A Modest Proposal Essay
A Modest Proposal to Mrs. Beckham regarding procrastinating through high school The art of procrastination has troubled high school kids for quite some time now. Im sitting here typing my own essay at the eleventh hour, hoping that as the deadline approaches I can piece together an essay to save my grade. “Procrastination is for the efficient at heart”, this quote captures the procrastinators only strength: the ability to make the most out of the time they have. Most students will crack as the pressure of meeting the deadline with quality work overbears them, as they regretfully wish they spent their time wiser. Few will rise up to the challenge and meet the standards, but what separates the students who succeed and those who miserably fail?
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Recently, Daniel Joseph tweeted “ Perhaps the greatest thief of time, and life, is procrastination”, this shows just what can happen if we allow laziness to dictate how we procrastinate. We need to figure out how to utilize the adrenaline we get from putting something off until the last hour, that rush when you wake up the morning it's due and have no other option than to succeed. Some might see that it’s ironic that the best way to brainstorm is to not take action at all, but think of it this way. Why force meaningless words on a blank piece of paper when you can wait for inspiration to come that will spur powerful sentences that convey what you truly wanted to express? Artists don't sit in front of a blank canvas until an idea manifests itself into a painting, they allow the idea to come natural, and in order to master the art of procrastination this part is essential. It boils down to being able to use your weakness to your greatest advantage, and I know just as well as anyone that this approach has its pros and cons. Putting things off simply just is relaxing the brain, and when you allow for your brain to relax when it isn't, it puts you in a
Recently, Daniel Joseph tweeted “ Perhaps the greatest thief of time, and life, is procrastination”, this shows just what can happen if we allow laziness to dictate how we procrastinate. We need to figure out how to utilize the adrenaline we get from putting something off until the last hour, that rush when you wake up the morning it's due and have no other option than to succeed. Some might see that it’s ironic that the best way to brainstorm is to not take action at all, but think of it this way. Why force meaningless words on a blank piece of paper when you can wait for inspiration to come that will spur powerful sentences that convey what you truly wanted to express? Artists don't sit in front of a blank canvas until an idea manifests itself into a painting, they allow the idea to come natural, and in order to master the art of procrastination this part is essential. It boils down to being able to use your weakness to your greatest advantage, and I know just as well as anyone that this approach has its pros and cons. Putting things off simply just is relaxing the brain, and when you allow for your brain to relax when it isn't, it puts you in a