Lesson Learned - Blog #2

Today I learned that I should probably stop procrastinating things that I know I need to deal with. My tire pressure light has been on for about a month now, and every time I got in my car, I would think that I should probably get it checked. Then I would continue driving and completely forget about it, or look at all my tires and see that they looked fine enough to continue ignoring the light. I kept telling myself I would deal with it eventually, and apparently “eventually” meant this morning when I needed to drive to class.

I went out to my car, ready to leave, and realized I was in fact not going anywhere. My tire was visibly too low to drive on, which meant I had to get on the phone with AAA and get my tire aired up enough to drive to the shop. Unfortunately, the class I missed was the exact class I am writing this blog post for, which feels like a pretty fitting consequence for procrastinating.

It honestly made me realize how often I do this with school, too. If there is an assignment, email, or something else I know I need to take care of, it is usually easier to just do it than to spend the next few days thinking about how I still need to do it. Waiting does not make the thing disappear. It just gives it more opportunities to become a bigger problem at a worse time.

So, I guess my lesson for today is to stop waiting around to find out what happens. If something needs to be done, especially something as simple as checking a tire, it is better to just deal with it when I first notice it. Otherwise, you might end up missing class because your car finally decided to make the decision for you.