...tasks off to the last possible minute, can be a major problem in both your career and your personal life. Side effects include missed opportunities, frenzied work hours, stress, overwhelm, resentment, and guilt. The behavior pattern of procrastination can be triggered in many different ways, so you won't always procrastinate for the same reason. Sometimes you'll procrastinate because you're overwhelmed with too much on your plate, and procrastination gives you an escape. Other times you'll feel tired and lazy, and you just can't get going” (Pavlina, 2001, Overcoming Procrastination by Steve Pavlina). Procrastination like any other problem can be controlled if not solved. There are various ways in which one can begin the curative process. It is common knowledge that the first step to recovery is admittance of the problem, and then making that conscious effort to remedy that setback. To make that step, you must identify the root causes of your procrastination, how often do you procrastinate, what tasks you procrastinate more for whether is if for job related tasks or personal engagements, and the consequences. How it affects you emotionally, physically and mentally, and how it affects your successes in life both professionally and personally. There are many sources whereby you can gather the information needed to research your problem. You can acquire information on the causes and effects of procrastination. One fundamental source would be your personal experiences. Over the years...
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...has been around since the beginning of time, and also cites that even Benjamin Franklin included in his 13 virtues: “Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve” (Knaus, 2000). In order to solve the problem of procrastination, as well as any other problem, college students should follow a few steps: Identify and select the problem; Analyze the problem; Generate possible solutions; Evaluate solutions; Put the Solution to work; Evaluate the solution; and finally, Apply what you learn (Carter, Bishop, & Kravitz, 2007). We have already identified the problem; procrastination. The next step for a college student would be to analyze why they procrastinate. An online handout, published on The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (n.d.) website, lists several reasons why we procrastinate, such as fear, perfectionism, and simply stated, because it works. Let us first address fear. Fear of failure is where we feel we are inadequate, and our work will reflect that, therefore we don’t even try. With fear of success, one fears that if they start working at their full capacity, it will increase other people’s expectations, and they will turn into workaholics (para. 5). Under fear of losing autonomy UNC writes, “Some people delay writing projects as a way of maintaining their independence…Procrastinating helps them feel more in control of situations (such as college) in which they believe that other people have authority” (para. 5). UNC cites Jane B. Burka...
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...Procrastinator are made, usually as a result of their family, perhaps because of controlling parent(s), inhibiting the child’s ability to make their own decisions and regulate themselves. Self-regulation often plays a part with alcohol too – as they drink more than they intended too, perhaps as an avoidant coping style. Procrastinators lie to themselves, such as “I do best under pressure,” and “I’ll do this tomorrow”; instead they just squander their resources and perform sub-par. Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that require minimum commitment; which acts as another avoidant coping style, to distract themselves from regulating their emotions, such as fear of failure. Dr Ferrari identifies that people procrastinate for three main reasons: thrill seekers – waiting for a last minute euphoric rush; avoiders – who may be avoiding fear of failure or fear of success, and would have others think that they lack effort rather than lack capability; and decisional procrastinators – they just can’t make a decision, absolving them of responsibility of the outcome of events. Reading this article hit home particularly hard because I also...
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...done today. With so many distractions such as technology, friends, and hobbies, procrastination becomes harder to avoid. As I write this paper, the urge to procrastinate comes up, thoughts of I still have a whole week and a half creep up. This same thoughts go through many students; they become deceive and think they can finish an assignment the day before is do; some students take their chances and attempt to do assignments hours before is do. Even though this is possible in some cases, this only causes the students stress and in the majority of cases they turn in a very poorly done assignment. This student will obtain information on what causes procrastination and how to avoid the urge to procrastinate. The online university library, and search engines will be major tools that this student will use to obtain information on this issue. Procrastination is caused by varies reasons. Jhonplaceonline list the top 11 causes which, are complicated-task anxiety, fear of imperfection, indecision, priority confusion, boredom from minutiae, lack of focus, poor organization skills, laziness, lack of focus, early morning lag, post-launch fatigue. I feel the main reason I procrastinate is that I tend to be a perfectionist, and because of complicated-task anxiety. Writing has been always a complicated-task, so the urge to procrastinate when completing a writing assignment is overwhelming at times. Through research I have found a few suggested solutions to my problem. I have found that the...
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...done today. With so many distractions such as technology, friends, and hobbies, procrastination becomes harder to avoid. As I write this paper, the urge to procrastinate comes up, thoughts of I still have a whole week and a half creep up. This same thoughts go through many students; they become deceive and think they can finish an assignment the day before is do; some students take their chances and attempt to do assignments hours before is do. Even though this is possible in some cases, this only causes the students stress and in the majority of cases they turn in a very poorly done assignment. This student will obtain information on what causes procrastination and how to avoid the urge to procrastinate. The online university library, and search engines will be major tools that this student will use to obtain information on this issue. Procrastination is caused by varies reasons. Jhonplaceonline list the top 11 causes which, are complicated-task anxiety, fear of imperfection, indecision, priority confusion, boredom from minutiae, lack of focus, poor organization skills, laziness, lack of focus, early morning lag, post-launch fatigue. I feel the main reason I procrastinate is that I tend to be a perfectionist, and because of complicated-task anxiety. Writing has been always a complicated-task, so the urge to procrastinate when completing a writing assignment is overwhelming at times. Through research I have found a few suggested solutions to my problem. I have found that the...
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...procrastination, where I will find solutions to help correct this problem, evaluate the information I have gathered, and explain how I will use the information to implement correction to my personal procrastination. Overcoming Personal Procrastination In my life I think I have always procrastinated. I remember since childhood in elementary school and middle school finishing projects the last day or late into the night before the project was due. Through this class, I have learned that it is partially due to my intense perfectionism. I get nervous and sometimes anxious of the impending project. It also has to do with the uncomfortable feeling of the unknown. When I do not know what I am going to do for a project, or I haven’t read what is expected, I push it off. I tend to always hit my deadlines, but do so in a hurry which does not help me to actually learn what I am working for. I don’t always procrastinate, but I undeniably do it frequently. I definitely always mean the best- as I want to be the best. Unfortunately, procrastination does not do me any justice. In order to overcome my procrastination I will need to do more than recognize it. Of course, though, it is a very important first step to fixing the problem. Besides understanding procrastination and how it develops, I need to do more research on understanding it and find ways on how to correct it. I will be searching articles that are written by professionals and reviewed by experts. This will include searches...
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...Its only after one procrastinates on something, he/she will realize if something is unnecessary or not relevant to them. • It lays emphasis on what is more important to an individual One is more likely to procrastinate on tasks which he/she doesn’t like or isn’t passionate about. Therefore, when one is suffering from getting on with a task he/she must ask the following questions to themselves: “Why am I doing it in the first place?” “If I took this task off my to-do list, would I feel relieved or uncomfortable/disappointed?” Hence, it is unlikely that one procrastinates on the things he/she love to do or is passionate about. In this way procrastination helps us to find our passion and lays emphasis on what matters the most in one’s...
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...course, my goal is to focus these next few weeks and not procrastinate. I often procrastinate, which makes the work seem much harder than it is. The work for English 1301 shouldn’t be hard, considering I’ve always excelled in English. For example, I scored highly on the English section of the SAT and took AP English in high school and received one of the top three scores in the school on the AP practice exam. While I did excel in high school, I still must put in the work and effort in this honors course and I believe that if I don’t procrastinate, this class will be bearable, even though the syllabus is jam packed....
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...Research Group at Carleton University in Canada did an online survey. They received 2,700 responses to the question, "To what extent is procrastination having a negative impact on your happiness?" Almost one person in two (46%) said "quite a bit" or "very much," and around one person in five (18%) reported an "extreme negative effect." Procrastination threatens happiness Though procrastination is often trivialized, procrastinators suffer when their careers crash or when they otherwise fail to reach their potential. Long term and wide scale, "the big P" can become more than just a threat to personal health, happiness, and productivity of individuals: it can carry that threat into our companies and communities. Traits of the procrastinators How can you spot a chronic procrastinator? Procrastinators avoid revealing information about their abilities, they make poor time estimates, they tend to focus on the past and do not...
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...night before your assignment is due and now you are stressing out, pressing for time, and up past midnight trying finishing your assignment. This what I have been doing for the last three years in school, waiting till the last minute to start a paper or study for exam. By me procrastinating when it comes to school work I feel pressured, stressed, and also feel as if I am not creating work that is to the best of my ability, this has caused me to receive grades that I was unsatisfied with and really has just made me an average student. I’m not alone when it comes to procrastination; about 50% of students procrastinate in a consistent and problematic fashion (Tan & Huan, 2008, 136). I know the numbers might sound surprising but coming from a college student they are not at all, after speaking to my peers who are also college students 20 out of the 30 I asked all said they “procrastinate when it comes to academic school work”....
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...The last thing someone wants to do is admit that they have flaws or bad habits even if it’s something as small as nail biting or leg twitching. So just imagine trying to admit a bigger problem like abusive or self inflicting problems like cutting. No matter how big or small the problem there is a reason why this has habit has surfaced in the first place. While trying to analyze myself I found it very hard to do. I kept asking myself what habits do I have good or bad and for the life of me I could not think of anything. I was sitting there thinking to myself but drawing a big blank. I thought about the things I do in my daily life and still could not think of anything. Then I opened my laptop and logged into school and realized I was late with an assignment, and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized that I am a big time procrastinator. I have no clue where I got this habit from because I was raised by my mother in a house with my little sister, and the two of them do everything on time. They pay bills on time, cook dinner on time, and they even show up to party’s on time. I am thinking that this habit of procrastinating is something I picked up somewhere along my life journey. I continue to procrastinate because I know there are no real consequences and if there are consequences I know that they are very minimal. When I signed up for school my thoughts were to have good time management and not to fall behind and at first that is exactly what I was doing,...
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...individual of different ages procrastinates. Procrastination is a habit of delaying the things we can already do right now. People practice procrastination, especially Filipinos, maybe because they do not feel to do their task immediately or maybe they just enjoy the feeling of rush, their adrenaline pumping their blood. Procrastinating is part of being human but we can avoid it if we want to. First, create a to-do list with deadlines. Doing a to-do list with deadline will create a feeling of urgency to do the task on time. With this you will allot time doing the task than spending it on useless things. People who do not make a deadline tend to procrastinate because they feel complacent. Second, break down task to lessen the sense of being overwhelmed. When a person has so many things on his/her plate, they subconsciously feel overwhelmed by the tasks that must be done. To avoid this feeling, break down your tasks part by part. Prioritize the task that must be done first to the least that must be done. With this you can focus one task at a time and you will realize that the task is easy and also you will not feel so stress. Lastly, eliminate all the distractions. Right now, there are so many distractions around. There are the computer, cellphone, and television. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/11-practical-ways-to-stop-procrastination.html Celestine chua http://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2013/03/25/why-you-procrastinate-and-how-to-stop-it-now/ Margie warrell ...
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... Abstract “Time is valuable - perhaps a fairly obvious thing to say, but if we all know it, why does anyone ever procrastinate? (Brian, 2000, p.14). Majority of graduate students procrastinate and if we do a survey to inquire why graduate students procrastinate, we would discover that the major reasons would be fear of failure, overwhelming school tasks or unclear task. The habit of procrastination, which is common and gradually being cultivated over time has become a big factor hindering academic success of graduate students. Many times students procrastinate because they lack motivation and fail to prioritize their daily activities, but the biggest culprit of procrastination is and will always be poor “Time Management”. The Role of Time Management in Graduate Student Success What then is Time Management? According to Foley “Time management may be defined as the discovery and application of the most efficient method of completing assignments of any length in the optimum time and with the highest quality” (Foley, 2007, p.733). With the work load associated with graduate studies, a lot of confusion usually arise on prioritizing: “what to do first and how to do it”, this state of confusion lead many students to procrastination which has a ripple effect on a students’ academic performance. Time management plays a major role by helping students...
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...Hendry Widyanto Kate Goschen English 90 24 November 2015 How to Deal with Procrastination Procrastination is a bad habit. Procrastination is a term for psychological disorder that is characterized by people who delay a task or things that have to be done. People who exhibit symptoms like this are called procrastinators. In fact, according to one study, “80% to 95% of college students engage in procrastination, approximately 75% consider themselves procrastinators, and almost 50% procrastinate consistently and problematically” (Steel 65). Procrastination happens a lot in college students, and the amount of students who become consistent procrastinators are about half of the total of students. According to Statistic Brain Research Institute, there are 17,487,475 enrolled students in the United States (“College Enrollment Statistics”). It means, there are 8,743,738 students who become consistent procrastinators during this year. Although most of people think that procrastination seems to be unimportant, it can have a bad effect if the students procrastinate frequently. Procrastination is caused by procrastinators’ feelings that dominate the control and task characteristic. However, time management, understanding time, and rewarding themselves can solve the procrastination. Procrastination can be considered a common phenomenon in our life. Everyone procrastinates sometimes during their life, but not everyone is a consistent procrastinator. Procrastinators are the people who...
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...by these activities taking their time for granted, which results on having poor study habits and having an unwanted output of work. The researchers aim to motivate students to improve their study habits, as well as to give teachers further ideas on how they could help students perform better academically and for the parents, playing a vital role for providing education to their children, to understand and help their child get through these habits. C. Statement of the problem Specifically, this study aims to answer the following questions: 1. Do you like to study? 1.1 Yes 1.2 No 2. Going back from home to school, what is the first thing that you do? 2.1 Read textbooks and/or do homework 2.2 Log on to social networking sites 2.3 Sleep 2.4 Watch TV or play games 2.5 Household chores 3. What do you do a week before the exams/deadline of passing a project? 3.1 Relax 3.2 Wait for 3 days before starting 3.3 Panic 3.4 Start reviewing/ working 3.5 Polish the finished project 4. Do you procrastinate (cram)? 4. 1 Yes 4.2 No 5. What is the reason why you procrastinate? 5.1 Laziness 5.2 Playing online games 5.3 Watching favorite shows 5.4 Talking to someone special 5.5 I know I can do it the day before. 6. How did your parents react to bad results? 6.1 They got mad 6.2 They were fine about it. 6.3 They became upset and disappointed. 6.4 They did not care....
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