Procrastination
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Procrastination 1
Procrastination
Joshua Freeman
February 17, 2010
Dr. Ken Farenick
Procrastination 2
Procrastination
In life there are many ways to avoid success, and a sure common way is to procrastinate. Everyone procrastinates. Yet some individuals do it more than others. What is procrastination? According to wikitonary.org, procrastination is defined as the act of postponing, delaying, or putting off, especially out of habitual careless or laziness. Procrastination is something that I deal with daily. A typical question I ask myself is “Why Must I Procrastinate”? With years of suffering from this problem I have gathered information, solutions to once and for all overcome this problem.
Why do we procrastinate?
We procrastinate because we feel like there is always tomorrow. As procrastinators it’s like we sabotage ourselves by choosing paths that will hurt our performances. When it comes to procrastination there are feelings of guilt, anxiety, and powerlessness. Difficult task are frequently put aside because they feel too overwhelming. We may look at a task and feel there is too much that needs to be done in order to accomplish it. The sense of being overwhelmed distracts us, enabling us from taking the first step to accomplishing our task.
Sometimes we may put things off because we are afraid of failing. There may be previous experiences where things did not fair to well, such as writing a paper. We may feel we did a great job, but the professor saw different. So, when the next writing assignment comes along, we
Procrastination 3
may avoid working on it to avoid the fear of failing. Procrastination also produces fear of not being perfect. We may spend countless time and effort seeking perfection that there is not any progress made towards important goals. Personally, I often have feelings of self -doubt when it is something that I have never done or achieved. For example, I have been out of school for seven...
Procrastination
Joshua Freeman
February 17, 2010
Dr. Ken Farenick
Procrastination 2
Procrastination
In life there are many ways to avoid success, and a sure common way is to procrastinate. Everyone procrastinates. Yet some individuals do it more than others. What is procrastination? According to wikitonary.org, procrastination is defined as the act of postponing, delaying, or putting off, especially out of habitual careless or laziness. Procrastination is something that I deal with daily. A typical question I ask myself is “Why Must I Procrastinate”? With years of suffering from this problem I have gathered information, solutions to once and for all overcome this problem.
Why do we procrastinate?
We procrastinate because we feel like there is always tomorrow. As procrastinators it’s like we sabotage ourselves by choosing paths that will hurt our performances. When it comes to procrastination there are feelings of guilt, anxiety, and powerlessness. Difficult task are frequently put aside because they feel too overwhelming. We may look at a task and feel there is too much that needs to be done in order to accomplish it. The sense of being overwhelmed distracts us, enabling us from taking the first step to accomplishing our task.
Sometimes we may put things off because we are afraid of failing. There may be previous experiences where things did not fair to well, such as writing a paper. We may feel we did a great job, but the professor saw different. So, when the next writing assignment comes along, we
Procrastination 3
may avoid working on it to avoid the fear of failing. Procrastination also produces fear of not being perfect. We may spend countless time and effort seeking perfection that there is not any progress made towards important goals. Personally, I often have feelings of self -doubt when it is something that I have never done or achieved. For example, I have been out of school for seven...