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Procrastination Satire

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Wayne Gretzky once said… “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” Many people should take advice like that to heart, but I was one of those people who regret not taking it. Intermittently my mom would knock on my door and ask, “Have you started your homework?” I would reply each time without hesitation, “Not yet but I promise cross my heart that I will do it later.” Finally I mustered up the energy and hopped off my bed with the cold wood floor stunning my toes as I ran down the hall to get my book bag. I felt fine but then the reality of two math sheets, finishing an essay, and a science packet hit me like the snowball no one sees coming. Tears of overwhelment

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