procrastination is expensive!

Slide 1-Title -Slide Procrastination is Expensive!Slide 2-Setting-This happened two weeks ago on a Sunday night. I got home from work around 10:00 p.m. I was feeling tired, so I decided to take a shower and go to sleep early. When I got out of the shower I got on my computer for a little bit. Slide 3-Task-After a short while, my mom came into my room asking me to search for plane tickets for next week. At this point, she haven’t decided if she wants to take the trip yet. I searched the tickets and told her what the prices would be. Slide 4-Action-When I told my mom the different ticket prices, she was still unsure if she wanted to book the ticket and which flight. Since she was still deciding, I decide to play some video game. About 30 minutes later, she finally decided that she does want to book the flight, but at that point I was in the middle of my game. This is a game that requires constant interaction with other players. Pausing the game only last for about one minute. Therefore, I told her I will book it later when I am finish with my game. After I was finish with my game, I decided to go to bed. At this point I had forgot about the tickets, but as I was falling asleep I remember that I haven't book the ticket yet. However I told myself I would book it the first thing in the morning. Slide 5-Action-The next morning, I woke up around 10 a.m. The first thing I did was, got on my computer and book the flight my mom wanted. However, as I was doing the ticket search again, I noticed the price had jumped almost $100 since last night. I was shocked at the price and thought it was a mistake, but sadly it wasn’t. Slide 6 -Result-Since my mom had decided on traveling, we ended up booking the ticket for the new and more expensive price. It felt like the money just flew away, the worst part was all I had to do was get out of the bed that night and book the ticket, and we could have saved that money. Slide 7-Reflection 2Slide 8- Setting-One of my friend’s son is getting married and I am invited. I am thinking about going, but it is out of the state. Traveling out of state is expensive, plus I need to get him a gift. I will have to check to see how much are the plane tickets. Slide 9- Task-When Long gets out of the shower I am going to ask him to search the tickets for me, that way I can plan how much I will be spending for the whole trip. I am going to tell Long the dates and destination, and go back to my room. It will probably take him a some time to search. Minutes later, he told me the prices for the tickets. Slide 10 -Action-The plane tickets are reasonable, but let me see who else is going. I told Long not to book it yet, I will let him know in a little bit. I am going to call other people to see if they are going. Seems like there will be a lot of people going, it will be a good to see some old friends. I walk over to Long’s room to tell him to book the tickets. Slide 11-Action-I want to book the tickets as soon as possible so I am going to tell Long book the tickets tonight. When I got to Long’s room he is playing his mindless computer game again. I tell him to stop playing and book the flights. He say he is at a critical point in the game and will book it later. I told him I am going to write the flight information down and keep reminding him to book the flight tonight. Slide 12-Result-The next morning, right before I have to leave for work, I ask Long if he book my tickets. He told me he is doing it right now. I believe him and left for work, two minutes later my phone is ring. It is Long, and he is telling me that the price for the ticket just jumped almost $100. I knew he was going to forget when I saw him playing the game. Nonetheless, since I told people I was going to go to the wedding, I have to book the ticket now. Slide 13- Reflection 3Slide 14-The two management concept that can be applied to my situation are Planning and Communication. Planning by definition is “a decision-mak