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The Importance Of Procrastination

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Is Procrastination Part of Human Nature Procrastination is my expertise and a way of living. I know this is a bad habit but I can’t seem to manage my time and feelings. I wish that I can run away from my responsibilities but they are always chasing me down. When these responsibilities are about to catch up to me, I run in maximum overdrive so that they can stop following me. Procrastinating has gotten me into a lot of problems especially in school. I always wait to the last minute to do any schoolwork and it usually leads to anxiety. Heck, I even waited to the last minute to write this essay. I know it’s bad but I can’t make myself do anything because I lack any kind of motivation. Procrastination does not only affect me but, I see that many of my classmates also have this problem and they are rushing to get work done before it’s due. I see them do their homework one class period before it’s due. Instead of doing work, they are hanging out and having fun without any care in the world. I think that procrastination is a natural human trait because it affects so many people. Tim Urban, a blogger writes about his experiences and how procrastination has affected him. He was saying how he had to write a ninety page essay and kept holding it off until there was only three days till it was due. He said that he pulled all nighters so that he could finish this essay. He gives us a closer look in the mind of a procrastinator and says , “ Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them, but the procrastinator's brain also has an Instant Gratification Monkey.”( Urban, 2016) The rational decision maker is responsible and it wants to tend to our responsibilities. The Gratification Monkey just like the easy works and doesn’t enjoy life and have fun. The gratification monkey lives a sad life with no meaning or purpose. Whenever there’s some sort of deadline, “Panic Monster is dormant most of the time, but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close or there's danger of public embarrassment, a career disaster or some other scary consequence.And importantly, he's the only thing the Monkey is terrified of.”(Urban 2016) The panic monster is what pushes us to work but other than that, the Gratification

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