, even if it does, you may not be there to embrace it.
I’ve always wondered why people especially youngsters of nowadays turn out to be active procrastinators. People postpone activities and engagements for varying reasons best known to them, but the common impact is felt by all and sundry. One of the reasons may be that they do not know the essence of time. But it however,appears that the menace is deeply rooted in psyche and personality. So, it’s not solely dependent on time management. Recent research has proven that there are traits procrastinators. Surveyors postulate that people that fall under this category are likely to pay a high price. This implies that it has a devastating and poignant impact. Their physical health and key relationships suffer. A behavioural therapist, Susan Robert argues that people who have a serious problem with procrastination experience a good deal of shame. Hence, the resulting effect of delay could be brutal, nauseating and fatal, leading to porous career and living lives mired in shame, and uncertainty. But absurdly, knowing the consequences often do not deter us from being victims since the cause differ from individuals.
To many students and undergraduates alike, procrastination isn’t a hobby to them anymore, rather a habit. The spectacle has besieged most students and has left many, potential procrastinators. The reason for these lapses is not unconnected to the insurgence and daily advancement of entertainment options available on the internet. SocialMedia as we all know is a fantastic tool to keep in touch with friends and foes alike and the world at large. Until you realise that you‘ve spent the past one hour in panoply, arguing between Chelsea F.C and Manchester united who is of more economic relevance or discussing Genevieve and Omotola who is prettier; or even why nollywood movies still thrive on the international scene despite what Adichie called “great technical odds”, instead of reading an assigned text in a certain challenging course. The explosion and advance of technology, digital divide, assorted kinds of computers and of course social networks have spurred the menace even more. Suffice me to say that even people living in most dreaded areas could still find ways to take their time and postpone their tasks. Procrastination as Christopher Parker has it ‘is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill’. Let it not surprise you that you may be busy, yet doing nothing. That little stress and effort that you fear somuch and complain about are nothing to compare to the countless number of hours you spent watching movies of all kind, watching and playing football, stalking profiles of Facebook, Smiggles, Twitter,Flixter, Youtube,Eskimi, 2go, pinging to mention but these few. All these things are of no doubt very important in our everyday life, but they should be given their due places.
It may interest you to know that despite the fact that more than 20% of the world population are chronic procrastinators, that you can still rule your world with pride and pace. The figures are rather amazing. Procrastinators are seldom wealthy, less healthy and less happythan those who don’t delay. You can beat the blues if you are determined to. Those people who as a matter of convention put off basic decisions for weeks, months or even years are more and more in peril of being regarded as relics. I end, I this:when we manage our time and space well, when we realise that time is a wonderful gift of nature that need not to be wasted, and understand that procrastination is a thief of time, we regain a kind of self-worth and dignity. Be strong.
Why can’t I do what I need to do now? Is that question a familiar one? Perhaps, yes. Many a person has asked themselves this rhetoric question with little or no answer coming their way. Do you often putt off intentionally the doing of something that should be done until the last moment? Are you one of the folks that let the low priority tasks get in the way of higher ones? Do you willingly postpone that which you can do forthwith until rush hour? Then you are a procrastinator.
To procrastinate entails to delay, stall, prevaricate, hesitate, putt off, wait or even lag. Although, the tendency to putt off has been with humans since time immemorial, but its inevitable effects have been undaunted. Procrastination is the deliberate attempt to postpone the doing of something that should be done until the dyeingminute. The urge tells you to suspend and leave a project until timeis nomore. Let me also put it in a clearer thesis: it is the avoidance of doing a task, work, assignment,which needs to be done until tomorrow which needs to be done today. This is despite the fact that sometimes we disguise our avoidance and carry on in our facade of pretence; by being very fervent and keen doing things that may be interesting and useful though ,but do not contribute towards the main goal .And consequently, we end up losing the race and failing to change the outcome of any situation.
The best way to ascertain what is procrastination is to examine the outcome of behaviour. Sometimes we suffer great heartache to this phenomenon. For instance, you ‘ve wanted to tellsomebody how much him or her meant to you but you tarried for too long and eventually, the fellow dies unaware of your intention(s). I also know of a situation where two roommates were at war with each other .And later, decided to bury the hatchet and continue their relationship where personal differences met them, but the decision was ill timed as one of them passed on a day before the other could make up his mind. How would the dead ever know of your intents?
Delay has also led to the undoing and abrupt doom of many great men of history. The British ambassador Norbert Quayle said: ‘only a few minutes delay cost him his life, his honour, and the liberty of his soldiers’. Earth’s history according to him ‘is strewn with the wrecks of half-finished plans and unexecuted resolutions’. Quayle maintained that ‘tomorrow is the excuse of the lazy and refugee of the incompetent’.
From the pathetic experience of the said commander Quayle, we can deduce that procrastination is but a thief of time. One sneaky way that it invades our lives is that we lead ourselves to fools’ paradise thinking that because we keep busy every day, we are being productive. This is not always so.You need to examine what keeps you busy and occupied and also, endeavour to know if your preoccupations are really needful and important at a particular point in time. In the odyssey of my life, I‘ve discovered that most at times, we spend our energy and synergy doing the wrong thing oblivious of the fact that we are time killers. It’s germane that one sits down and makes a table of preference either mentally or on paper and enquires from himself/herself what his/her most serious and important urgencies are in life and cultivates an endearing disposition towards them. If by chance you discover that you have derailed from the initial plan, you must make a U-turn in order to make your paths straight. Do it today for tomorrow may never come, even if it does, you may not be there to embrace it.
I’ve always wondered why people especially youngsters of nowadays turn out to be active procrastinators. People postpone activities and engagements for varying reasons best known to them, but the common impact is felt by all and sundry. One of the reasons may be that they do not know the essence of time. But it however,appears that the menace is deeply rooted in psyche and personality. So, it’s not solely dependent on time management. Recent research has proven that there are traits procrastinators. Surveyors postulate that people that fall under this category are likely to pay a high price. This implies that it has a devastating and poignant impact. Their physical health and key relationships suffer. A behavioural therapist, Susan Robert argues that people who have a serious problem with procrastination experience a good deal of shame. Hence, the resulting effect of delay could be brutal, nauseating and fatal, leading to porous career and living lives mired in shame, and uncertainty. But absurdly, knowing the consequences often do not deter us from being victims since the cause differ from individuals.
To many students and undergraduates alike, procrastination isn’t a hobby to them anymore, rather a habit. The spectacle has besieged most students and has left many, potential procrastinators. The reason for these lapses is not unconnected to the insurgence and daily advancement of entertainment options available on the internet. SocialMedia as we all know is a fantastic tool to keep in touch with friends and foes alike and the world at large. Until you realise that you‘ve spent the past one hour in panoply, arguing between Chelsea F.C and Manchester united who is of more economic relevance or discussing Genevieve and Omotola who is prettier; or even why nollywood movies still thrive on the international scene despite what Adichie called “great technical odds”, instead of reading an assigned text in a certain challenging course. The explosion and advance of technology, digital divide, assorted kinds of computers and of course social networks have spurred the menace even more. Suffice me to say that even people living in most dreaded areas could still find ways to take their time and postpone their tasks. Procrastination as Christopher Parker has it ‘is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill’. Let it not surprise you that you may be busy, yet doing nothing. That little stress and effort that you fear somuch and complain about are nothing to compare to the countless number of hours you spent watching movies of all kind, watching and playing football, stalking profiles of Facebook, Smiggles, Twitter,Flixter, Youtube,Eskimi, 2go, pinging to mention but these few. All these things are of no doubt very important in our everyday life, but they should be given their due places.
It may interest you to know that despite the fact that more than 20% of the world population are chronic procrastinators, that you can still rule your world with pride and pace. The figures are rather amazing. Procrastinators are seldom wealthy, less healthy and less happythan those who don’t delay. You can beat the blues if you are determined to. Those people who as a matter of convention put off basic decisions for weeks, months or even years are more and more in peril of being regarded as relics. I end, I this:when we manage our time and space well, when we realise that time is a wonderful gift of nature that need not to be wasted, and understand that procrastination is a thief of time, we regain a kind of self-worth and dignity. Be strong.
Procrastination and Its Inherent Perils
PROCRASTINATION AND ITS INHERENT PERILS - Fortunes Ken
Why can’t I do what I need to do now? Is that question a familiar one? Perhaps, yes. Many a person has asked themselves this rhetoric question with little or no answer coming their way. Do you often putt off intentionally the doing of something that should be done until the last moment? Are you one of the folks that let the low priority tasks get in the way of higher ones? Do you willingly postpone that which you can do forthwith until rush hour? Then you are a procrastinator.
To procrastinate entails to delay, stall, prevaricate, hesitate, putt off, wait or even lag. Although, the tendency to putt off has been with humans since time immemorial, but its inevitable effects have been undaunted. Procrastination is the deliberate attempt to postpone the doing of something that should be done until the dyeingminute. The urge tells you to suspend and leave a project until timeis nomore. Let me also put it in a clearer thesis: it is the avoidance of doing a task, work, assignment,which needs to be done until tomorrow which needs to be done today. This is despite the fact that sometimes we disguise our avoidance and carry on in our facade of pretence; by being very fervent and keen doing things that may be interesting and useful though ,but do not contribute towards the main goal .And consequently, we end up losing the race and failing to change the outcome of any situation.
The best way to ascertain what is procrastination is to examine the outcome of behaviour. Sometimes we suffer great heartache to this phenomenon. For instance, you ‘ve wanted to tellsomebody how much him or her meant to you but you tarried for too long and eventually, the fellow dies unaware of your intention(s). I also know of a situation where two roommates were at war with each other .And later, decided to bury the hatchet and continue their relationship where personal differences met them, but the decision was ill timed as one of them passed on a day before the other could make up his mind. How would the dead ever know of your intents?
Delay has also led to the undoing and abrupt doom of many great men of history. The British ambassador Norbert Quayle said: ‘only a few minutes delay cost him his life, his honour, and the liberty of his soldiers’. Earth’s history according to him ‘is strewn with the wrecks of half-finished plans and unexecuted resolutions’. Quayle maintained that ‘tomorrow is the excuse of the lazy and refugee of the incompetent’.
From the pathetic experience of the said commander Quayle, we can deduce that procrastination is but a thief of time. One sneaky way that it invades our lives is that we lead ourselves to fools’ paradise thinking that because we keep busy every day, we are being productive. This is not always so.You need to examine what keeps you busy and occupied and also, endeavour to know if your preoccupations are really needful and important at a particular point in time. In the odyssey of my life, I‘ve discovered that most at times, we spend our energy and synergy doing the wrong thing oblivious of the fact that we are time killers. It’s germane that one sits down and makes a table of preference either mentally or on paper and enquires from himself/herself what his/her most serious and important urgencies are in life and cultivates an endearing disposition towards them. If by chance you discover that you have derailed from the initial plan, you must make a U-turn in order to make your paths straight. Do it today for tomorrow may never come, even if it does, you may not be there to embrace it.
I’ve always wondered why people especially youngsters of nowadays turn out to be active procrastinators. People postpone activities and engagements for varying reasons best known to them, but the common impact is felt by all and sundry. One of the reasons may be that they do not know the essence of time. But it however,appears that the menace is deeply rooted in psyche and personality. So, it’s not solely dependent on time management. Recent research has proven that there are traits procrastinators. Surveyors postulate that people that fall under this category are likely to pay a high price. This implies that it has a devastating and poignant impact. Their physical health and key relationships suffer. A behavioural therapist, Susan Robert argues that people who have a serious problem with procrastination experience a good deal of shame. Hence, the resulting effect of delay could be brutal, nauseating and fatal, leading to porous career and living lives mired in shame, and uncertainty. But absurdly, knowing the consequences often do not deter us from being victims since the cause differ from individuals.
To many students and undergraduates alike, procrastination isn’t a hobby to them anymore, rather a habit. The spectacle has besieged most students and has left many, potential procrastinators. The reason for these lapses is not unconnected to the insurgence and daily advancement of entertainment options available on the internet. SocialMedia as we all know is a fantastic tool to keep in touch with friends and foes alike and the world at large. Until you realise that you‘ve spent the past one hour in panoply, arguing between Chelsea F.C and Manchester united who is of more economic relevance or discussing Genevieve and Omotola who is prettier; or even why nollywood movies still thrive on the international scene despite what Adichie called “great technical odds”, instead of reading an assigned text in a certain challenging course. The explosion and advance of technology, digital divide, assorted kinds of computers and of course social networks have spurred the menace even more. Suffice me to say that even people living in most dreaded areas could still find ways to take their time and postpone their tasks. Procrastination as Christopher Parker has it ‘is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill’. Let it not surprise you that you may be busy, yet doing nothing. That little stress and effort that you fear somuch and complain about are nothing to compare to the countless number of hours you spent watching movies of all kind, watching and playing football, stalking profiles of Facebook, Smiggles, Twitter,Flixter, Youtube,Eskimi, 2go, pinging to mention but these few. All these things are of no doubt very important in our everyday life, but they should be given their due places.
It may interest you to know that despite the fact that more than 20% of the world population are chronic procrastinators, that you can still rule your world with pride and pace. The figures are rather amazing. Procrastinators are seldom wealthy, less healthy and less happythan those who don’t delay. You can beat the blues if you are determined to. Those people who as a matter of convention put off basic decisions for weeks, months or even years are more and more in peril of being regarded as relics. I should like to end with this:when we manage our time and space well, when we realise that time is a wonderful gift of nature that need not to be wasted, and understand that procrastination is a thief of time, we regain a kind of self-worth and dignity. Be strong.
Why can’t I do what I need to do now? Is that question a familiar one? Perhaps, yes. Many a person has asked themselves this rhetoric question with little or no answer coming their way. Do you often putt off intentionally the doing of something that should be done until the last moment? Are you one of the folks that let the low priority tasks get in the way of higher ones? Do you willingly postpone that which you can do forthwith until rush hour? Then you are a procrastinator.
To procrastinate entails to delay, stall, prevaricate, hesitate, putt off, wait or even lag. Although, the tendency to putt off has been with humans since time immemorial, but its inevitable effects have been undaunted. Procrastination is the deliberate attempt to postpone the doing of something that should be done until the dyeingminute. The urge tells you to suspend and leave a project until timeis nomore. Let me also put it in a clearer thesis: it is the avoidance of doing a task, work, assignment,which needs to be done until tomorrow which needs to be done today. This is despite the fact that sometimes we disguise our avoidance and carry on in our facade of pretence; by being very fervent and keen doing things that may be interesting and useful though ,but do not contribute towards the main goal .And consequently, we end up losing the race and failing to change the outcome of any situation.
The best way to ascertain what is procrastination is to examine the outcome of behaviour. Sometimes we suffer great heartache to this phenomenon. For instance, you ‘ve wanted to tellsomebody how much him or her meant to you but you tarried for too long and eventually, the fellow dies unaware of your intention(s). I also know of a situation where two roommates were at war with each other .And later, decided to bury the hatchet and continue their relationship where personal differences met them, but the decision was ill timed as one of them passed on a day before the other could make up his mind. How would the dead ever know of your intents?
Delay has also led to the undoing and abrupt doom of many great men of history. The British ambassador Norbert Quayle said: ‘only a few minutes delay cost him his life, his honour, and the liberty of his soldiers’. Earth’s history according to him ‘is strewn with the wrecks of half-finished plans and unexecuted resolutions’. Quayle maintained that ‘tomorrow is the excuse of the lazy and refugee of the incompetent’.
From the pathetic experience of the said commander Quayle, we can deduce that procrastination is but a thief of time. One sneaky way that it invades our lives is that we lead ourselves to fools’ paradise thinking that because we keep busy every day, we are being productive. This is not always so.You need to examine what keeps you busy and occupied and also, endeavour to know if your preoccupations are really needful and important at a particular point in time. In the odyssey of my life, I‘ve discovered that most at times, we spend our energy and synergy doing the wrong thing oblivious of the fact that we are time killers. It’s germane that one sits down and makes a table of preference either mentally or on paper and enquires from himself/herself what his/her most serious and important urgencies are in life and cultivates an endearing disposition towards them. If by chance you discover that you have derailed from the initial plan, you must make a U-turn in order to make your paths straight. Do it today for tomorrow may never come, even if it does, you may not be there to embrace it.
I’ve always wondered why people especially youngsters of nowadays turn out to be active procrastinators. People postpone activities and engagements for varying reasons best known to them, but the common impact is felt by all and sundry. One of the reasons may be that they do not know the essence of time. But it however,appears that the menace is deeply rooted in psyche and personality. So, it’s not solely dependent on time management. Recent research has proven that there are traits procrastinators. Surveyors postulate that people that fall under this category are likely to pay a high price. This implies that it has a devastating and poignant impact. Their physical health and key relationships suffer. A behavioural therapist, Susan Robert argues that people who have a serious problem with procrastination experience a good deal of shame. Hence, the resulting effect of delay could be brutal, nauseating and fatal, leading to porous career and living lives mired in shame, and uncertainty. But absurdly, knowing the consequences often do not deter us from being victims since the cause differ from individuals.
To many students and undergraduates alike, procrastination isn’t a hobby to them anymore, rather a habit. The spectacle has besieged most students and has left many, potential procrastinators. The reason for these lapses is not unconnected to the insurgence and daily advancement of entertainment options available on the internet. SocialMedia as we all know is a fantastic tool to keep in touch with friends and foes alike and the world at large. Until you realise that you‘ve spent the past one hour in panoply, arguing between Chelsea F.C and Manchester united who is of more economic relevance or discussing Genevieve and Omotola who is prettier; or even why nollywood movies still thrive on the international scene despite what Adichie called “great technical odds”, instead of reading an assigned text in a certain challenging course. The explosion and advance of technology, digital divide, assorted kinds of computers and of course social networks have spurred the menace even more. Suffice me to say that even people living in most dreaded areas could still find ways to take their time and postpone their tasks. Procrastination as Christopher Parker has it ‘is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill’. Let it not surprise you that you may be busy, yet doing nothing. That little stress and effort that you fear somuch and complain about are nothing to compare to the countless number of hours you spent watching movies of all kind, watching and playing football, stalking profiles of Facebook, Smiggles, Twitter,Flixter, Youtube,Eskimi, 2go, pinging to mention but these few. All these things are of no doubt very important in our everyday life, but they should be given their due places.
It may interest you to know that despite the fact that more than 20% of the world population are chronic procrastinators, that you can still rule your world with pride and pace. The figures are rather amazing. Procrastinators are seldom wealthy, less healthy and less happythan those who don’t delay. You can beat the blues if you are determined to. Those people who as a matter of convention put off basic decisions for weeks, months or even years are more and more in peril of being regarded as relics. I should like to end with this:when we manage our time and space well, when we realise that time is a wonderful gift of nature that need not to be wasted, and understand that procrastination is a thief of time, we regain a kind of self-worth and dignity. Be strong.
Procrastination and Its Inherent Perils
PROCRASTINATION AND ITS INHERENT PERILS - Fortunes Ken
Why can’t I do what I need to do now? Is that question a familiar one? Perhaps, yes. Many a person has asked themselves this rhetoric question with little or no answer coming their way. Do you often putt off intentionally the doing of something that should be done until the last moment? Are you one of the folks that let the low priority tasks get in the way of higher ones? Do you willingly postpone that which you can do forthwith until rush hour? Then you are a procrastinator.
To procrastinate entails to delay, stall, prevaricate, hesitate, putt off, wait or even lag. Although, the tendency to putt off has been with humans since time immemorial, but its inevitable effects have been undaunted. Procrastination is the deliberate attempt to postpone the doing of something that should be done until the dyeingminute. The urge tells you to suspend and leave a project until timeis nomore. Let me also put it in a clearer thesis: it is the avoidance of doing a task, work, assignment,which needs to be done until tomorrow which needs to be done today. This is despite the fact that sometimes we disguise our avoidance and carry on in our facade of pretence; by being very fervent and keen doing things that may be interesting and useful though ,but do not contribute towards the main goal .And consequently, we end up losing the race and failing to change the outcome of any situation.
The best way to ascertain what is procrastination is to examine the outcome of behaviour. Sometimes we suffer great heartache to this phenomenon. For instance, you ‘ve wanted to tellsomebody how much him or her meant to you but you tarried for too long and eventually, the fellow dies unaware of your intention(s). I also know of a situation where two roommates were at war with each other .And later, decided to bury the hatchet and continue their relationship where personal differences met them, but the decision was ill timed as one of them passed on a day before the other could make up his mind. How would the dead ever know of your intents?
Delay has also led to the undoing and abrupt doom of many great men of history. The British ambassador Norbert Quayle said: ‘only a few minutes delay cost him his life, his honour, and the liberty of his soldiers’. Earth’s history according to him ‘is strewn with the wrecks of half-finished plans and unexecuted resolutions’. Quayle maintained that ‘tomorrow is the excuse of the lazy and refugee of the incompetent’.
From the pathetic experience of the said commander Quayle, we can deduce that procrastination is but a thief of time. One sneaky way that it invades our lives is that we lead ourselves to fools’ paradise thinking that because we keep busy every day, we are being productive. This is not always so.You need to examine what keeps you busy and occupied and also, endeavour to know if your preoccupations are really needful and important at a particular point in time. In the odyssey of my life, I‘ve discovered that most at times, we spend our energy and synergy doing the wrong thing oblivious of the fact that we are time killers. It’s germane that one sits down and makes a table of preference either mentally or on paper and enquires from himself/herself what his/her most serious and important urgencies are in life and cultivates an endearing disposition towards them. If by chance you discover that you have derailed from the initial plan, you must make a U-turn in order to make your paths straight. Do it today for tomorrow may never come, even if it does, you may not be there to embrace it.
I’ve always wondered why people especially youngsters of nowadays turn out to be active procrastinators. People postpone activities and engagements for varying reasons best known to them, but the common impact is felt by all and sundry. One of the reasons may be that they do not know the essence of time. But it however,appears that the menace is deeply rooted in psyche and personality. So, it’s not solely dependent on time management. Recent research has proven that there are traits procrastinators. Surveyors postulate that people that fall under this category are likely to pay a high price. This implies that it has a devastating and poignant impact. Their physical health and key relationships suffer. A behavioural therapist, Susan Robert argues that people who have a serious problem with procrastination experience a good deal of shame. Hence, the resulting effect of delay could be brutal, nauseating and fatal, leading to porous career and living lives mired in shame, and uncertainty. But absurdly, knowing the consequences often do not deter us from being victims since the cause differ from individuals.
To many students and undergraduates alike, procrastination isn’t a hobby to them anymore, rather a habit. The spectacle has besieged most students and has left many, potential procrastinators. The reason for these lapses is not unconnected to the insurgence and daily advancement of entertainment options available on the internet. SocialMedia as we all know is a fantastic tool to keep in touch with friends and foes alike and the world at large. Until you realise that you‘ve spent the past one hour in panoply, arguing between Chelsea F.C and Manchester united who is of more economic relevance or discussing Genevieve and Omotola who is prettier; or even why nollywood movies still thrive on the international scene despite what Adichie called “great technical odds”, instead of reading an assigned text in a certain challenging course. The explosion and advance of technology, digital divide, assorted kinds of computers and of course social networks have spurred the menace even more. Suffice me to say that even people living in most dreaded areas could still find ways to take their time and postpone their tasks. Procrastination as Christopher Parker has it ‘is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill’. Let it not surprise you that you may be busy, yet doing nothing. That little stress and effort that you fear somuch and complain about are nothing to compare to the countless number of hours you spent watching movies of all kind, watching and playing football, stalking profiles of Facebook, Smiggles, Twitter,Flixter, Youtube,Eskimi, 2go, pinging to mention but these few. All these things are of no doubt very important in our everyday life, but they should be given their due places.
It may interest you to know that despite the fact that more than 20% of the world population are chronic procrastinators, that you can still rule your world with pride and pace. The figures are rather amazing. Procrastinators are seldom wealthy, less healthy and less happythan those who don’t delay. You can beat the blues if you are determined to. Those people who as a matter of convention put off basic decisions for weeks, months or even years are more and more in peril of being regarded as relics. I should like to end with this:when we manage our time and space well, when we realise that time is a wonderful gift of nature that need not to be wasted, and understand that procrastination is a thief of time, we regain a kind of self-worth and dignity. Be strong.
Why can’t I do what I need to do now? Is that question a familiar one? Perhaps, yes. Many a person has asked themselves this rhetoric question with little or no answer coming their way. Do you often putt off intentionally the doing of something that should be done until the last moment? Are you one of the folks that let the low priority tasks get in the way of higher ones? Do you willingly postpone that which you can do forthwith until rush hour? Then you are a procrastinator.
To procrastinate entails to delay, stall, prevaricate, hesitate, putt off, wait or even lag. Although, the tendency to putt off has been with humans since time immemorial, but its inevitable effects have been undaunted. Procrastination is the deliberate attempt to postpone the doing of something that should be done until the dyeingminute. The urge tells you to suspend and leave a project until timeis nomore. Let me also put it in a clearer thesis: it is the avoidance of doing a task, work, assignment,which needs to be done until tomorrow which needs to be done today. This is despite the fact that sometimes we disguise our avoidance and carry on in our facade of pretence; by being very fervent and keen doing things that may be interesting and useful though ,but do not contribute towards the main goal .And consequently, we end up losing the race and failing to change the outcome of any situation.
The best way to ascertain what is procrastination is to examine the outcome of behaviour. Sometimes we suffer great heartache to this phenomenon. For instance, you ‘ve wanted to tellsomebody how much him or her meant to you but you tarried for too long and eventually, the fellow dies unaware of your intention(s). I also know of a situation where two roommates were at war with each other .And later, decided to bury the hatchet and continue their relationship where personal differences met them, but the decision was ill timed as one of them passed on a day before the other could make up his mind. How would the dead ever know of your intents?
Delay has also led to the undoing and abrupt doom of many great men of history. The British ambassador Norbert Quayle said: ‘only a few minutes delay cost him his life, his honour, and the liberty of his soldiers’. Earth’s history according to him ‘is strewn with the wrecks of half-finished plans and unexecuted resolutions’. Quayle maintained that ‘tomorrow is the excuse of the lazy and refugee of the incompetent’.
From the pathetic experience of the said commander Quayle, we can deduce that procrastination is but a thief of time. One sneaky way that it invades our lives is that we lead ourselves to fools’ paradise thinking that because we keep busy every day, we are being productive. This is not always so.You need to examine what keeps you busy and occupied and also, endeavour to know if your preoccupations are really needful and important at a particular point in time. In the odyssey of my life, I‘ve discovered that most at times, we spend our energy and synergy doing the wrong thing oblivious of the fact that we are time killers. It’s germane that one sits down and makes a table of preference either mentally or on paper and enquires from himself/herself what his/her most serious and important urgencies are in life and cultivates an endearing disposition towards them. If by chance you discover that you have derailed from the initial plan, you must make a U-turn in order to make your paths straight. Do it today for tomorrow may never come, even if it does, you may not be there to embrace it.
I’ve always wondered why people especially youngsters of nowadays turn out to be active procrastinators. People postpone activities and engagements for varying reasons best known to them, but the common impact is felt by all and sundry. One of the reasons may be that they do not know the essence of time. But it however,appears that the menace is deeply rooted in psyche and personality. So, it’s not solely dependent on time management. Recent research has proven that there are traits procrastinators. Surveyors postulate that people that fall under this category are likely to pay a high price. This implies that it has a devastating and poignant impact. Their physical health and key relationships suffer. A behavioural therapist, Susan Robert argues that people who have a serious problem with procrastination experience a good deal of shame. Hence, the resulting effect of delay could be brutal, nauseating and fatal, leading to porous career and living lives mired in shame, and uncertainty. But absurdly, knowing the consequences often do not deter us from being victims since the cause differ from individuals.
To many students and undergraduates alike, procrastination isn’t a hobby to them anymore, rather a habit. The spectacle has besieged most students and has left many, potential procrastinators. The reason for these lapses is not unconnected to the insurgence and daily advancement of entertainment options available on the internet. SocialMedia as we all know is a fantastic tool to keep in touch with friends and foes alike and the world at large. Until you realise that you‘ve spent the past one hour in panoply, arguing between Chelsea F.C and Manchester united who is of more economic relevance or discussing Genevieve and Omotola who is prettier; or even why nollywood movies still thrive on the international scene despite what Adichie called “great technical odds”, instead of reading an assigned text in a certain challenging course. The explosion and advance of technology, digital divide, assorted kinds of computers and of course social networks have spurred the menace even more. Suffice me to say that even people living in most dreaded areas could still find ways to take their time and postpone their tasks. Procrastination as Christopher Parker has it ‘is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill’. Let it not surprise you that you may be busy, yet doing nothing. That little stress and effort that you fear somuch and complain about are nothing to compare to the countless number of hours you spent watching movies of all kind, watching and playing football, stalking profiles of Facebook, Smiggles, Twitter,Flixter, Youtube,Eskimi, 2go, pinging to mention but these few. All these things are of no doubt very important in our everyday life, but they should be given their due places.
It may interest you to know that despite the fact that more than 20% of the world population are chronic procrastinators, that you can still rule your world with pride and pace. The figures are rather amazing. Procrastinators are seldom wealthy, less healthy and less happythan those who don’t delay. You can beat the blues if you are determined to. Those people who as a matter of convention put off basic decisions for weeks, months or even years are more and more in peril of being regarded as relics. I should like to end with this:when we manage our time and space well, when we realise that time is a wonderful gift of nature that need not to be wasted, and understand that procrastination is a thief of time, we regain a kind of self-worth and dignity. Be strong.
Thursday, 10 December 2015
Spirit World, and Lovelorn - Inciting poems by Talented Young Nigerian
Spirit World
Looking down at my body
People mourning over my death
Pepper in my heart
Above all the hubbub
5. I felt a pull towards a light
Tunnel of sort to get there
Travelling above the earth
After reaching the end
Luminous beings project faces
10. Still alive?
These images are au fait
Our soul family?
They referred to themselves partners
brothers and sisters
15. After a faraway world
A shower of light
Soul’s vibrancy renews
Restore to its original vibration
I remember more after life
20. Full understanding of the larger picture
Breathtakingly beautiful
Mega-hub of soul
Roaming through the beautiful tunnel
No darkness, just pure light
25. indeed, beautiful place
Group connecting in circle
Dancing in circle
Music where from unknown
They play to a gallery
30. And I go with a swing.
Experiencing other Joyful events
Now I feel at home
Under the sun is unsafe
One can only enjoy safety
35. When one meets one’s maker
Lovelorn
Conceal not your love for me
The love of my life
My heart is sick within me
Death shall be preferred to life
5. Because you have rejected me
I come to my garden, my sister, my bride
I gather my myrrh with my spice
I slept but my heart was awake
For many waters cannot quench love
10. You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love
How fair and pleasant you are
Stop all this pretence
Your entire alloy, I will remove
Only if you embrace me
15. Behold, you are beautiful my love
There is no flaw in you my dove
As an apple tree among trees you are
I will extol your love more than wine
All I wish, you reciprocate
20. Am very dark, but good one
Because the sun has scorched me
My mother’s sons are angry with me
They made me suffer like a slave
Into the chamber of her that conceived me
25. I adjure you, my perfect one
Set me as a seal upon your heart my dove
Jealousy is as cruel as the grave
Its flashes are flashes of fire
A most vehement flame
30. You are as stately as a palm tree
And your breasts like its clusters, my love
I say I will climb the palm tree
And lay hold of it branches my love
If a man offers love,
35. He offers the wealth of his house.
My soul failed me when you spoke
If you fail to love me,
Restrict from seeing me
For your eyes disturb me
40. Let me await the lost.
Looking down at my body
People mourning over my death
Pepper in my heart
Above all the hubbub
5. I felt a pull towards a light
Tunnel of sort to get there
Travelling above the earth
After reaching the end
Luminous beings project faces
10. Still alive?
These images are au fait
Our soul family?
They referred to themselves partners
brothers and sisters
15. After a faraway world
A shower of light
Soul’s vibrancy renews
Restore to its original vibration
I remember more after life
20. Full understanding of the larger picture
Breathtakingly beautiful
Mega-hub of soul
Roaming through the beautiful tunnel
No darkness, just pure light
25. indeed, beautiful place
Group connecting in circle
Dancing in circle
Music where from unknown
They play to a gallery
30. And I go with a swing.
Experiencing other Joyful events
Now I feel at home
Under the sun is unsafe
One can only enjoy safety
35. When one meets one’s maker
Lovelorn
Conceal not your love for me
The love of my life
My heart is sick within me
Death shall be preferred to life
5. Because you have rejected me
I come to my garden, my sister, my bride
I gather my myrrh with my spice
I slept but my heart was awake
For many waters cannot quench love
10. You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love
How fair and pleasant you are
Stop all this pretence
Your entire alloy, I will remove
Only if you embrace me
15. Behold, you are beautiful my love
There is no flaw in you my dove
As an apple tree among trees you are
I will extol your love more than wine
All I wish, you reciprocate
20. Am very dark, but good one
Because the sun has scorched me
My mother’s sons are angry with me
They made me suffer like a slave
Into the chamber of her that conceived me
25. I adjure you, my perfect one
Set me as a seal upon your heart my dove
Jealousy is as cruel as the grave
Its flashes are flashes of fire
A most vehement flame
30. You are as stately as a palm tree
And your breasts like its clusters, my love
I say I will climb the palm tree
And lay hold of it branches my love
If a man offers love,
35. He offers the wealth of his house.
My soul failed me when you spoke
If you fail to love me,
Restrict from seeing me
For your eyes disturb me
40. Let me await the lost.
SERVICOM CDS EMOHUA LG , RIVERS STATE
Servicom as the name suggests is set up to benefit the Corp members and the hosting communities. The need for people to know their rights and privileges as regards government expectations is the major essence of servicom. Here in Emohua, on Wednesday, 9th December, 2015, members of the Servicom group gathered to hatch possible plans on how to take the CDS to next Millennium come next year.
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