lifehacker.com: You have a big test or project looming, but can’t seem to force yourself to prepare for it at all. You’ll even do other things—like clean your room or call your family—that you normally hate, just to put off studying. You might think you’re just avoiding work, but you’re probably procrastinating for a real reason, and you need to figure out why.
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This was interesting for me to read, especially now, as I find myself currently procrastinating on several projects. I feel like I am several different types of procrastinator at different times and with different projects. However, I think for the most part, I am the perfectionist, even though I do find myself being the worrier and dreamer from time to time. I do have to say that reading this did kind of put me at ease and set me to be in a better headspace to complete my assignments. The perfectionist section was especially helpful because it made me realize that I am actually in a better position than I thought I was and that it is going to be okay. I just have to put my best effort forward and whatever comes of it will be better than nothing. This definitely a great philosophy that I feel like will be helpful with later assignments and times when I get stuck on projects and procrastinating. I think I will try to remember this and use it in the future.
Wow, I am a huge procrastinator, and reading this was pretty insightful. In middle and high school I was always a pretty good student. Although my work ethic wasn't the best I always managed to receive As. The article lists different types of procrastinators because that is step one in fixing the problem. I would say I classify as a “dreamer.” I always seem to get bursts of energy to do my work and overextend my ideas to become cool and creative however, they are unmanageable- because at the same time, I can be lazy and not complete the intricate idea I thought up. Coming to college I realized I needed to get my work style locked down and put more effort into my work. I recently turned in a paper and was shocked when I got 65% on it. I realize it's because I thought of a concept however it caused me to have to do more work than necessary, I didn't really follow through making my essay sloppy. The article suggests I set practical goals.
I've had issues with procrastinating since middle school when I started getting actual homework, projects, and tests. I almost always managed to get my work in before the deadline and didn't keep it until completely last minute (few all-nighters were necessary). Despite this, I find the mental task of starting the work easily the most difficult part. Even if I know I will enjoy it, starting it is always really hard for me. I would consider myself a perfectionist and a worrier. I want my work to be of very high quality, and I think far too much about certain decisions. I have always tried to rationalize and stop procrastinating with methods similar to the ones they suggest, and they have helped only minimally. At this point in my life, I try to limit my procrastination as much as possible, but I just have to recognize that it is a thing I struggle with, and because of that I will give myself as much time as possible to work on assignments.
I really believe that procrastination is a part of human nature. Anyone who says they don’t procrastinate is lying to you. I enjoyed learning about the different procrastination styles. I can say with confidence that I am the ‘perfectionist’ but I do think I have a sprinkle of the ‘over doer’ in me as well. Additionally, I thought the ‘defier’ was an interesting type of procrastination. It is funny to me to blame someone else. I think learning about these different styles and also which one pertains to you specifically as well as those around you is a valuable skill to have especially in our industry. Thinking about how my own standards, my own mind, are the things holding me back from getting work done is always a lovely reminder. I think knowing these things about myself is incredibly helpful but even so, I find ways to ignore that and continue to procrastinate despite how many holes I am able to dig myself into.
This article was very eye opening and interesting. Procrastination has been an issue for I am assuming many, many students and can even affect any one during their day to day life. I know in high school procrastination was a very big thing at my school. Even though I went to a nerdy, magnet school filled with overachievers who perform well on tests, it seemed like everyone was always scrambling to get things done last minute. I thought that categorizing the different types of procrastinators was really helpful. The brief description of what each of them were made it very easy to understand the types and figure out which one most applied to the reader. Then I liked how with each root issue of procrastination, there was a unique answer. It went pretty in depth and I think has the potential of making the lives of the readers more productive and less stressful.
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