Procrastinating..

I spent a hundred hours avoiding what would in the end

Take me three hours to complete, I can pretend

That those hours were spent in preparing for the work that I did eventually

But that would be an exaggeration, if not a blatant lie, you see

I was just procrastinating out of fear

I could have let my inertia disappear

But I wallowed in self-doubt, made every possible excuse

The obvious path I was reluctant to choose

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The deadline loomed, I could no longer delay

I had already procrastinated to the last day

The task ahead of me daunting appeared

But I had to bury my head and do it despite my fears

The first fifteen minutes were hard and I fantasized

About quitting, but soon thereafter I was galvanized

In a fever of activity, I worked without distraction

My speed was noteworthy considering my prior inaction

In three hours the entire assignment was complete

In light of all the hours spent worrying about it, it seemed a remarkable fear

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I hope I learnt something from the entire exercise

That procrastination only wastes time is not a surprise