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Procrastinating

Procrastinating is something that no one should do, however there are many people who do. I think that we procrastinate because don't want to do work although we know it's due. And the pressure of completing the task is the motivation. Most procrastinators say that they do better when they are under pressure, but have they ever tried working at a regular pace? I have done both, but I mostly procrastinate. When I become bored enough to actually do my work long before the due date, I usually do better than if I wait until the last minute. But the reason I procrastinate is because of not wanting to do the work.

I've tried over and over again to try and not procrastinate, but I always end up doing so. I think that I need some traumatizing event (getting a bad grade or not making it on a team) to get me to get out of procrastinating. But I want to be able to get out of the habit without that happening. I usually remember traumatizing events better than happy events, even though in either case I would forget the details fast. In Biology, we have a research project to do, and my teacher says that she would rather teach us to not procrastinate now, then later in college when a lot more is on the line and I strongly agree with this.

There are a few ways that I am trying to learn not to procrastinate, such as making a schedule. But most of the time I usually end something later than I think and everything just gets pushed back more and more. Making a list of things to do is not specific enough and I tended to put things that I didn't like at the end of the day. The next thing I am trying to do is keep the tabs of things that I need to do and when I finish it, close the tab.