The Advantages And Drawbacks Of Procrastination

In the passage “Structured Procrastination,” the author speaks in a positive tone, and almost supports procrastination. The passage says in paragraph three, “This theory says you can use the common tendency to avoid boredom or hard work to your advantage. The author is saying that there is a good way to procrastinate. In paragraph five of the passage it says,”

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:

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.

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.

Procrastination is not always a very bad thing though; there are some points in your life that it could prove to be a plus. If done enough you will be use to doing things last minute, which could possibly help you in your career with handling pressure when you boss tells you do something within a set amount of time. Also extended amounts of doing this bad habit could help you learn to take pressure better, as example when you have a huge paper due by the next morning and you need to keep your self calm or else it will show when your writing the paper. Even though these sound like positive measures to procrastinating they are really not worth the

Procrastination can be a bad thing but not if it is used in a way that converts the procrastinator into some of the most effective human beings in the world. This may seem backward, but it is true, using a technique called structured procrastination causes many people to be in awe of the procrastinator. This is because many procrastinators, contrary to popular belief,

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

In the beginning of the essay the author has explained what is the meaning of procrastination and the people who prefer it. He mentioned famous people whom were considered procrastinators, and he discussed it its two types (passive and active procrastination), as well as the reasons, forms and the bad effects that result from the passive type.. moreover He discussed the advantages and concluded his essay by telling the reader that for some people it is easier to avoid huge tasks by getting small tasks done with, such as those on their to-do list. Although the author has interesting, positive points and ideas in his essay, but he also has false assumptions, weak evidence and logical fallacies.

Number one procrastination afflict some more than others, Number two procrastination feels good until it doesn’t  putting way our responsibility  for a relax moment and when the deadline is near to come the feeling of panic utter exhaustion all these feeling come would a procrastinator learn NO matter of fact that feeling a procrastinator gets is the feeling a procrastinator enjoy and that makes the procrastinator to procrastinate more and more time, Number three the brain’s  decision- making process is constant tug-of-war it a battle only if you give in to it. One part of the brain is fighting to get busy and get the work done and the other part wants to kick back and relax some leisure time at the wrong moment, Number four procrastination is the breakdown of self-control the lack of self-control the procrastinator tend to lose sight of what is important for some short-term fun, Number five beat back the forces  of procrastinating one way to do that is time

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

There is a certain irony with procrastination, things we put off doing accumulate to the point of in manageability and feelings of anxiety increase which, is why we procrastinate anyway.

Another factor that causes procrastination is fear. Fear is a very powerful emotion. Whenever someone is faced with a difficult task, they can become overran by the fear of not being able to complete it. People who succumb to this are setting themselves up for failure. Whenever someone feels as if they are going to fail, they tend to postpone the task for as long as possible. This means that they often try to avoid the task all together until completion is absolutely necessary. In doing so, the number of tasks that need to be done increases. However, the time required to complete them does not.

Unfortunately some humans, such as myself, are made into procrastinators, we get in to the habit of pushing things to the last minute. But why do I put off what can be done today to tomorrow? According to psychologist Daniel Kahneman it is because when faced with a problem that causes us uncertainty, our brains will make up excuses not to act on it today. Self-doubt or uncertainty plays a large role in procrastination. A person unsure how to start a project or insecure in your abilities, might put it off until they are force to start it. Procrastinators know it is a bad habit, it has caused me to fail tests, to receive poor grades on essays and studies show that procrastination does not just cause lower grades but compromised immune systems, stomach problems, and insomnia.

Procrastination is a complex psychological behavior that affects everyone to some degree or another. I regularly procrastinate doing academic assignments. The reason being is that I want my work to be astounding, but as the due date nears I keep delaying starting my assignments. I feel like In order for the work to meet my perfect expectations I have to do so much before I start the assignment such as brainstorming, drafting, editing and than completing the assignment but than before I submit the assignment I proofread each paragraph, read the paper aloud to check for typos and grammatical errors. I would say disappointment Is the driving factor for my desire for perfection. I don't want to disappoint myself, any assignments I complete I always

Upon reading the article on Stress Management, I realized that procrastination can definitely cause stress in my life, unwanted and unnecessary stress.For years I have been in a fight with procrastination. I am ashamed to say that I have identified this issue a long time ago and have done nothing to get rid of it. I am even more ashamed to say that about 90% of time procrastination wins. Whether it be a simple wash the bathroom now or no more movies, not to mention take out the garbage now, I allow procrastination to win. I will always say, I can do it later or I have time. This is a negative factor that affects Time and Stress Management.