...Overcoming Personal Procrastination Overcoming Personal Procrastination Abstract This paper will identify a personal problem of 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...
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...Time Management | June 12 2014 | | Overcoming The Working Struggle | Ghelarducci – Stephanie Ghelarducci – Stephanie Table of Contents Time Management Strategies 2 Procrastination 3 Defeating Procrastination 4 Overview 4 Time Management According to the article A Personal Approach to Organizational Time Management written by Peter Bregman, “The biggest and most destructive myth in time management is that you can get everything done if only you follow the right system, use the right to-do list, or process your tasks in the right way” (Bregman, 2013). This statement is false because there is so much that must be done and there is not enough time in a day to finish all of the tasks we have at hand. Living in a world filled with all this technology is still not enough to finish our day to day tasks even if we work for every single hour in the day and night (Bregman, 2013). We would still not be able to keep up with our work load along with our personal tasks that must be done, too. Thus, having minimal time in a day is why individuals stress over their work which causes more problems. Mastering time management strategies will help individuals tremendously in their work and personal lives, and decrease the amount of problems that arise in their days due to poor time management skills. Time Management Strategies It takes practice to manage one’s time and there are a number of steps one can take to help him or her in completing their everyday tasks...
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...am procrastinating right now as I am writing this paper. It is 8:30 p.m. on the day that this assignment is due, and I am just now getting started. I also tend to procrastinate when it comes to house cleaning or any other chore. I hate having a mess house, but it takes me forever to get up and clean. In order for me to eliminate the problem that I have, the easiest and first thing that I will do is go to a search engine such as www.Google.com and type in the phrase "how to overcome procrastination." I will try to find any information on how I can overcome this problem, and what causes me to be a procrastinator. The first thing that comes to my mind is that I'm just lazy, but I do not think that I am an extremely lazy person. By using Google to search for an answer to my question, I am likely to find a website where somebody asked the same question and received an answer. The type of information that I will gather will most likely include proven steps on how to overcome procrastination. I do not think that there will be a straight answer out there for me, like "eat more vegetables and...
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...To achieve any goal or personal plan you must be willing to overcome obstacles and have a great time management. Having the ability to overcome obstacles and having a great time management will allow you to be successful in your journey at University of Phoenix. Knowing some of the things that can come in your way and not allow you to achieve your personal plan will help you to plan ahead so you can avoid these encounters. Overcoming barriers are the main frustration that most people deal with on a day to day basis. In overcoming obstacles, there are distractions and procrastination that many people feel are hard to deal with at times. Those two obstacles, distractions and procrastination, are quite similar in a way. You may become so overwhelmed with day to day activities that they become a distraction and often time lead to procrastination. You then start to make excuses of all the reason you cannot continue with your personal plan or goal. Time management is another issue people deal with. Not being able to manage your time wisely will make your goals and personal plan seem so distant that you no longer want to obtain it. To manage your time better make a plan of all the things that need to be done on a set day and time and stick with it. Sticking to your program will help you become more organized when it comes to planning out your goals and your personal plan. I am able to incorporate these obstacles in my career goals and that will help me to keep focused on my degree...
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...Procrastination is defined as a habit of putting things off until the last minute. Many things can cause procrastination. For instance, when an individual is to feel stressed, overwhelmed, laziness, a lack of motivation, lack of discipline, poor time management habits, lack of skill, and perfectionism. All these things play a key role in why people procrastinate. When a person feels stressed, they do not work productively. Many people become stressed due to their heavy work loads, and they do not take enough time out for leisure time. Leisure time helps the body and mind to be at ease, this will help individuals to be more productive. Many people believe that when a person feels stressed they will use procrastination as a way to cope with everything that is going on in their lives. Other times, the individual have too many items on there to do list, and they become overwhelmed. Individuals who become overwhelmed usually have too much to do and little time to do them in. A good way for one to eliminate these overwhelming feelings is to go over the items that are on these lists, and cut as much out as they can, or prioritize things in order of there importance. According to (2009), “It's been shown that the optimal work week for most people is 40-45 hours. Working longer hours than this actually has such an adverse effect on productivity and motivation that less real work gets done. This is especially true for creative, information age work.” Now laziness is just a habit people...
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...Last Minute-Panic (Procrastination) Throughout a person’s life, they are faced with different obstacles, and different challenges of all different types. My life in particular has been full of ups and downs related especially to procrastination. Throughout my life whenever I feel that something isn’t really worth my time or imp just to “busy” to do it. Over the past two years I’ve challenged myself to improve and stick to my words, and start thinking positive about the task at hand. I’ve come up with multiple ways to overcome my issue to better myself and my life. I’ve come up with 7 steps that has helped me through most situation in my life. The first step I take is, analyze the consequences. In this step I start off asking myself, What are you procrastinating that’s actually limiting your life, draining your energy, and keeping you from a 4.0? I soon after answer my own question. For example, If I procrastinate picking your clothes up off my bedroom floor but it doesn’t bother me, then it’s not really a big deal. However, if imp not getting the grades I want, missing opportunities, or disappointing myself and others, I come to the conclusion that it’s time to seriously change my habits. The second step in the process is, knowing my excuses. I pay close attention to the excuses I make to continue my procrastination. Excuses to me are those...
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...Kicking Procrastination GEN/200 Kicking Procrastination “I’ll start it tomorrow, I promise.” Procrastination would rank up very high as a problem that would drop by occasionally into most people’s life. Putting off difficult or undesirable tasks until later is known as procrastination. Several causes of procrastination include fear of failure, fear of success, rebellion, lack of problem-solving skills, and perfectionism. According to Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen (2007), authors of Procrastination: Why You Do It and What to Do About It, habitual procrastinators often gauge their self-worth solely by their ability to achieve. In other words, “an outstanding performance means an outstanding person; a mediocre performance means a mediocre person” (Carter, 2007, p. 20). To the perfectionist procrastinator, not trying at all is better than an attempt that falls short of perfection (Carter, 2007). For many people it is hard to say why one would have such a problem with procrastination. People procrastinate for many reasons. Excuses for putting off a task or assignment may be as simple as there is always something better to do that moment and there is always enough time in doing it later. Every reason is a valid one to the procrastinator. However, the effects of procrastination are usually negative, which should be an incentive to overcome the urge to put tasks off. Procrastination is a common problem and is very hard to overcome and to overcome this problem one would...
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...Procrastination Strategy Paper I find myself putting off important task repeatedly, I am not alone. Many people procrastinate to some degree. According to Psychologists Piers Steel., at the University of Calgary [“95 percent of us report having some type of postponement problem”] (Kirsch, February 2008, p. 3). This type of behavior can lead to disaster and affect our daily lives. The key to controlling this type of habit is to recognize when we start to procrastinate and understand why it happens, then take the steps to overcome it by managing our time. Procrastinating (2002), according to Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged [is putting off tasks that need to be done right now, and doing tasks that we are more comfortable doing. We procrastinate because we feel like there is always tomorrow to do it]. Tomorrow normally turns into the next day, then the next day and we find ourselves panicking to complete a task or assignment that we had more than enough time to complete if we would have stuck to a plan. For example, you sit in front of your computer to start your assignment. Read the instructions for the first three minutes then find yourself checking your e-mails and responding to them, thus putting off starting the assignment for a later time. People procrastinate for numerous reasons. Some of the more common reasons they procrastinate are [perfectionism, fear of failure, not having a clear goal, overwhelmed with task...
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...Research Strategy To Find A Solution For Procrastination Dakota Swanson GEN/200 20th September 2010 Research Strategy To Find A Solution For Procrastination “Procrastination is the Thief of Time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled” (Young, 1742, Night Thoughts I. 18). A more detailed definition, “Procrastination, the habit of putting 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...
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...analysis of how working hours are spent and the prioritization of tasks in order to maximize personal efficiency in the workplace Procrastination The discipline of time management is an important skill that needs to be learned early on. One of the biggest obstacles to overcome is procrastination. Procrastination is the problem of putting things off. We all seem to procrastinate on certain levels by making up excuses not to do something. The bad thing is that procrastination can be displayed in an every day lifestyle, which can effect us in achieving our goals. Procrastination can be the reason behind our failures Proverbs 10: 4 - 5 “Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.” This verse contrasts being lazy with hard work. We need to live our lives for God by not being lazy but by working hard to serve Him. An unproductive lifestyle comes from procrastination Procrastination can lead to a bad lifestyle. It can result in getting bad grades, not showing your best work, and being unproductive. It is important to avoid making excuses and as you head towards your goal, you should pray that God gives you the persistence to achieve it without getting lazy. Underlying problems can be revealed by procrastination If we continue putting things off it can mean we lack discipline, are poor time managers and sometimes are disobedient to God. Joshua...
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...you have the tendency to give up quickly when you face with an intellectually challenging task. Procrastination is also considered lazy. It is also the opposite of intellectual perseverance. The way I plan on overcoming this barrier with the skills from this week is by always thinking positive thoughts. Making a to-do list so that I am not always procrastinating on getting things started all of the time. The major factor that I plan on doing is to remove all the distractions that I face on a daily basis that make my critical thinking weaker. Stubbornness or tenacity is having a set of values and standpoints which helps to make sense of things, provides comfort and doesn't leave you in a state of being indecisive. A person is stubborn when they clings to their standpoints even if there is new information, and facts that places their views in question. I plan to work on being open to different viewpoints, perspectives, and new ideas. I will work to modify my ideas in the light of new information or better insight because my opinion or viewpoint on things is not always the right one The reason it is so important to overcome these and all of the different barriers are because it will allow you to excel in becoming a master critical thinker. It is also important to overcome them because it allows you to gain knowledge from many different viewpoints other than your own. Overcoming all of the barriers will allow you to become a teacher in critical thinking. Without recognizing...
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...Megan Major Essay 1 ENC 1101 October 14, 2014 Valencia 1275 words How to Not Procrastinate Perfectionism and procrastination go together like peanut butter and jelly. By people expecting too much of themselves, they tend to become scared of writing and the essay not meeting their expectations and therefore procrastinating until the last minute. Although many more elements come into play, priorities and organizational skills are a big role in the way you may procrastinate. Many people may just need help in the organization department in order to not procrastinate and others may need help dealing with many more issues they have with the issue of procrastination. I believe in order to help prevent or totally eradicate procrastination from your work method; you must first look at yourself. Are you struggling with confidence or is it simply that you are too much of a perfectionist and nothing you seem to write is up to par? Well, the first step would be to stop over thinking everything you decide to put down on paper; it probably isn’t as bad as you think it is. When you stop over thinking, writing will come a lot easier and less forced than before and you may feel that you don't have to wait until the last minute to write your assignments. Also, with putting less pressure on yourself and constantly forcing yourself to rewrite the assignment over and over again; you’ll feel the weight of an elephant being lifted off your chest. Good organizational skills have been...
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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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...Chapter 1 Building a Paper: Explore ACTIVTIES TO DO AFTER READING Activities 1–3 (p. 5) Answers will vary. NOW YOU TRY (p. 7) Paraphrase 1: No. It does not have the same meaning; Paraphrase 2: Yes. NOW YOU TRY (p. 8) 1. Answers will vary. Possible answers: • People can become boring if they focus only on their work. • Things that seem attractive on the surface are not necessarily worthwhile. • People who ask for help are more likely to get it than those who don’t. 2. Answers will vary. NOW YOU TRY (p. 10) Answers may vary. Possible answers: 1. Often procrastination stems from real or imagined fear or worry/ that is focused not so much on the thing you are avoiding/ but its potential consequences. 2. a. Fear can cause procrastination. b. The fear isn’t based on the activity you don’t want to do. c. The fear comes from worrying about the results of the activity. 3. When we worry about the consequences of doing an activity, we may develop a fear about those results that causes us to procrastinate. ACTIVITIES TO PRACTICE PARAPHRASING Activity 1 (pp. 11-12) 1. Paraphrase 1: Not OK; Possible explanation: too close to original wording and sentence structure Paraphrase 2: OK 2. Paraphrase 1: Not OK; Possible explanation: meaning is changed (wording “rich individual countries” is unclear); Paraphrase 2: OK 3. Paraphrase 1: OK; Paraphrase 2: Not OK; Possible explanation: meaning is changed (“terrorize” has a different meaning than “threaten,” and “enslave”...
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...Procrastination [Author Name] Overcoming procrastination is not an easy task; it is the act of putting things off to a later date or time for no specific reason. Even the most efficient and punctual individuals become victims to it. As a procrastinator, having an unlimited amount of time to fulfill a task makes it much more difficult to complete. Everyone procrastinates at one point in his or her life; however, most people don’t know the cause of this action. It is simply an uncontrollable pattern, which can have a bad effect on work, and on you. Another problem is that you run out of ideas. As an upcoming college student, I will be required to fulfill certain task with strict deadlines. I feel as if this will be difficult for me because in high school, the deadlines are flexible and you don’t really have to worry about whether or not its late, most teachers usually accepts it with one point off. I believe it will be difficult for me to manage my time efficiently and complete my assignments on time. I have learned to create a to-do list; I try to list everything, big and small. I make sure to include the things I typically put off. Then as I work through my day I check off each of the items off my list, that way I will be able to know what I have left to finish. From past experiences, I have also learned to stop thinking about the assignment and to just do it. Most people think and try to come up with “the perfect plan”. A plan where they don’t have to make mistakes...
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