...The Procrastination Problem By Susan J. Letham Procrastinators delay until the day after tomorrow what they know they should have done the day before yesterday. What does procrastination look like? We all put off working on unpleasant or tedious tasks from time to time. Washing the car, taking out garbage, cleaning windows, or making stressful phone calls are no one's idea of a fun way to spend time. But where most of us do this only occasionally, procrastinators do it most of the time, and that's where the problems start. Procrastination is a stress factor Procrastination is a behavior that leads to stress, because it makes plans and wishes fail at what should be the point of fulfillment: theater tickets and vacation packages sell out before procrastinators get around to calling. Planes take off, deadlines pass, jobs go to other applicants--the ones who got their resumes in on time. Procrastination has negative effects The Procrastination Research Group at Carleton University in Canada did an online survey. They received 2,700 responses to the question, "To what extent is procrastination having a negative impact on your happiness?" Almost one person in two (46%) said "quite a bit" or "very much," and around one person in five (18%) reported an "extreme negative effect." Procrastination threatens happiness Though procrastination is often trivialized, procrastinators suffer when their careers crash or when they otherwise fail to reach their potential. Long term and wide...
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...Procrastination on Doing Academic Assignments Andi Nur Chalishah (AG 1) Have you ever been in a situation where you are overwhelmed by assignments? One of the possible reasons of why you could be in that situation is because sometimes you tend to postpone what is necessary, and instead you do activities that are more fun but less necessary. This situation is referred as procrastination. Procrastination seems to make a student’s life more pleasant but it adds several bad effects such as anxiety, stress, and even bad grades on their academic assignments. When you are doing an assignment on the very last minute of the deadline, sometimes you feel anxious because you are afraid if you will not have enough time to finish it. Nevertheless, you do not realize anxiety arises from your procrastination habit. Sometimes you tend to stop finishing your assignments to do other fun activities because you think you could do it later. Students who procrastinate on doing assignment think they are waiting for the right moment to do it when the fact is they are just waiting for the high level of anxiety to force them to do it. Realizing that you still have a bunch of unfinished assignments brings you stress. It causes a big possibility of losing focus on doing assignments and the worst part is it will lead you to failure on doing your assignments. Procrastination truly gives bad effects for college students on doing their assignments. Procrastinating to do other fun activities surely gives...
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...Kicking Procrastination GEN/200 Kicking Procrastination “I’ll start it tomorrow, I promise.” Procrastination would rank up very high as a problem that would drop by occasionally into most people’s life. Putting off difficult or undesirable tasks until later is known as procrastination. Several causes of procrastination include fear of failure, fear of success, rebellion, lack of problem-solving skills, and perfectionism. According to Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen (2007), authors of Procrastination: Why You Do It and What to Do About It, habitual procrastinators often gauge their self-worth solely by their ability to achieve. In other words, “an outstanding performance means an outstanding person; a mediocre performance means a mediocre person” (Carter, 2007, p. 20). To the perfectionist procrastinator, not trying at all is better than an attempt that falls short of perfection (Carter, 2007). For many people it is hard to say why one would have such a problem with procrastination. People procrastinate for many reasons. Excuses for putting off a task or assignment may be as simple as there is always something better to do that moment and there is always enough time in doing it later. Every reason is a valid one to the procrastinator. However, the effects of procrastination are usually negative, which should be an incentive to overcome the urge to put tasks off. Procrastination is a common problem and is very hard to overcome and to overcome this problem one would...
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...Research Strategy To Find A Solution For Procrastination Dakota Swanson GEN/200 20th September 2010 Research Strategy To Find A Solution For Procrastination “Procrastination is the Thief of Time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled” (Young, 1742, Night Thoughts I. 18). A more detailed definition, “Procrastination, the habit of putting tasks off to the last possible minute, can be a major problem in both your career and your personal life. Side effects include missed opportunities, frenzied work hours, stress, overwhelm, resentment, and guilt. The behavior pattern of procrastination can be triggered in many different ways, so you won't always procrastinate for the same reason. Sometimes you'll procrastinate because you're overwhelmed with too much on your plate, and procrastination gives you an escape. Other times you'll feel tired and lazy, and you just can't get going” (Pavlina, 2001, Overcoming Procrastination by Steve Pavlina). Procrastination like any other problem can be controlled if not solved. There are various ways in which one can begin the curative process. It is common knowledge that the first step to recovery is admittance of the problem, and then making that conscious effort to remedy that setback. To make that step, you must identify the root causes of your procrastination, how often do you procrastinate, what tasks you procrastinate more for whether is if for job related tasks or personal engagements, and the consequences. How it affects...
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...productive. It’s that evil word “Procrastination”. Stalling seems to be a plague amongst everyone that has ever faced a deadline or had an open ended task. Wherever there is time, there is a tendency to waste it. We are all doomed to fail if we don’t beat the monster named “Procrastination”! The article, Procrastination, participation, and performance in an online learning environment, by Nicholas Michinov, Sophie Brunot, Olivier Le Bohec, Jacques Juhel, and Marine Delaval in the journal Computers & Education, brings much needed insight on this particular topic. It brings out the major factors when dealing with procrastination. First we have Time Management. Nicholas Michinov, Sophie Brunot, Olivier Le Bohec, Jacques Juhel, and Marine Delaval (2011) point out that “this is most common among students, especially at college and university levels” (pg. 2.1). A study was carried out completely online using Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) to analyze student’s success or failure in relation to procrastination. The results showed that procrastination and lack of participation lead to meager performance. The journal also states that this study found that the level of participation in discussion forums mediates the relationship between procrastination and performance” (Michinov, Brunot, Le Bohec, Juhel, & Delaval, 2011). This article reveals that “putting off” what you can today until tomorrow has incredible effect on the success of an online student...
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...Time Management | June 12 2014 | | Overcoming The Working Struggle | Ghelarducci – Stephanie Ghelarducci – Stephanie Table of Contents Time Management Strategies 2 Procrastination 3 Defeating Procrastination 4 Overview 4 Time Management According to the article A Personal Approach to Organizational Time Management written by Peter Bregman, “The biggest and most destructive myth in time management is that you can get everything done if only you follow the right system, use the right to-do list, or process your tasks in the right way” (Bregman, 2013). This statement is false because there is so much that must be done and there is not enough time in a day to finish all of the tasks we have at hand. Living in a world filled with all this technology is still not enough to finish our day to day tasks even if we work for every single hour in the day and night (Bregman, 2013). We would still not be able to keep up with our work load along with our personal tasks that must be done, too. Thus, having minimal time in a day is why individuals stress over their work which causes more problems. Mastering time management strategies will help individuals tremendously in their work and personal lives, and decrease the amount of problems that arise in their days due to poor time management skills. Time Management Strategies It takes practice to manage one’s time and there are a number of steps one can take to help him or her in completing their everyday tasks...
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...0033-2909/07/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.65 The Nature of Procrastination: A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review of Quintessential Self-Regulatory Failure Piers Steel University of Calgary Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious form of self-regulatory failure that is not entirely understood. Hence, the relevant conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work is reviewed, drawing upon correlational, experimental, and qualitative findings. A meta-analysis of procrastination’s possible causes and effects, based on 691 correlations, reveals that neuroticism, rebelliousness, and sensation seeking show only a weak connection. Strong and consistent predictors of procrastination were task aversiveness, task delay, selfefficacy, and impulsiveness, as well as conscientiousness and its facets of self-control, distractibility, organization, and achievement motivation. These effects prove consistent with temporal motivation theory, an integrative hybrid of expectancy theory and hyperbolic discounting. Continued research into procrastination should not be delayed, especially because its prevalence appears to be growing. Keywords: procrastination, irrational delay, pathological decision making, meta-analysis Procrastination is extremely prevalent. Although virtually all of us have at least dallied with dallying, some have made it a way of life. Estimates indicate that 80%–95% of college students engage in procrastination (Ellis & Knaus, 1977; O’Brien, 2002), approximately 75% consider...
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...Paper A problem that I have identified in which I have in my academic life is procrastination. Procrastination has been an issue for me since my years in high school and it is time I develop a strategy to deal with this “catastrophic” issue. In this paper I will develop a research strategy to find a solution for my academic procrastination and will incorporate these solutions into my academics. Have you ever received an assignment or project and you are given a few days to complete it. You tell yourself “ok, I am going to start working on the assignment tomorrow”. Now tomorrow has come and you know you have to start working on your assignment but then you’re going “well I still have two more days to do it” so you tell yourself “ok I will start tomorrow because I still have another day before it’s due”. Next thing you know it’s the night before your assignment is due and now you are stressing out, pressing for time, and up past midnight trying finishing your assignment. This what I have been doing for the last three years in school, waiting till the last minute to start a paper or study for exam. By me procrastinating when it comes to school work I feel pressured, stressed, and also feel as if I am not creating work that is to the best of my ability, this has caused me to receive grades that I was unsatisfied with and really has just made me an average student. I’m not alone when it comes to procrastination; about 50% of students procrastinate in a consistent and problematic fashion...
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...Another effect of watching television is television’s capacity as an outlet for procrastination. Endless hours can be spent in front of the television effortlessly. The tendency to do this can also increase when one is trying to avoid certain tasks, like studying. Also the amount of media a single television contains can keep a person engaged for prolonged periods of time. All one has to do it press a button and the channel will change providing more for one to watch. This means that the more channels a television has the greater the amount of time can be spent watching it. Procrastination can have a crippling effect on productivity, a television will only increase ones procrastination and cause students to develop poor study habits, such as cramming at the last minutes and rushing through assignments. One of the greatest adversaries students face from increasing the amount of television they watch is that television is not intellectually stimulating. Despite its ability to provide information, watching a television requires minimal effort and cognition. Unlike reading and critical thinking, watching television can cause a person to become apathetic and even lazy. Student need to keep their minds active and prepped for learning; this is hindered by watching television because the state a televisions can leave ones mind makes it especially hard to focus on studying and learning. Student need to study. Televisions, despite the few redeeming qualities they posses, have a negative...
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...Academic Procrastination and Academic Achievement Luciano, Kristel Joy A. ABPsych 2-2 Introduction to Psychology Psych 125 Academic Procrastination and Academic Achievement Nowadays, procrastination has been a common phenomenon happening in our daily lives. This practice can be observe almost everywhere, in our home, at work, in different fields and especially at school. In this fast-paced era where everything seems to be moving quite rapidly. Some people find it difficult to manage their tasks and so they tend to result to procrastination. This practice can be observe most commonly in schools or universities especially on college students where the student needs to manage their time between tasks. Like studying for multiple tests, completing their assignments, reviewing for future quizzes, completing their term papers and projects and doing extracurricular activities which will determine their academic achievement or academic performance. Yet, students still engage themselves in delaying their tasks. This widespread phenomenon is also known as procrastination. Academic Procrastination According to Solomon and Rothlum (1984) The term procrastination is defined as the act of needlessly delaying tasks to the point of experiencing subjective discomfort or putting off that which is necessary...
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...Procrastination is defined as a habit of putting things off until the last minute. Many things can cause procrastination. For instance, when an individual is to feel stressed, overwhelmed, laziness, a lack of motivation, lack of discipline, poor time management habits, lack of skill, and perfectionism. All these things play a key role in why people procrastinate. When a person feels stressed, they do not work productively. Many people become stressed due to their heavy work loads, and they do not take enough time out for leisure time. Leisure time helps the body and mind to be at ease, this will help individuals to be more productive. Many people believe that when a person feels stressed they will use procrastination as a way to cope with everything that is going on in their lives. Other times, the individual have too many items on there to do list, and they become overwhelmed. Individuals who become overwhelmed usually have too much to do and little time to do them in. A good way for one to eliminate these overwhelming feelings is to go over the items that are on these lists, and cut as much out as they can, or prioritize things in order of there importance. According to (2009), “It's been shown that the optimal work week for most people is 40-45 hours. Working longer hours than this actually has such an adverse effect on productivity and motivation that less real work gets done. This is especially true for creative, information age work.” Now laziness is just a habit people...
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...developers prepared a preventive approach. The first part will cover the introduction of time management and procrastination and its consequences. This is only the initiation of orienting the target subject by means of conducting a half-day seminar. Followed by uniting the students through team building and workshop, this is to understand and know their feelings and thoughts about the said program. Lastly, evaluating the students of what they have learned from the previous activities.The developers believe that the said activities are necessary and applicable to prevent as well as to help them learn how to manage time wisely and effectively. III. OBJECTIVES: 1. Recognize self-defeating problems such as; fear and anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and poor time management. 2. To give awareness among the selected participants about the benefits that they will gain from the program. 3. Identify your own goals, strengths and weaknesses, values and priorities. IV. RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT: Procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task which needs to be accomplished. No matter how well-organized and committed you are, chances are that you have found yourself frittering away hours on trivial pursuits (watching TV, checking your Facebook status, shopping online) when you should have been spending that time on school-related projects. Procrastination is behavior of delaying doing a task that can be done earlier but chooses to do it last minute. This behavior...
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...ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION (Personality traits and academic achievement) INTRODUCTION Procrastination has more and more become a matter of interest across multiple disciplines (Ainsle, 2005); Academic procrastination is defined as the intentional and needless deferral or delay of work that must be completed to the point of experiencing discomfort (Schraw, Watkins, & Olafson, 2007; Solomon & Rothblum, 1984). A few students use procrastination as an active, strategic behavior (Chu & Choi, 2005; Corkin, Yu, & Lindt, 2011; Steel, 2007); however, the present study uses the most common definition of the term procrastination to refer to the passive, needless delay of work on any academic task. In Zimmerman’s model, procrastination falls in the performance control phase, and has been described as the quintessential failure of self-regulation (Steel, 2007). In general, the academic procrastination behavior is a problem for a number of college or university students. A student procrastinates with regard to starting an assignment, and is unable to devote enough time to complete the assignment. As a result, there is a risk of a decrease in the quality of the assignment or of missing the deadline. This research makes the hypothesis that procrastination is related to the following personality trait factors: (1) the task difficulty (2) the students’ effort (3) enjoyableness (4) the impact and (5) the clarity of understanding. Personality traits have both direct effects...
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...situation and time utilization. It means changing those habits or activities that cause wastage of time. It’s being willing to adopt habits and methods to make maximum use of time. Time management skills allow students to organize their work and personal life efficiently. For example, students who manage their time well will finish their tasks ahead of deadlines, without last-minute scrambling or sacrificing work quality. However, in the university, many students are affected by poor time management. This can be attributed to the following causes: Lack of preparation This is caused when students rush in to complete tasks and assignments and consider planning as a waste of their time. They don’t want to waste their time doing a task that prevents them from completing their task faster. Unclear goals Poor time management is also caused when students do not have a specific goal to achieve. They do not have a clear end to their process hence they tend to do their tasks and assignments unorganized. Lack of assertiveness This occurs when students allow themselves to accept new tasks without considering any resources that you have to complete them. This causes tasks to pile up and hence they lose their focus and priority. Overconfidence This is seen as the false sense of security and the belief that everything, the deadline will be met. Many students have this false sense and it leads to procrastination and lack of priority. Unfinished tasks\work When students do not finish their...
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...EFFECTS OF PROCRASTINATION We always hear that nobody is perfect in this world but I wonder why everybody wants to be a perfect person if it is impossible then. It is undeniable that everyone has their own bad habit and we all know that bad habit is categorized as a weakness. However, I believe that we can change it to be a good quality that we can own by improve ourselves. This is because there is always a room for improvement. Me, myself has my own bad habit that is procrastination. I have promised to myself that I want to change this habit as I can see the effects on me; cannot complete my task on time, lowered down my grade and make me become lazy. One of the effects is I cannot complete my task on time. Therefore, it can hinder me from be a good student. As a college student, I cannot run from many assignments. Besides, the time given to complete the assignments is not too long. As a good student, I suppose to manage my time wisely so that I can finish all the assignments on time but as I have this bad habit, I cannot complete it. I always procrastinate. As a result, I was late to submit my assignment and my teacher will scold me for that mistake. I know that procrastinate is not good for me but I cannot help it. I always hold to these words, “better late than never”. My friends told me that I had misunderstood to these words but I am keep on denying it as I want to cover my mistake. It is clearly visible that procrastination has affected my life by hinder...
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