I react the same way every time I find out I have a project or an essay due. "This is going to take forever....." also known as Stage 1. When I'm home and actually look at what I have to do for the assignment I realize it is not as hard as I think. I understand that it is simple in some ways, but overall will take sometime to complete. Time I would have to take away from TV, friends, and other fun activities. Time I begin to realize I would not want to give up for more homework. Thus begins Stage 2.
Stage 2 is procrastination. Every teenagers best friend who always stabs them in the back by the end and yet we continue to be friends with them like it was an honest mistake. Procrastination is the worst thing that could happen when doing a long term assignment. Avoiding to do a project can cause a lower effort when doing the project which means a lower grade which leads to patterns of procrastination. I cannot help, but procrastinate. There is always something more fun to do that an essay about a book I'll have to half make up, because I procrastinated reading it.
Finally, Stage 3 of my journey is doing the assignment the weekend or night before. After procrastinating for so long that I finally have no choice, but to do the assignment. By the end of me completing the assignment it looks rushed and unorganized I feel the need to reread it to make sure its okay before turning it in. Suddenly my good old buddy procrastination stops by for one last visit. It says "Hey Andrew, you seem tired. You could use a rest. How about you lie down for a little bit in your bed? No worries I'll you up earlier than usual so you can read it over." Which never happens.
To some up procrastination is bad and the only reason me or anyone in the history of the world will ever to bad on an essay or project is because of procrastination.
This is a great blog post. I think almost anyone can relate your post and yes even those really smart people. It's extremely hard not to procrastinate but one thing leads to another and then it becomes a distraction to no end. I really like how you put everything into stages because I realized that that's how procrastination progresses. You really summed up everything really well and everything was easy to understand.
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