The 6 stages of procrastination

When I published my Doodle  very late this weekend, I knew that nobody noticed whether I had put one last week or not. But the idea of delaying and postponing has been way too familiar and personal in my earlier childhood days to ignore this time. You see, my whole life, I’ve grown up procrastinating and most of the times I just assumed it to me being lazy. Okay, well, maybe I’m lazy, but the point is the last-minute panic and over dramatic fits is something I started early on in school, I was the kid who would do her homework right after reaching the school the next day morning, I was the kid who would study on the 4th study leave for the next day’s exam. I was the kid who would always end up cancelling her plans to go for any trip in the last minute because it’s way better to sit at home and rot.

When I grew up I loathed this behaviour and the anxiety to do everything in advance became an obsession, including the need to reach any place at least half an hour before the required time. I started noticing this change in me when I started ironing my clothes on the night before going anywhere, Planning the meal way in advance in order to avoid any confusion in the morning, paying the bills way too early before anybody could remind me about it, packing the luggage 2 months in advance before going for a trip(true story) . If I did not plan and execute it, it would haunt me and then I start being the kind of person who becomes unbearable to be around. So when I married Bigshot, I assumed he would have to deal with my hyper shenanigans BUT he turned out to be the mother of procrastination. It is exactly similar to someone who stopped eating chocolate since they became diabetic and after years of hard work and perseverance, they stayed away from it, and then ended up marrying a chocolate. Did that make sense? Don’t answer that. What I want to say is, even though I tried so hard to beat procrastination, I eventually gave in to the fat 10-year-old self and to Bigshot.

Last weekend, we were planning to go on a vacation near to our place since it was a holiday on Monday. We decided to go on Saturday and come back home on Monday and the plan progressed in ways we could not have even imagined. But the main culprit here is our dear friend, Mr. Procrastinator who as usual decided to cling on to our dear lives and never leave our sight. With reference to the trip we planned, I would like to take you all through the 6 stages of our procrastination:

1. False hope/security(Two weeks before the trip):

Bigshot and I decided to book the hotel two weeks before the trip and also expressed the need to go ahead and buy the necessary items required for our 3 hour long road trip to the place. I was going to pack up my luggage in advance so that I won’t panic in the last minute and I won’t have to deal with wrinkled clothes. We were thrilled with our plan and there was nothing that was going to stop us from taking this much needed vacation. NOTHING!!

2. Laziness(One week before the trip):

If we book the hotel room by now, there can’t be a change of plan and we would HAVE to go. And that would require us to pack our stuff within the next two days. It would be appropriate to book everything now, since it’s a long weekend and everybody is going to be there. I should probably check the weather before booking and decide on the places we are going to see. OR we can go to the supermarket and buy stuff needed for the road trip first because that is the most important easiest thing to do.

Well, look at us, half our job is done. Such a proud moment.

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Are we ready to go for a trip to relax when there are hundreds of people rushing to go there too, the traffic on the road is going to be excessive for sure. Not to mention, a storm is heading the coastal area and it may be a bit of a risk to go. What if it rains the entire trip and we can’t go anywhere, how annoying would that be? Yes, we think it’s better to go into hibernation mode and stay at home. After all, we won’t get a long weekend to enjoy and sit at home. Most of the hotel’s are by now completely booked to the point that there is no need to feel bad. It’s not our fault, it’s the hotel’s fault. Absolutely.

4. Denial(Weekend starts):

Isn’t it better to cozy up at home and watch movies and eat the food we love. It might look like we are lazy, but we are two people who enjoy some quiet and relaxed time. And moreover, this weekend is turning out to be pretty good.  We are being responsible adults here and waiting for the perfect day for a trip. I, in fact feel bad for all those people who went there now, it must be pouring and let’s face it we are so comfortable sitting in our couch. This is brilliant and look, we took some selfies, how unusual.

5. Crisis (Towards the end of Monday):

So what exactly did we do this entire 3 days?? Did we do anything productive?? Did we go somewhere outside?? Did I clean the house at least? What a bloody waste of time! We should have planned properly in advance and taken that trip. What were we thinking?? We suck and I have nobody to blame but Bigshot for this. That’s right, convenience over logic.

6. Repeat(On Tuesday):

Oh what the hell?? We were too hard on ourselves yesterday. So we dint go out anywhere this weekend, it doesn’t mean we can’t have any fun the coming weekend. This weekend was for us to relax and take some much needed rest and now we know exactly what to do before a trip. It’s not as bad as we thought, there is always another weekend!! 🙂