Okay, that is what can easily happen through the process of procrastination. The longer you lag and take time to start a task, the worse the outcome will be. I regard myself as a big procrastinator and there are some reasons to why this is. First of all, the biggest problem that I have is that I just do not start a task when I do not think it is not a reasonable time for me to. However, through my past experiences, starting is the key to getting all the work done on time.
The two procrastination strategies that I have worked on are Excuse Busting and Time Wasters.
I just busted my own excuses. 
I have a lot of excuses for not starting my work when I can. The biggest 4 excuses that I have found are facebook, sleeping more than I actually need to, internet surfing, and listening to music at inappropriate times. These are all essential part of life, such as getting well rested, socializing, and personal hobbies. However, if I put too much time on them, during inappropriate times, and putting work aside, it becomes a problem. I must take every minute and hours to actually start my work, then I can keep them going and flowing continuously. I know what the problems are by writing them down and noting the importance of them.
I have a lot of excuses for not starting my work when I can. The biggest 4 excuses that I have found are facebook, sleeping more than I actually need to, internet surfing, and listening to music at inappropriate times. These are all essential part of life, such as getting well rested, socializing, and personal hobbies. However, if I put too much time on them, during inappropriate times, and putting work aside, it becomes a problem. I must take every minute and hours to actually start my work, then I can keep them going and flowing continuously. I know what the problems are by writing them down and noting the importance of them.
When it comes to wasting time, some of the activities that waste my time overlaps with the excuses for procrastinating. I found that facebooking, taking too much time when eating, playing on the computer for hours, surfing the net are all time wasters. I can do these activites freely if I get my work done in the first place. The problem is that I do not get my work done beforehand, and I tend to keep these habits. It is hard for me to work right away when doing some of these activities. For example, when I am surfing the internet, it can go on for hours, even though I know that I need to start doing my work sometime soon. So I must, commit to myself that if I just work and get my work done sometime sooner, I will be able to have all the free time I want after. This can also relate to motivation. So I must start all my work as soon as possible whenever I know and find the time that they are to be done.
When you procrastinate, you are not getting the work done as you are supposed to but you are also cramming them because of the pressure of time. This will lead to worse performance on your work, such as writing too quickly to go over them or not having enough time to read enough materials that you won't cover them thoroughly. It is major job for me to start whenever possible and set aside all these other time wasting activities for later. I can sleep one or two hours less, if it is over at least 6 or 7 hours. After I get my work done, then I will have some more time to sleep. But not when I wake up later during the day finding out that now I have less time to start my work. Gotta keep myself motivated and do not procrastinate, as PROCRASTINATION is a harmful act.
SAY NO TO PROCRASTINATION!
I've also use time waster strategy in two of my courses. It really worked well and I love the visualizing effect it brings to the table. It also motivates me to do work and avoid the distracting time wasters as well. Excuse busting strategy sounds really strong just by looking at the strategy title so I might have to check that out. By looking at the image you posted, it looks similar to time waster strategy but with excuses on the left column instead. I think if both strategies are used together, it can bring greater effect to my academic career.
ReplyDeleteI have also used the time waster strategy for all my courses. I now have discovered all the reasons behind procrastination and it really helped in finding methods to prevent this. By using this strategy, I have explored that by simply putting my computer away, it really gets rid of all the distractions around me. Just like me, I hope you have found your resolution behind your procrastination. Overall, good job
ReplyDeleteI also used the time waster strategy. I now know what prevents me from working 100%. Next step is for me to prohibit myself from reaching those time wasters when I am working. It is going to be difficult, but I definitely know the difference as I have tried it out. Good Job and I wish you the best of luck with ending procrastination
ReplyDeleteFacebook is the most dangerous program that can waste our time a lot I think. Also, I agree on the fact that if we sleep too much, we would get more tired. It is good to sleep enough amount. Sleeping little or too much will both cause us to feel tired during the day. We all need to figure out what we can do best to avoid our time wasting. Great job on your blog!
ReplyDeleteI love your first picture; I often feel like the girl in the picture because I don't do the work on time. Anyways, the two strategy that you used, Excuse Busting and Time Waster, looks really similiar. I have also used the Time Waster (think that this is a popular strategy for this topic), and it helped me recognize what I am doing. It showed me what things that I need to avoid in order to complete my works. Really helpful!
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