Laziness : The Advancement Of Civilization

figuring out no work is done after a very long time. Second is a thorough research

Christopher Morley’s article “On Laziness” took a much different approach to narrate his thoughts on laziness than expected. He lists the benefits that come from it, instead of scolding us on why we shouldn’t be lazy. Though Morley does emphasize on the positives that come from laziness, he does warn us even if we’re lazy, we must still eventually be able to accomplish your given tasks. Throughout this essay “On Laziness,” Christopher Morley supports his claim that the world would be a better place if we were more lazy by appealing to logic, appealing to logic, appealing to emotions, and including irony.

Procrastination is an effective tool for getting things done when you have a deadline. A study by Dan Ariely has shown that, with three groups, the group that performed the best had external deadlines reminding them each week. Our own deadlines have been proven to be less effective than other people's deadlines. We see ours as less immediate and therefore hesitate to react upon it. We also usually give ourselves time to put it off, making it a challenge to get started. However, the

For example, once you get assigned the work, you evaluate how long it may take to complete it and break up the work to where you are not doing it all at once. Doing this can take away the stress of not having enough time to complete your work.

the last moment, naturally putting in less effort. However if someone is to be given a difficult tasks they will naturally work much harder to complete said task.  When goals are set higher they will be placed at a higher standard if they receive greater effort, giving the goal purpose. When one realizes that the goal they are set to achieve has purpose, completing it will seem necessary.

The research article titled “Procrastination, Deadlines and Performance: Self-Control by Precomittment,” authored by psychologists Dan Ariely and Klaus Wertenbroch, aimed to figure out the reasoning behind procrastination. A study was conducted to answer three questions all posed from the central thesis of procrastination. The first question the studies sought to answer was whether people are willing to impose deadlines, with substantial consequences if they are not met, on themselves. The second question whether these self-imposed deadlines were actually helpful in improving overall performance. Lastly, the third question aimed to determine if the deadlines people imposed on themselves, were done so to achieve their best results. It was

Specific Purpose: When we procrastinate and put things off, it reflects how inefficient we are in every aspect of our lives.

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.

Attention Getter: So I’m pretty sure everyone here has had an important assignment to complete before like a project or essay. And most of us usually plan it out where we do a portion of it every day. For example, something like this chart here. But then the next thing you know, the deadline is fast approaching and you still haven’t come close to completing your assignment. And we end up somewhere like this. Well, I believe that we can all relate to this and we have all done this to ourselves before. I’m talking about procrastination.

“A Dictionary of the English Language” written by Dr. Samuel Johnson, defined procrastination as “delay.” This common issue mostly around everyone. Many people struggle with deadlines every day. It is one of the largest problems seen in college counseling centers. (Grohol, Psy.D.)

Procrastination, putting things off until the last minute, can have serious consequences on a person's life. I fully agree with this statement because I have personally been affected by procrastination, waiting until the last minute will never do you any good. The main reason why procrastination isn't a great idea is because the amount of stress that comes along with doing things at the very last minute. When you get stressed you're more prone to making mistakes than if you did it a week before the project was due, the more mistakes the worse your grade will be. It is very hard to take care of the small detail when you're in such hurry just to complete the project.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, to procrastinate is “to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.” Another way of putting it is “to wait until the last minute.” Procrastination is a very bad habit. Even though

Procrastinating is a minor reinforcer and provides immediate reinforcement. It has negative short-term consequences e.g. stress, regret, academic failure and fatigue. The benefits attained from are

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

Have you ever had an essay due in three weeks and thought to yourself, “I’ve got time. I’ll just do it later”? Does staying up studying for an exam until 3 am in the morning sound familiar? How about running to class because you were working on a project until the very last second? If any of these unfortunate situations sound relatively familiar, you have endured the horrendous event of procrastination at some point of your jam-packed life. The one secret that nobody is enforcing on your young life is the extreme power of time management. In Chapter 5, the topics we address are as follows: