Procrastination

A friend once said to me that procastination is like masturbation, because in the end, you're only fucking yourself.

This phrase used to mean very little to me until I began working on a group video project. This group project consisted of myself and two other group members who were given the task of coming up with two different videos and scripts as a group and then another video package that was put together individually by myself. In working with my group, I quickly learned that waiting to the last minute to try and finish a project especially with limited resources in a definite no-can-do. The other life-long lesson that I learned is that it is near impossible for someone put together something flawlessly the first time with a program that they have never used. Has anyone ever tried doing work on Final Cut Express?! Most of you probably have not simply because it is a program for Mac computers... second of all, it is not offered standard with a Mac computer. It is an expensive add on program that that is only used by those who make take the steps to purchase and install it on their computers. After that, there is an 1162-page instruction guide on how to use every aspect of Final Cut Express. The majority of people in life have never read a book that was over 1000 pages, yet alone an instruction manual for a random program that discusses how to crop out a fraction of a second. Learning a program such as FCE is something that takes time and like mom used to say "good things take time." So to all you readers, realize that good things take time and you can't do something very well if you choose to procrastinate. You'll only screw yourself over in the end.

~Royaly Screwed