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Opinion Why do today what you can do tomorrow?

Everyone has his or her own trademarked form of procrastinating. Some play computer games, watch cartoons, read books or busy themselves with the latest YouTube phenomenon.

I find myself somewhere between cartoons and computer games, or sitting at the back of the class playing Tetris on my Game Boy.

After years of avid procrastination, I have found only a few who have truly mastered this art form.

One such person was Rupert, or at least we’ll call him that.

Rupert sat next to me in computer technologies class in high school. Having a keen mind and an affinity for mischief, Rupert loved to find ways of deferring action.

As we would sit in class, he would take screen shots on his computer of what looked to be work. After setting the screen shot as his desktop background, he would proceed to play games for the entire class.

Rupert knew from experience that the teacher could walk by at any moment and look at our screens. But Rupert also knew that when the teacher chose to do so, he was ready to minimize out of his games to his work-filled background.

I have never seen such finesse. Rupert had only one goal - to put off work until absolutely necessary.

So remember (as you go back to your classes and listen to lectures drier than sandpaper) that “where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

Take a lesson from Rupert and learn how to do your favourite things without anyone catching on.

Text in your pocket. Type while talking. Grow your hair out to hide your headphones. Be more like Rupert and stop procrastinating procrastination. Take action and put off school work for one more day.

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