The Art of Procrastination

Assalamu'alaikum.

Day 1:
I typed in all the tasks I have to do in these two weeks. There are 10 apparently.

Day 4:
None are ticked off.

And it's not like I've been doing any productive stuff in these days. Memanglah orang kata "Ala standard la budak budak asrama, balik rumah je tidur."

Fault 1: This is one of the main problems in our society. Konsep "ala biasalah tu". Kenapa nak ikut kebiasaan yang tak sepatutnya? Just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't mean that it's right. Mudah untuk kita rasa less guilty because the wrong is now a norm. Betulkan yang biasa, biasakan yang betul. The thing is, to change a norm isn't easy, and not many of us are willing to do it.

Mediocrity shouldn't be the limits of our ability.    

Buka buku add maths. Confident, jawab guna pen. Then salah buat. Never mind, that's what correction pens are for although dalam exam tak boleh. BAM, tertinggal kat asrama. Okay, nope. Tutup buku. Tak ada mood lah.

Episod sama berulang. Buka buku Chemistry. Baca soalan.
Krik krik.
Never mind.
Buku tertutup seiring dengan pergerakan kelopak mata.

Fault 2:  Mudah putus asa. Weak willpower. Sengaja cari alasan to give up, although alasan langsung tak valid. If we categorize success as a want, we'll easily give it up. But if we categorize it as a need, then we'd actually strive to reach it, no matter what the cost, no matter what obstacles come. Takkan mudah jatuh dengan bisikan nafsu.

Fault 3: Tak adaptable. Kita bukan Tuhan. Kita tak boleh nak susun atur seluruh alam semesta nak ikut kemahuan kita. We have to know how to shape-shift according to the situations. Find solutions to the obstacles in our way. Suka sangat nak tunggu the whole universe nak align with our needs. We're the ones who have to make the first move nak berubah.

Okay, buku dah depan mata. Pen dah siap di tangan. Mata pen dah nak mencecah helaian kertas lalu...  "Eh jap scroll twitter lah."
"Eh jap bukak facebook lah."
"Eh facebook dah lame lupa pulak haha okay bukak twitter balik."
"Hmm pejam mata jap. Kejap je, nak kasi idea datang."
"Eh hahaha kejapnya dua jam mata terpejam. Alang alang kan naik atas katil la tidur terus."

Day 14:
"Homework banyak sangat lagi. Ha ni lah punca para pelajar stress, terlalu banyak homework sampai tak dapat menikmati keindahan kehidupan pom pam pom pan salahkan kerajaan pom pam salah sistem pendidikan tralalala"

Pro-cras-ti-na-tion.
Macam ni lah. This is a self reminder and to those yang sudi.
Firman Allah, "Demi masa."
Allah S.W.T. sendiri bersumpah demi masa. Nampak lah kan kepentingannya tu.
Masa ni satu kurniaan nikmat Allah yang cukup besar. Kalau kita nak rebut cinta Allah, kita mesti nak tunjuk kepada-Nya yang kita dah berusaha bersungguh-sungguh guna nikmat yang Dia beri sebaik-baiknya, kan?  

Okay! Tomorrow, I'm gonna make sure that at least one of those items on my to-do list can be checked off :)