Procrastination- Enough is enough already!

There are so many things that I have put of doing in my life. The biggest would have to be getting my license. I still don’t have my license and I’m already 19 years old. Most teens get their licenses right away. You could say that it’s the highlight of turning 16. In a way it represents being free. When you have a license you can go places when you want and it’s up to you. (Well you need a car to do that too, but you know what I mean.)

No more having to rely on other people to get you from point a to point b. I am still stuck having to rely on other people. It makes me feel bad sometimes to have to ask them. But when you don’t have your license there isn’t much that can be done. It’s even worse having to rely on my parents for rides. They don’t always feel like taking me places either. And who can blame them that can get annoying pretty quick. There have been times when people have asked me if I had gotten my license yet. I hate having to tell them that no, I do not have it yet.

In the beginning when I put off getting it, my parents were all oh it’s our fault too. But honestly, it’s not their fault. It’s my fault and that’s something that I need to get over. My mother will say from time to time that I should be begging her to let me drive. (What kind of teenager am I?) There were times when she had to beg me to drive. That is how out of hand it has gotten. Other times I would downright refuse. Which one could say doesn’t make that much sense since I should be begging to get in the driving.

I did attempt to get my license once a few summers ago. I think it was the summer that I was going into 12th grade. I was by no means prepared to go in and do the actual driving part.(I passed the written part.) I was extremely nervous and did not do many things well enough. One big thing is parallel parking. Oh man, I could not do that if my life depended on it.

There have even been times recently when I refused to drive. This is silly because some of the times that that happened had been areas that I was familiar with. Why? I am an okay driver, don’t get me wrong. I just seem to be lacking all of the confidence that I need. Plus, I still need to work on some areas.

My goal for myself is to go in and get my license at the end of the month. I am going to try to drive every chance I get. This is something that needs to get done. It has been something that has been holding me back far too long. I want to be able to drive myself places. (Plus I need to in order to continue college in the fall.) To finally have the freedom that comes with that. And to let go of the things that have been holding me back.