What is our deal, procrastinators?
Yeah, you. I'm talking to you. You do realize that we make life so much harder on ourselves. Adding unnecessary stress to the load that we already struggle to carry. But do not think I'm being hypocritical. No, in fact, I have been stranded on this same life-raft as you. I just now finished a short paper for art history. A paper that should have been done over the weekend, but instead I have waited to cross this particular bridge for many a-day. I've been floating in this procrastination raft for a long time. Long enough to know now that the assignment, whatever it is, will definitely get done. But not until the last possible moment. The ultimatum: homework or fail. Which is comparable to the Vote or Die campaign parody on South Park. An individual in South Park, Colorado and inhabitants in any other US state had two options: vote or get shot and actually die. It was no joke and not a laughing matter just like homework should be for students. Homework can be your savior or your guide to some hellish nightmare who you compensate with all those F's and zero's. I desperately want to be the type of student that finishes an assignment immediately but I have become embedded in my thoughts and ways, like so many other americans, I do not want to even fathom the idea of change. But you know as well as I do that this process of procrastination is flawed and it can come back to bite you in the ass.
Are you aware, fellow procrastinators, of the harm we are doing to ourselves?
We do harm ourselves greatly. We harm ourselves mentally and physically. I never get enough sleep, because I am always staying up late or waking up very early to do my homework. It is extremely tiresome. Some people think that we can change our procrastination habits in a snap of a finger, when the real truth is that we honestly can't. It is something that we may try to break away from, but in the end we almost always go back to the last-second routines.
ReplyDeleteYour so right. Perfect example - it is two in the morning and I'm just now finishing up my homework. AND CLASS IS EARLY >.< I hardly ever get enough sleep. The stress is bad enough without anything else we put ourselves through. I've wanted to change my habits so badly but, like the power of addiction, for the majority of the time my routine works. So why would I, for the minority portion of my time, change?
ReplyDeleteThat is indeed the question of the night. Or should I say 'day'?
I am in no way an advocate for procrastination and like you, I would love to be the student who starts an assignment the day it is given and finishes it early enough to review it before turning it in. However, I have found that some of my best work has come from the motivation, that is sheer terror, of trying to complete an assignment the night before it is due. Here's to hoping that we will conquer our procrastination sooner than later.
ReplyDeleteI have been a procrastinator myself lately. I’ve been trying to keep up with everything in my head, and it hasn’t really been working honestly. Towards the end of last week I actually used my little daily planner, and it helped out greatly. By organizing myself better I got more done.
ReplyDeleteYou have a point but some people tend to perform better under the influence of procrastination. It can help you concentrate and put your best work forward. Anyways... if you really wanted a reviewed paper, write it one day early, then thake it to Patterson 225 ( I forgot what the room is called). They'll review your work for you, and you can make revisions as necessary.
ReplyDeleteI think all of us are procrastinators around right now, it is so much easier to just put off work until a couple of days before it is due. However, we aren't going to be able to to that all semester. More and more work will creep up on us and we won't be able to procrastinate all the time anymore
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