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Procrastination has always been a strong word for me overtime as it's really done me strong overtime as well. It's something not to joke nor play with at all. If allowed to eat deep into one's life, backwardness or stagnancy would be inevitable in such a person's life.
Anytime I hear the word procrastination being mentioned wherever I'm, I tremble, not because of anything but because of what it has cost me in the past. But before i delve into my experience at the hand of procrastination, I would like my reader to know that, the word procrastination can also means postponement, where things that are meant to be done are being postponed till the next time, not for any tangible reason as such, but because of negligence.
Like I have said earlier, I have always been a victim of procrastination and it's really cost me dearly. Though I have so many of these, I would like to share with us one of those experiences.
It all started in the year 2017 when a family member living abroad came home and promised my mum that he would ask me to come over at the ripe time. He asked me if I had gotten my passport. But I told him I have not, so, when he was about to leave, he asked me to make sure I get it as soon as possible, which I assured him of getting it as he's advised.
So, after he had left, I couldn't believe nor take his words seriously as this is not his first promise to me and in the end failed to honour his promise. So, instead of me going to get my passport ready, I was not that moved with it. Though, I needed it not for what he has said, but for my own personal use, but instead of getting it ready incase of any opportunity that might come my way, I was only postponing it.
There was a day this man called me and asked if I had got my passport ready as he would call me anytime soon, but I told him I'm still on it, meanwhile, I was not doing anything regarding it. But there came a time that I got serious about it, but anytime I tried to go to the immigration office, I used to be like, I would go tomorrow and one thing about tomorrow is that it's never ending. So, day in and day out, my postponing of my visit to the immigration office to apply for my passport would not even end.
So, on a particular day, this uncle of mine called me and informed me that everything is set for my coming to the states. When I heard this I thought it's a joke, but lo and behold, it wasn't a joke, but a reality. So, after telling this, he asked if I have got my passport and instead of me giving him a direct answer, I was only stammering and that was how he got to know that I have not processed my passport. The man being a principled man got annoyed and was highly disappointed in me. So, he called my parents and told them about my unseriousness and that's how he called off his plan of taking me abroad.
When I heard about his aborted plan due to my unseriousness and procrastination, I was so sad and depressed. Though not his fault as I was to be blamed for postponing what I ought to have done at the right time. So, what was supposed to be a preparation that would meet an opportunity turned out to be disappointing to me and everyone around me including the man. So, procrastination is a cankerworm and it has nothing good to offer.
This is my entry to the aprilinleo prompt in the sciFi community.
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You will feel like procrastination is good until it cost you.
Yes ooo