Procrastinitis.

October 17, 2007

pro·crast·in·i·tis
   -noun
1) A mental disease. Symptoms include tardiness, lack of enthusiasm, and an overwhelming sense of laziness.

If only such a thing could be real.
Then I could just get a perscription for it, and BAM! Problem fixed.
Because getting pissed at sick people is alot harder than getting pissed at lazy people.

 This is my theory of how I have been infected with procrastinitis.

It all is based on how the average American person spends his or her life:

  1.  Learn to talk, walk, eat, ect. (Possibly attend Kindergarten somewhere in here.)
    (6 years.)
  2. When you’re of age, attend Elementary School to get you ready for Middle School.
    (6 years.)
  3. Attend Middle School to get you ready for High School.
    (2 years.)
  4. Attend High School to get you ready for College.
    (4 years.)
  5. Attend College to train you for the career path of your choice.
    (4 years (for most common form of college graduation.))
  6. Begin working in society.
    Slowly progress in your line of work, hopefully making a higher net profit after each year.
    Perhaps start your own family.
    While working, put money aside for retirement.
    (Continue working while anxiously awaiting retirement.)
    (40 years.)
  7. Finally retire from the working world while living off your saved money.
    (Using the average age for retirement: 62 years old.)
    Then, while financially comfortable, do what you always wanted to do. 
    (Travel is a common choice.)

 So, with that way of life, you officially start doing what you always wanted to do
when you are 62 years old. 

Does this honestly make sense to anyone?
To be educated and worked for the majority of your life, then to die when it gets good.

To be honest, the way I see my life planning out is much different.

  1.  Learn to talk, walk, eat, ect. (Possibly attend Kindergarten somewhere in here.)
    (6 years.)
  2. When you’re of age, attend Elementary School to get you ready for Middle School.
    (6 years.)
  3. Attend Middle School to get you ready for High School.
    (2 years.)
  4. Attend High School to get you ready for College.
    (4 years.)
  5. Finally retire from the working world while living off your saved money.
    (Until I die?)

 Passports cost around $90.
One-way ticket to Ireland. approx $300      
(Why Ireland? Just did a random internet-booking flight-search.

So, in my case, I can “retire” after getting about $400.
That seems alot better than spending the vast majority of my life.

The reason I’m so damn lazy (most notably concerning school) is that I have a severe lack of enthusiasm for what I’m doing.
I want to travel the world and really live, and I can do that without the cookie-cutter lifestyle that is expected of me.

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