Ladies and gentlemen, despite my better judgement, I would like to begin today with a confession. I am a chronic procrastinator. I procrastinate on almost all of my school assignments and assigned tasks in my day-to-day life. In fact, I even waited until the last minute to write this speech. I am here today, however, to convince you that this is not necessarily a negative thing. In fact, procrastination is a very common habit among …showed first 75 words of 948 total…

…showed last 75 words of 948 total…to you that procrastination's detrimental connotation is false. As individuals, you must keep in mind the fact that procrastination is effective only for some, and if the short-term lifestyle it promotes is not something you are accustomed to, it could have negative consequences. I leave you with a quotation from Aaron Burr "Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done."