Procrastination is currently an increasing trend in today's youth. Youth procrastinate because sometimes they have a fear of failure or they think they can’t live up to high expectations. Another reason people procrastinate could be because they feel alone and have no one to go to if they need help. Jennifer is an example of how the struggles we go through make us realize that procrastination can lead us to regretful decisions and leave us in a deeper hole.

2017 was going to be tough because at this time it was Jennifer's first year of high school. She knew that all grades mattered in highschool. Jennifer’s older sister was also a senior that year, which meant that her mom had set extremely high expectations for her. Her mom encouraged her to do better than her older sister was doing, to have a better future and more advantages in life. But ever since she started freshman year she was really shy and was having trouble fitting in.

Jennifer started to struggle with anxiety because she felt a lot of pressure to try to get everything perfect. The last thing she wanted to do was mess up and let her parents down. When she started sophomore year she was taking college classes which caused her to have more homework throughout the day. In sophomore year she also had sociology class and things didn't reflect on how much she was trying in school. She failed the class which caused so much anxiety that she didn't have any more hope to pass any other classes. The moment she realized she didn't pass the class she knew it was going to affect her GPA.

The next year arrived,  junior year, and nothing seemed to change for Jennifer. It just kept getting worse. Junior year Jennifer decided to join (NHS) National Honor Society which is a program with students with high GPAs. As junior year was coming to an end, She wasn’t expecting good results. That's when she decided to look online at her grades and she had seen that her rank went down to ninth in her class.

Today her life still requires a lot of effort. However, at the end of the day, it’s how much you try that reflects on how much you get. Staying on track in school can be really stressful because everyone works at different paces. Life isn’t a race. Try your best and you’ll get better choices in the future, In this experience, Jennifer learned that procrastinating makes you fall into a deep hole of stress, anxiety, and wanting to quit just makes life harder.