I woke up and decided today would be a day that I sit down begin my homework in the morning, 10 a.m. the latest, and not stop until 10 p.m. That's a 12 hour period dedicated to my homework!
Well, it didn't happen that way. I woke up at 8 a.m., went for breakfast, sat down at the coffee shop, and did some homework. I came home after a couple of hours, did some more homework at my desk and decided to lay on my bed and read. I fell asleep, woke up a couple of hours later and have not completed my homework.
Now, I am ranting and just browsing the internet. I think I've procrastinated long enough. Maybe it's the cold, crisp, overcast night.
What a day, what a day, what a day.
Is it the weather? Or, is it procrastination?
(Look up the verb procrastinate and tell me about ways in which you procrastinate to avoid completing your homework. Think of other tasks you avoid or put off until another time ... but that you eventually have to do. Be creative, be thoughtful, and most of all ... be yourself!)
"Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today." I remember that phrase in Spanish as my mother used to say. I guess you can call it procrastination, but it is not a good habit to have, but human nevertheless.
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What a day! What a day! Is what I tell myself every night when I go to bed. A 12 hour homework day sounds like a dream to me. Like you my day never turns out the way I plan it because something always gets in the way.
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ReplyDeleteI am feeling ya! Where does the time go? I wake up with the best intentions and then before I know it the day is gone. Part of it goes to real responsibilities - cooking, cleaning, feeding/walking pets but the time sucking part? Facebooking and looking up things that I really don't need to know then and there. I envy people who can just sit down and get it done.
I have recently become interested in my own changes with procrastination. When I was in college, I completed all my assignments, papers, projects, etc. days in advance. My first priority was always my school work. Now, I am also a student, but things have changed. I definitely procrastinate more, and I think this has to do with the idea of value. In college, I valued my education above everything else, but I think as you get older, other things are equally as valuable - career, relationships, cooking, cleaning, etc. Out of the sheltered context that is a college campus, these other things need attention as well.
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ReplyDeleteI think a good way to overcome procrastination is to develop a good time management skill. The Art of Taking Action is a really good book, which gives you strategies to address our tendency to procrastinate.
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