procrastination

This week in Dr. Blumin’s course I learned the effect of procrastination. Tips I have learned throughout this course are to first, stop thinking about the task you must complete and to start actually doing the task. Planning out what you need to achieve can definitely help you achieve the task. Although, when planning out what tasks you must do to get done, over planning and thinking can always have an opposite effect. Look at what needs to get done and take it one step at a time instead of trying to overloading yourself. Going off from what I said we go into step two which is to just take the first step. When us as students start to look too far into the future of all our assignments, projects and studying we always seem to think it is impossible to complete and eventually give up or shut down. This is why you plan out by priorities and have to say to yourself, “what needs to get done first?” Having priorities and knowing what is important and less important can help you finishing your task a lot more efficiently. This goes into my next step which is, start with your hardest task first. Having completed a subject that is difficult for you or is time consuming can make you feel more relieved and good about yourself when you get something challenging and long out of your way first. To conclude on these steps, the last one to try and achieve would be to face your fears. For me, this is probably the biggest challenge because I hate the feeling of being overloaded with work and knowing that you have such little time to complete it. Not taking your first step in accomplishing your work is probably the worst feeling to have. Go over everything you have to do and organize it out by what needs to get done first to what is not so important. Just don’t make excuses for yourself into why you can’t finish something that you started. Procrastination is big with every student but by following these steps and taking control of your emotions can help you finish all of your work effectively :).