I'll take care of that tomorrow...
Why do we procrastinate so much? Why is it that we put things off (or sometimes not do things at all) knowing full well that we are going to suffer for it later? From papers that are due, to cards needing to be sent, to phone calls needing to be made...what makes us fool ourselves into believing that it will all work out or that things will "magically"take care of themselves? Do you ever put things off and try to fool yourself into believing that things will be OK? Why do you think we do these things?
posted by KHannon @ 10:19 AM
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Yes I am the first to blog!!!!!!!
Everybody puts things off anf hopes they will "magically" get done on their own... even if their are consequenses that we have to face. I think we do this because that is what we were taught to do. For example, growing up as a child I might ask my mom for help and she would say, "in a minute" and we learn from our examples.This just shows our lazy sides and unfortunaltely we suffer later.
SENIORITIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I consider myself a natural procrastinator and senioritis makes it worse. I think my unnatural intelligence, that is nearing genius level standards, allows me to enter a state of false security. I feel as though as long as I know the work, then I can produce satisfactory homework and projects in a abnormally short amount of time. I believe one day my procrastination will result in my spending gross amounts of money on professional counseling. I will start taking donations now. Make checks payable to Molly F. and then you know my last name.
Seymour Butts says "cheerio",
Molly
P.S. I am still waiting for my ride to school! One day... The lady at Wilson Farms asked if my teacher was waiting in the parking lot to drive me to school, and I told her that "that teacher is extremely mean and unreasonable.
I believe that when you procrastinate its just a form of laziness. I won't lie I do in fact procrastinate some of the time. For me its because with some things i'm just lazy. When it comes to school work I will do it when its supposed to be done, and hand things in. When it comes to things at home I put it off for a while. I usually dont wash my clothes unless its the last pair of socks or underwear etc. Knowing that i'm not supposed to do that I just do it because i'm either busy or I just put it off intentionally. In my opinion I feel that we procrastinate because we are just too busy to do things or we are just plain lazy!!
I'll do this later.
Wow...this is definatley a good topic to write about. I am such a big procrastinator...it's crazy. Honestly, I don't know why I do it, but I do always get everything done that I need too. This happens especially with my school work. School is not one of my biggest priorities and I feel I have better things to do than do a pointless assignment. I know I can get things done the night before they are due, so who wants to spend days doing only a little at a time? I don't think it matters when you do something, as long as it's done when it is supposed to be done.
♥ Crystal
Procrastination is something that everyone does. I can't blame it solely on senioritis because some people have been doing it since freshman year. However, seniors do tend to procrastinate a bit more and I blame it on the amount of activities that we pursue. Between going to school, extra curricular activities, and working there is little to no time to complete tasks assigned for homework. I truely don't think laziness is to blame because I do procrastnate at times. After everything I do in one day, trying to do homework is close to impossible due to exaustion. I always say that I'll wake back up but in actuality I never do which leaves me rushing to do everything in the morning.
Dear Mrs. Hannon,
I don't really know why we procrastinate so much i believe the real reason is fear of failing. That we Push it off because of the fear. Society today is waiting for us to fail so we push it off i myself, find i do it often. i do it because i am turly afraid i'll do it and fail and that is truly what i find help me procrastinate!!!!!!!!!
Sincerely,
liz
I don't know why people procrastinate so much. I don't know why I do it, because everytime I do, I just let whatever I was supposed to be doing wait until the last minute. Then, when the deadline arrives, I am freaking out that I didn't do it. I really don't think that they will get automatically done, I just think I will get to it later. Take college for example! I am waiting for the last minute to do everything, even though I know I should be doing them now. I wish I wasn't like that, but I am. I think it is a hard thing to stop doing as well.
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Right this very moment, in class, I am thinking oh I'll just do this at home or I have a study hall I'll do it in. Why I do this I do not know, but there is no doubt in my mind that every one puts things off untill later. Im sure there are many reassons for this some where, studies, or something out on the internet but I dont feel like going to look for them NOW maybe later. Its human nature to be lazy, none of us want to interupt our very important couch time to get up and go do something productive. Dont ask me why me do this but we all do Im sure you , Mrs Hannon were thinking I dont want to read peters blog rite now because I have a game of Mairo cart to play with your son Jack ... not me ... Jack.
Right this very moment, in class, I am thinking oh I'll just do this at home or I have a study hall I'll do it in. Why I do this I do not know, but there is no doubt in my mind that every one puts things off untill later. Im sure there are many reassons for this some where, studies, or something out on the internet but I dont feel like going to look for them NOW maybe later. Its human nature to be lazy, none of us want to interupt our very important couch time to get up and go do something productive. Dont ask me why me do this but we all do Im sure you , Mrs Hannon were thinking I dont want to read peters blog rite now because I have a game of Mairo cart to play with your son Jack ... not me ... Jack.
In all seriousness, I procrastinate all the time. It's so hard to just sit down and get something done. There always seems to be something more important to do, or i just want to relax. I don't think that it will magically get done, I just can't concentrate until I'm under pressure to finish. I put thought into whatever the project or task maybe before I actually start tough, so it's not so much procratination as it is laziness. I always get the job done though and usually I get a good grade. I guess I continue to procrastinate and be lazy because it usually does work out. If it doesn't work out, I usually find a way to fix the problem. Procrastionation is a way of life for me now. I'm to old to learn time management, because I always put that off. So I guess that's it.
Wow, that is a great question that i wish I had the answer to so I could fix it! I do procratinate though. I always put things off untill the day before it is due, and then I am just stressing. If I could just time it out, I'd be set! Like with a five page paper due in a week, I could simply do a page a day. But nooo! I always take the hard route and do it the night before. Whoever finds a remedy for this problem...LET ME KNOW!!
I put things off things all the time. I think to myself that I'll do it but never get to it. I don't feel that it will take care of itself, it's something that i have to take care of on myself. I think most people do it because they have tons of other things going on and can never get around to it or just forgets. At least that's my reason for procrastinating. If I was to pace my time and schedule things better I would not be a procrastinator.
I am one of the biggest procrastinators I know. I am actually surprised I didn't wait to do this blog later. I think it's just a bad habit that most people grew up with. In grammer school and the early years of high school we could get away with doing a project or homework at the last minute. In 6th grade I did my science fair project the night before. I didn't even think of it until the last minute, and I got first place for it. Since we were little we learned that even though we are doing our homeworks and projects at the last minute and still get a good grade for it.
Wow, I think that I am the Queen at Procrastinating. I think that I could have done that math homework last night when I had an extra hour before work but no, I did it first period. haha. I am not the only one that puts things off though. It's not even only students. Teachers have a problem in that area too. BUT, us seniors have an excuse........WERE SENIORS!!! haha
I think everyone procrastinates so much because there is always something everyone would rather be doing instead of what they need to do. When something else is holding your interest your going to put off the important things for a later date and possibly not do them at all. In reality we know that we have to make the effort and work so are tasks can be completed. Due to the fact that we don't want to be bothered at the time we tell ourselfs that it will work out in the end and we start to believe it. Not until reality sets and it hasn't all worked out in the end we now know what we should have done. Yes i do put things off because everyone would rather be doing something else besides work, but either way I always complete my assignments and hand them in on time.
I believe that people put it in there minds that things will get done and be ok and put things off because it sounds good. It makes things seem easier. If you really dont feel like doing something it is always easier to make yourself believe that it will be no trouble to do it at a later date. This gives us a good reason not to do it at that moment. Even though you know in your head that there will be consequences if we do not get our job or obligation done at that moment and we might have to rush to get it done and it will not be as good as we want it to be. despite this we still put things off till the last minute.
Everybody procrastinates. I know that I do it all the time. When something needs to be done I always tell myself I'll do it later and then I end up doing it at the last minute. I think people do this because they are just too lazy to do what they have to do at that moment or it may even be that they are scared to do something (like making a phone call}.
Procrastination is natural and not one person can ever say that they never procrastinated before. I believe people procrastinate for either two reasons:laziness and/or stress. For example, this school year I have been really stressed, therefore I procrastinated or did not do things, like homework, at all. I also think it all depends on what we should be doing whether we'll procrastinate or not.
Mrs. Hannon,
The only time I procrastinate is when I am not interested in something. For example, if it is Math homework I have to do, since Math is my favorite subject, it will be the first thing on my “Things To Do” list. If it is something that doesn’t spark my interest, I WILL wait until the VERY last minute to do it. My father always gets mad at me because I seem to do it quite frequently. However, if I know it is something important, like a college application, I will be done on time.
I think procrastination occurs from the lack of interest in certain things. It got me in trouble before when I was younger, and by learning it the hard way, I believe it is very important for people to overcome that awful habit.
I love the fact that you brought this up Mrs. Hannon I was just thinking about this the other day. I don't know why I put things off untill the last minute. I think maybe because I work better under pressure, because I know whatever I am working HAS to get done. I wish I didn't do this, it really causes me a lot of stress. Life would be much easier if I stayed on top of things rather than always trying to play "catch up."
Oh man, I procrastinate a lot! I hate that I do it but I seem to do it quite frequently. I always know that some way or some how I'll get something done but I always wait until the last minute. Whenever I have to write a paper or an essay, I can't do it a few days before the due date because I can't think straight out about it. But when I'm under pressure and have to think about it, it seems to go alright. I think that because I have procrastinated so much in the past its where now I just feel like procrastination is an "ok" habit. I do get stressed out and nervous when the due date for something comes around and I'm doing it the day before the due date at eleven o’ clock at night. I always ask myself why I held that something off for so long. Every time I do it, I just believe and fool myself that everything will go alright because everything has gone good in the past when I had procrastinated. I think we all procrastinate because we always assure ourselves that we'll get the things done one way or another.
For people to say that they don't procastinate is a lie. Teachers, students, everyone from every kind of profession procastinates it's just something that people can't help but doing. It's just when people wait to the day before or even the day a paper, or when a project is due is when the problem starts. I think we do this because people are just generally lazy and don't feel like doing anything until they have to.
Hi Mrs.Hannon
Of course everyone procastinates. In my opinion i believe that people procrastinate because they really believe that they will get the job done. People leave things for the last minute because they believe that the job will not take a long time to finish. They believe that the job will not be hard to complete and that things will be okay. Even if people don't have along time and leave everything to the last minute that everything is going to turn out okay without any problems. When in fact to do a good job no matter how easy the work is you should and need to take time to do the work so it will turn out the way you want it to.
Hello all!!!!!!! (This is Jeff)
Ok I am having technical difficulties with my blog(forgot my password) and Joe was kind enough to let me post on his cock diesal blog!
Ok Procrastination! Everyone does it and they think that it will work out just fine. Sometimes it does but other times it does not. I don't know why people procrastinate, maybe its because we are lazy or maybe its because we think that if we wait until the last second the project will get cancelled. No lies I do that very often, I sit there and wait hoping the teacher will just say ooooooo guys just forget about that lovely paper I told you to write.
Watch one day it will happen and I will laugh but until then procrastination is not a wise choice yet most people do it anyways.
thank you and goodbye.
Jeffy
Most times we don't worry about something that is due because we know we have time. At times we may be distracted or don't place it as a number one priority. I dont always do it but like I said before, if we don't place something as a priority from the time we know it's going to be due, we really don't pay attention because we think I'll have it done later. At times we leave things to the last minute because we know that it can be done fast with no problem.
I can call myself a procrastinator, eventhough I can be a perfectionist at times. Yeah I do hope and wish that things would "magically" be done on their own and in the way I want them to. When I put things for later is usually because they are not my number one priority at the time. I also may do that beacuse I know that I have time to get things done. For example when we may get weeks to do a project or a paper, I'll usually do it 2 to 3 days before they are due, especially when I know that the assigned task is easy. I also may do this because, I myself work good under pressure even though it freaks me out. I know that good things take time and effort, but my work is always presentable and accurate.
I love the saying "EASIER SAID THAN DONE", because we can all relate to it. We say "I'll do it later" but when it really comes down to it, it may be hard for us to get things done because we wasted so much time. Also high school seniors like myself and my fellow classmates like to blame our lack of doing things with time to SENIORITIS, but it's that really fair?. For example when I don't do my math homework in time I just say forget it I dont't feel like doing anything I have senioritis. It's not really true, I just don't feel like doing it or I know that I have time to do it in study hall so I leave it for later.
We should really just get things done when we have the chance to because, if it's easier to do things when we have the chance to, why make it harder on yourself.
We all do it. We all say "oh i'll do that assignment later or oh that can wait." I do it all the time,save things until the last minute it's due. For some, that method works because they work well under pressure. For others it puts a large amount of stress on them because they put it off and they didn't do a good job or didn't do it at all(that's me). Sometimes things can be quite overwelming and we just don't want to do whatever it is because we are afraid it won't be good enough. I insist on doing one thing at a time but I end up not even starting anything. Sometimes it seems that whatever needs to be done will in fact get done without you lifting a finger but that's all in our minds because we wish that's how everything worked. My philosophy:"Take everything one step at a time, and put your best effort into everything you do."
Well, I can honestly say that I am one of the many people you are speaking about. Im not realy sure why I do this but I do very often. I guess that sometimes I feel like the best thing would be to do something when I have more time but ironicly that time usualy doesn't come, and even though I am very aware of this I still find myself doing it over and over agian. I can explain why because I realy don't know why, but its a habit I hope to break.
I feel the problem is that we feel its not as important as other things we are trying to get done or want to do so we tend to put them of until the last miniute thnking we can get them done the night before there do not counting on runnning into problems or even forgetting about it wich is why there hurt in the long run
Yes...Mrs. Hannon, I'm home sick again!! I looked at the lesson plans for today, I thought about doing it now, but yet again, I said that I will do it later or tomorrow...I don't know why I do that either.
I think that procrastination is part of the human nature. I for one procrastinate more than one should. Just yesterday I cleaned my room. I've been trying to clean it for this past week! I think that many people procrastinate because they have better things on their minds or simply because they are lazy. I can most definitley classify myself as a procrastinator. I always wait to the last minute. For example I always tend to delay homework,projects, papers and the big one STUDYING. I don't know why I do it but I do. I always know the result of waiting to the last minute. It happens all the time I wait to late at night to begin. I get real sleepy and cranky at night. I run around the house in complete frantic irritating everyone because of my attitude. Especially now being a senior things are 10 times worst. It just seems like there's always something to do wheter its homework a millon of papers, tests, quizzes, a social life and not to mention stressful college decisions and applications. I really hope I can get out of this bad but natural habit which I probably won't because college isn't the time to be putting things of because I'll get left behind for real. Even though I tend to put many things off to the last minute I somehow manage to get everything together and hand everything in when it's due. I think the stress helps me in a way.
I most definitely procrastinate. Whenever I get an assignment, I usually start out thinking I'll work on it right way, but then I get lazy, and leave it until later. "Later" usually becomes five minutes before it's due. I know most of the time, it is just due to my laziness, but there usually are other factors as well. Sometimes, like you said, Mrs, Hannon, sometimes I hope that if I just wait long enough, the task at hand will disappear. Obviously, it doesn't, but I never seem to remember that. Usually it all works out for me, though, because I work well under pressure.
OMG do I procrastinate I mean look im doing this a day late because last ngiht I told myself I was going to take a nap and wake up and write my reponse. Did I do it? NO. I can't help but to proocrastinate its something I have always done. I know I do my best work under pressure so when a paper is due on the 4 I write it that day knowing im still going to get a good grade.I don't think there is really a cure for procrastination no matter what everyone is going to put things off to a certain extent. I think if you push yourself hard enough maybe you could break your ways and do things on time but why do that when you know the job is going to get done whether you do it days before or the day of.
I think its just us being lazy and me being Desmond i procastinate. I know i can do things but sometimes i just say forget it i wont do it, then i end up not doing it. If it is something that i really need to hand in for a big grade i do it. If its little i will do it at the last minute knowing i could of did it the night before. I'm a senior now and i procastinate even more because I'm mostly thinking about graduating. We procastinate just because were lazy.
Hi Mrs. Hannon!!
Personally I wait until the last minute to do things like school work because I seem to do better when I'm under a lot of pressure. If I do stuff when it's first assigned I forget to turn it in, I lose it, or I go back with the intentions of fixing it and mess it up. With other things like the whole college research/ application process i'm not ashamed to say that i'm procrastinating about it because i'm afraid of the outcome. Procrastination is a part of our lives as humans no matter what the reason is.
~Burruss
Procrastinate? It's my middle name. I put things off so much. If I know I can get the assignment or whatever it is done then I say why do it now? So I just wait until the last minute to do it. Like this V for Vendetta Essay...Its due TOMORROW, but I am just starting it now and it's like 7. Why am I just starting it now when I had all of last week to do it? I don't know. I guess it's because if I know I can get it done now why waste valuable time before doing it. Wow that sounded kind of lazy..Well at least I'm not on my own here.
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I am definetely a procrastinator. Its hard for me to sit down and concentrate on work. I think it's because im always on run and i sometimes don't have enough time to finish what i have started so ill just leave it for later. Procrastination is basically being lazy.
Wow what a topic, being that I was suposed to comment to this blog like last week.(sorry Mrs. Hannon, having technical difficulties on my computer at home) but anyways I personally feel I am the biggest procrastinator there is. I put everything off instead of getting it done at that moment. I wait to do everything but usually its because something else comes up or I'll start something and put it off for later kowing well enough that I wont go back and do it. Thats a big problem for me because I truly feel that is the reason why I do so bad in school, I lose interest and lose focus on doing the better thing or the thing i should be doing, instead I rather go hang out with my friends or get more hours at work.
Everyone procratinates even teachers but mostly us seniors, we know its almost the end(tear) and we just think we dont need to do it, its usually called "SENIORITIS!" It seems like all our assignments are pointless and we tend not to do they or put them off till the day before.When procrastinating only makes you more stressed in the end, rushing to get it done and trying to find ways around it.
Yes i do believe that everybody procrastinates when sometimes papers ,applications,and/or projects are due. I myself have had projects even my college applications and waited till the last minute to finish it hoping that somehow it will be ok.
I think many people procrastinate because they feel that it will get done in due time, but many of times it never get done..People no that it wont magically get done, but many people sure do wish that it can. Everyone stresses over deadlines, and many of time the outcomes are positive, and everything turns out to be ok.... So people dont stress and do things at thhe last minute...
Procrastionation = the story of my life. At the moment, I'm trying to finish your scavenger hunt by 2:30 because I have to go to work at 3. Then I have to come back to my gramma's after work at 8:30 and do my college course paper which I haven't started. Procrastionation much? I think so.
Procrastination, wow let me tell you Mrs.Hannon I procrastinate a lot. About everything. I always feel like thing are going to get done on their own and I wont have to worry about it. Even though I know in the end I'm screwed. I think we do this because most people think that it's not as important as the other things that they have to take care of. I always wait to the last minute to let my mom know when I'm going somewhere or let my work know that I can't come in and then it's usually a fight about whether I can get off or not. And I think I usually do it because I don't want to think about it or I get selfish and feel like people should just know that I've got something to do. I have a horible case of senioritis.. I've found myself waiting to the last minute to study for a test,repsond to your blog or do a paper.. It's crazy I think its our subconsious telling us we need a break (hahaha)
♥Samantha
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I procrastinate. I am probably one of the worst in the world. Procrastination is a big problem with seniors like Molly pointed out. We get tired of all the same things all the time. When we get home from school we may know we have a really important essay to do but we just got home from school we really don't want to do anything that has to do with school. We know we must do these things but after awhile we forget, then just don't do it. We do this because we just get bored after awhile.
I procrastinate. I am probably one of the worst in the world. Procrastination is a big problem with seniors like Molly pointed out. We get tired of all the same things all the time. When we get home from school we may know we have a really important essay to do but we just got home from school we really don't want to do anything that has to do with school. We know we must do these things but after awhile we forget, then just don't do it. We do this because we just get bored after awhile.
We all seem to procrastinate but even more so in our senior year. We hope projects will "magically" become perfected and be taken care of. We hope this will happen but we always wait and things are never taken care. For some reason thats what happened to me. I procrastinated for three full weeks on writing a five to eight page essay. I wrote the essay in two days. I wish had enough drive to actually allow myself to do the neccessary things to pass courses and get on top of things. We all learn to procrastinate from parents, teachers, mentors around us when we are growing up. They influence us to be lazy or to be driven. And when they fail it is shown through our actions. I hope all of us after senior year will learn how to take care of things when they need to be taken care of. This will hopefully prove that we are mature and can do things to greater insure our future.
dude sweet hi
Everyone puts things off for long periods of time and hopes they will get done by someone else or hoping that they get the energy to do it but really want someone else to do the work for us.
So basically, I leave a response on this every time I procrastinate a lot. It's definately 2 a.m. right now and I'm doing my college course paper. Caffeine and citationmachiene.net are pretty much my best friends right now. I'm not gonna be in class tomorrow because I'm leaving at 10:30 for a doctor's appt.
See you tomorrow in breakfast!
Peace homie.
♥ Cryssy
~hehe...I really don't know why I just wrote you this...DO DO DO DO WEEEEE! I ♥ COFFEE!!
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