Procrastination Book Summary

Don't procrastinate! It's stressful trying to do all your work in one night especially if it's work from an honors class. If you get a week to do a project do a little each day.

So staying to true form after facing the two big issues causing my procrastination I immediately began procrastinating my solving procrastination. However after two days I realized that this really was a problem that needed solving right here and now. So I began to brainstorm how I could solve my problem. The next week of the class couldn’t have come at a better time since we focused mainly on procrastination. After reviewing my notes from that class and looking to the textbook for advice, I found the solutions to my first problem to-do lists, calendars, timers, and specific study and work times with

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

Thesis: Procrastination is the main result of disorganization whether it’s at home, work or school.

When faced with the challenge of writing a paper, it can be quite easy to become overwhelmed with anxiety or stress. I know in the past, I have put off writing assignments until the last minute, in hopes of postponing the stressful feeling as long as possible.

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.

Deferring a task such as writing a paper does not necessarily mean a student's paper will turn out negatively. However, it also does not help a student to procrastinate because students builded up exceeding amounts of stress. According to, “Longitudinal Study Of Procrastination, Performance, Stress, and Health:The Costs and Benefits of Dawdling,” this study suggest that,“Even if the estimated time to do a paper is accurate, the student may perform worse because of unforeseen delays or

According to Semb, Glick and Spencer (1979), the level of procrastination increases as an individual stays longer in universities. It was stated by Ellis and Knaus (1977) that approximately, over 70% of college students engage in this activity. Undergraduates tend to start papers during the last minute; they fail to prioritize what should be accomplished first, and as a result, their academic performance is greatly affected. A detrimental effect on their studies leads to having poor grades and eventually, failure in class (Semb, et.al., 1979).

Thesis Statement: Today, I will tell you about what exactly procrastination is, the causes, and the effects.

Make a plan for working on each assignment and avoid procrastination. Procrastination is one of the biggest challenges for any student. It is easy to put off an assignment until the last minute only to turn in work that is not to the best of your ability because you were rushed.

“I’ll stop procrastinating…Tomorrow.” This is a mindset that is possessed by a majority of students today. Although putting off writing that English paper until the night before it is due may not seem like a big deal, it has many harmful effects. In fact, what better topic is there for that English paper? Very few are spared from the epidemic known as procrastination. Even less overcome this issue. In order to successfully defeat procrastination, we must first understand it.

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:

I had a month to finish my research paper. It was a long-term assignment, so I didn’t have to start doing it right away. Surprisingly, I put it off for 26 days and now I only had 4 days to finish it. Knowing the due date was near; I jumped up on my table and started to write. Unfortunately, I couldn’t believe that picking up a tiny topic for my paper was a challenging task for me. Then, I decided to shift it into another day. 3 days left. It was Saturday, so I had to go to work and came home late at night, too tired to use my brain for anything. Consequently, I ended my day with a box of pizza and my favorite show on TV. 2 days left. “Hey, today is Sunday and I deserve a day of rest after a hard working week.” 1 day left. I had 2 classes today and came back home late again, so I had to fill my stomach up before starting my paper because nobody can work well with an empty stomach. Finally, I had to spend all night for picking a topic, finding information and writing six pages about procrastination. Since I commit that I am a procrastinator, I want to know more about procrastination. Plus, I want to understand how procrastination can push me far away from achieving my goals as well as its negative effects; I decided to make a research about it. And my question was “What is procrastination?” I already knew that almost everyone, especially are college students have procrastinated at least once in their college lifetime. We either kept on pushing our homework, projects and

Week 2: This week I had to do a PLP, Science, English and IT assignment. With all this homework, I had to use good time management skills. Furthermore, I put my ICT, literacy and critical and creative thinking capabilities to good use. Developing my time management skills and the latter capabilities, will help me when I’m at university. You need great time management skills and university if you want to finish every assignment on time and pass that assignment. If I start my assignment as soon as I get it next time, I think I will be less stressed and rushed.