Professional Pet Peeve - Procrastination

"Procrastination is opportunity's assassin."  ~ Victor Kiam

So some days you really just need a space to have a quick rant. Today is one of those days for me and for my co-worker Ashlyn.  Topic for this blog - procrastination.  

Now I know we are all, including myself, guilty of putting something off until the last minute. I like to think most of my procrastinating was dong in my college years.  Sure, there is the occasional putting off of cleaning my house or washing clothes, but when it comes to anything in the professional realm, I'm on it. 

Unfortunately I can't say that everyone that I work around follows that motto. Heck, almost everywhere I have worked there are people who just find it okay to wait until the bitter end to finish/start a project. It drives me INSANE. Literally I get worked up over it and I know that sounds crazy in its own right, but it just gets to me.  Especially when it relates to something in my job description. If you are holding me up from completing a task or are halfway doing something just to get it done that affects me, man-o-man I get worked up. 

I get worked up over laziness and a lackadaisical attitude for many reasons.  First and foremost, we are lucky to have a job. In today's economy there are people waiting to take your position. So with that in mind, why would you ever halfway do a job or start a task the day its due. There are questions that arise with a task, and asking the 10 million questions to me the day the task is due makes you look like a slacker.  And drives me mad. I am less likely to help someone who waits until the day is something due to start it. 


So, for all you professional people out there. Procrastination is not a good look in the professional world. We all can be replaced and those eager young kids out there are waiting to take your job. So please, for the love, take some ownership of your work and do it right. 


Whew and that's all for today.