Seeholzer's State of mind: Perfecting procrastination

I don’t know about you, but I’m a last minute kinda guy.  I wait, and wait, and wait, and then wait some more.  If I know something is due two days from now, then there is pretty much no chance that I’ll start on it tonight.  
The crazy thing is that I realize this is a problem, but I can’t break my addiction.  Procrastination has even started to carry over into other areas of my life.  I’m often late to meals, meetings, and even classes because I wait too long to wake up or leave.
While not proud of it, I am a verifiable expert on this topic, and I am going to share some insights on how to survive, or in some cases thrive on, procrastination.

One of the keys to procrastination is having a constant presence of distractions.  Some of my favorite distractions include Facebook, updating my iTunes, taking naps, and sometimes just sitting there claiming that I’m “brainstorming.”
Television is the most dastardly detrimental distraction ever.  Providing choices ranging from sports to “The Office” to “Rob and Big” to “Flavor Flav” rocking his clocks and Viking helmets, there is no escaping the tractor beam of the small screen.
Another distraction of mine is this column.  I somehow find a way to justify writing this over getting my real homework done every week.
The benefits of procrastination are that you spend less time from start to finish on an assignment because you generally begin less than 24 hours before it’s due.  

The drawback here is that the quality will likely suffer, but if you’re a true procrastinator then you were already prepared (ironic huh?) for the lack of quality.
Sleep deprivation is a common problem faced by procrastinators.  I have no solution for this problem Ask any of my professors, they can vouch for me.

A veteran of procrastination develops shortcuts that help enable even more procrastination.  Some of these shortcuts include working on homework for one class while in another, appreciating subtle changes in text size and margins, and “creative Google-ing” just to name a few.
After you get into a rhythm, procrastinating becomes easier and even starts to feel natural.  It begets itself.  It’s like you become an adrenaline junkie and need to do things at the last minute to keep your buzz going.

I do not want to come off as a procrastination advocate.  I would not recommend this practice to anyone unless they were required to get an addiction and their choices were procrastination or crack.  And even then, I would have to consider the pros and cons of each.
Procrastination is an endless cycle. Once you get behind, it’s hard to catch up.  
And unless it comes back to bite you in the backside, there’s no reason to stop.  It breeds laziness, trust me on that one, and forms bad habits–like being lazy.  

The arch-nemesis of a procrastinator is having more than one big assignment due on the same day.  
This situation requires that you do not wait until the very last second, but rather you should start at the beginning of the last minute.
Most people show a decline in results when they procrastinate.  There are people, however, who do very well using this method.  They need and succeed with the pressure of a deadline haunting them in order to get anything done.

The irony of all this is that I’m writing this article a week before the issue comes out.  

I guess if given some inspiration it’s possible to overcome the temptation of procrastination.  If only I could find my homework as inspiring.