Decisional Procrastination

     Procrastination is something that you don’t naturally have an innate ability to do. It is often brought on by finding ways

Besides this omission by Kalat, he still provided an accurate and detailed account of the research article written by Ariely and Wertenbroch. This article is essential in understanding procrastination and answered throughly the three questions it posed. 1.) Are people willing to impose deadlines, with substantial consequences if they are not met, on themselves: yes. 2.) Are these self-imposed deadlines actually helpful in improving overall performance:

The topic I chose to do my project on is “The Dreaded P Word”, procrastination. This topic interests me the most out of the course because it is a huge problem in my life and I want this project to teach me not to be a procrastinator.

Taking control of procrastination is something I constantly find myself fighting with. Some helpful tips that I just finish reading include breaking large obstacles into smaller ones. Breaking a large task into smaller assignments seems a lot easier than tackling a large one head on. Another helpful tip is finding a quite place that does not distract you from your studies, while taking one or two breaks in between. One other helpful tip that I find myself doing from time to time is reminding me of the consequences of not completing the task at hand. Take this Team Assignment for example. By not completing this assignment, my fellow team will not receive a passing grade. By identifying good behaviors it will help you to fight procrastination.

Attention Getter: A famous author by the name of Wayne Dyer once said, “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is incredibly heavy.”(1) In todays society it seems as if procrastination has become a normal and acceptable thing to do. It is often joked about amongst schoolmates and co-workers around the world. Nothing seems to get done until it absolutely needs to get done, then everyone runs around getting things done quickly and often times inaccurately. The trouble with this mentality however is that some things will never get done because something will come up tomorrow or the next day and what you are putting off now gets pushed even further back. Today I will persuade you to stop this habit from continuing. I will be explaining the problems we face when dealing with procrastination as well as how to deal with it and actions you can take to prevent it in the future.

The Latin word ‘procrastination’ means delaying or postponing something. Procrastination is avoiding doing a task that needs to be done or postponing it until the next day what can be done today. Possibly each one of us has delayed some unappealing task to the last minute. Procrastination affects a person’s work and only leaves him with feelings of guilt, self disgust, depression and inadequacy. Often we try to disguise our avoidance by being very busy doing things that may be interesting, and useful, but don't contribute towards the main goal. It is most prevalent in teenagers and university students. People who procrastinate do not focus towards the main goal but do other interesting things on pretext of avoiding doing something that needs to be done at that time. Doing things at the last minute becomes a habit

Procrastination is a tendency to postpone, put off, delay, reschedule, take a rain check on, put on ice, hold off, or to defer what is necessary to reach a particular goal.(Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition. Philip Lief Group 2009.) While attending College some students find it hard to juggle work, family, and friends. Leading most students down a dangerous path to procrastination; that negative impact affect students from their physical health, mental health, and social health.

American playwright Maxwell Anderson once stated in his essay, Off Broadway, that, “the story of a play must be a conflict, and specifically, a conflict between the forces of good and evil within a single person.” The most memorable characters in literature have dealt with struggles both internal and external, in terms of either heroic or cowardly means. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the title character uses either procrastination or impulse to deal with conflicts resulting in devastating consequences. The protagonist’s urge to act upon impulse and the resulting deadly outcomes speaks to Hamlet’s lack of forethought and even his fleeting madness. In contrast, Hamlet’s continued procrastination draws on many of his conflicts eventually resulting in an overabundance of spilled blood.

Procrastination is a common tendency that we all give in to and all of us have at least a little experience with.

Theresa, Have you reached out to any of the VA approved caregivers ? I haven’t done anything because you said to wait until Debbie returned from vacation. Debbie gave me the impression before she left that the plan was acceptable ? I’m 100% good to go with the proposed schedule I laid out...It makes the most sense for Dad right now. I would be more than happy to get these appointments scheduled if neither of you have the time,but I feel like we’re back in the same mode we were in the beginning...sort of procrastinating . I don’t care if you pick one and get them started next week ,they’re all pretty much the same and these are all sanctioned by the VA so they should be okay.... Our procrastination is what cost Dad the monthly payments

I am a lazy person no matter what the topic at hand is. When I go to school, I think of how I’m going to be able to do the bare minimum for each of my classes. Many students hear the word procrastination but I can say truthfully that I’m the living proof of the word. Do not get me wrong, as I take many difficult classes. The problem was how I accomplished each task. I would always leave them for day before it was due. This holds true even for this class. I am not going to lie, but I wrote this paper the day before it was due. Now to talk about writing for me was never a leisure activity. I hated to write essays because I was never good at it. I feel like that is quite selfish of me to not complete a task based on difficulty. Almost like not

From all of my prior experiences, I have become the woman I am today. There is no real way for me to truly describe myself and who I am in full. This essay is to tell how my prior experiences have helped to shape me into who I am now. Normally I am shy and can at times be a bit socially awkward. I have a creative mind from spending my time reading, singing, and crafting with my hands. I was never taught how to deal with money and have had to learn from my experiences. Being a procrastinator is something I acquired from my dad, but my decisions are all my own. The biggest decision I have ever had to make that has changed me is the decision involving my daughter.

At this time of the year, while everybody is so ready for Christmas break and vacation, I’m facing a nightmare called “tomorrow is due day". I was so relaxed and subjective the whole week that I don't have any initiative or what I'm going to write for my final paper. Suddenly, an “idea bulb” popped up in my head and lightened. I decided to explore my problem : procrastinating. After 2 hours researching in the library which seems like a decade to me, I finally found a 9-million-views speech “Inside the mind of a master procrastinator” by Tim Urban who immediately motivated me through this talk. Graduated from Harvard University, Tim Urban is now a blog-writer, also an illustrator of “Wait But Why” site where he writes posts about life, happiness,

“Procrastination is a common form of self-regulatory failure with substantive connections” where the tendency is to put off tasks. (Steel, Farrari, 2013)

I am happy to admit that over the past year I have grown a lot with managing this issue. I accept the responsibilities of the things I need to do and take charge. I say more ‘yes/okay’ rather than ‘I will do it later’. This is one way that I have been strategizing and will continue to do so; say ‘No’ to Procrastination and ‘Yes’ to what I have to do. I AVOID Procrastination with this method.