When I was in the third semester, I got a subject named Writing 3 which requires students to write about a 5,000-8,000 word essay at the end of the term. The lecturer told this in the first three or four meeting, I forgot, so that we’re expected to figure out the topic early. Months went by, and I didn’t write anything. Then months turned into two weeks when finally I planned to deal with the task. It was on Monday morning when I went to campus (to get free Wifi access, for sure!), I wish I could have some journals read. I read and highlighted some points, yet about two hours later, I was lost in one traveller’s blog and turned to explore it much, instead.
Time goes by. One day I was talking to my friends when my classmate
asked, “Have you done writing assignment?” which is, then, followed by next
surprising statement, “I haven’t finished it, either, I’ve only had 20 pages.
You?” Well, I haven’t even accomplished one! I came to realize that there are 3 days remaining
before the deadline so I did the only thing I could, including staying awake
along two nights and sprinting to print centre, then finally submitted it in
just at the deadline. Some weeks later, I got an email coming from my lecturer,
it was officially from him. He told me that my work was flawless, I’ve
comprised elaborated points, I’ve put some related theories from experts, my
work’s been free from any grammatical mistake, as one of the lovely part of his
email said, “This is the best one I’ve ever seen!”
Unfortunately, it did not happen. (I just want to enjoy a moment when
you think, “This girl is amazing!”) No, I should admit it was very bad essay. I
got B (I believe that my daily assignments really help me with the final score),
while the rest of my class probably got an A. Not to bother you with the
details, I have sort of healthy relationship with deadlines but at that time, I
know I ended up as a procrastinator. I just planned to do the task soon but my
mind would be “Are you sure you’re gonna do now? ‘Cause tomorrow you’ll have
another presentation, you should prepare it well, though” or quite frequently “If
you’re going to make a great essay, you should make an outline first, read
books, read journals, paraphrase the experts’ quotes, develop ideas into
coherent and cohesive paragraph, bla bla blah” which somehow drives me to think
that procrastinators own a little part of perfectionists then.
Today I am involving myself in a free English course using WhatsApp
platform, namely Kelas Online Bahasa Inggris (KOBI). It’s been some time I join
KOBI, and along these 2 batches, I always find students who didn’t do the
assignments nor did they give any notice for tutors. I do believe that people
have their own priority and joining this free and online class be like….. Well you
might say karma does exist, haha.
I think people are all procrastinators. Everyone procrastinates on
something in life, right? But we need to think what we’re really
procrastinating on. They said that they wanted to improve their English, some
of them joined KOBI to prepare themselves for student exchange or study abroad.
If it is your ultimate goal, I don’t think you can argue with that. I mean if
learning English becomes an utmost matter to pursue your dream, why can’t you
regard that joining class and accomplishing assignments are some of the
important things you should do.
Okay, it’s already late. I haven’t finished my work. See? Everyone
procrastinates on something in life. I procrastinate this stuff to write a post
in a blog :D
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