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Problems With Procrastination

"Oh look, Netflix just added season two of the show."

Angela German

Oct 21, 2017

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There are many ways to avoid success in life, and while no one consciously wishes ill to themselves - procrastination is a real life problem that many people face. Procrastination - procrastinating, is an actual action that can sabotage people on their path to success. It's a chronic issue and a very serious problem that has had its origins in developmental growth. Procrastination is not something you just pick up one day, it's something you adapt to your lifestyle. It's a maladaptive one, but it's a lifestyle nevertheless. And here are the problems, you've probably faced if you do procrastinate:

1. Having anxiety all the time because of all the things one should do

2. Not knowing if it is really worth it to squeeze in time with friends or not, but ending up going out anyway

3. You have Netflix

4) Always having to submit things unrevised or barely finished.

5. Living with constant stress, but just simply not acknowledging it until the deadline is literally two minutes away

6. Always having a ton of work to do

7. Always making yourself believe that you will do better tomorrow

8. Sunday is the last-minute stuff day. Aka, everything must be started and done today

9. Online deadlines are the worst. No one can or will tell you when things are due but you.

10. You spend more time justifying your choice to do things later or doing something else rather than the thing which you are supposed to be doing...in general

11. You go on Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat through once, twice; refresh, scroll, and repeat

12. You have to eat before you do anything

13. You convince yourself you need a "short" nap to get energy to do your work

14. You feel judged during group projects

15. Your printer - no printers, all printers hate you

16. You're always the one asking if you could go print or email your work to the teacher

17. You abandon ship by sleeping rather than cramming

18. You think "tomorrow" is a magical day where you start at level 1 again, but it really isn't

19. You don't understand people who finish things one month ahead of the time. Like, what are they?

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"Oh look, Netflix just added season two of the show."

1. Having anxiety all the time because of all the things one should do

2. Not knowing if it is really worth it to squeeze in time with friends or not, but ending up going out anyway

3. You have Netflix

4) Always having to submit things unrevised or barely finished.

5. Living with constant stress, but just simply not acknowledging it until the deadline is literally two minutes away

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8. Sunday is the last-minute stuff day. Aka, everything must be started and done today

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10. You spend more time justifying your choice to do things later or doing something else rather than the thing which you are supposed to be doing...in general

11. You go on Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat through once, twice; refresh, scroll, and repeat

12. You have to eat before you do anything

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19. You don't understand people who finish things one month ahead of the time. Like, what are they?

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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