Procrastination

Annie learned a little lesson in procrastination recently.  She's been so excited to do the 'Book It!' program this year, but in November she kept putting it off.  I reminded her several times during the last week, but it wasn't until the final night of the month at bedtime that she worried about it.  She begged us to stay up to finish and we debated on the best thing to do.  Which natural consequence would be best?  Ultimately we decided to let her stay up to do it, and I think she learned her lesson.  She was quite tired which made it difficult, and she didn't enjoy her reading anywhere near as much as if she'd done it sooner.  For the month of December, she finished early!