#learningandbehavior

Have you ever had a paper due for class? You are told about it two weeks in advance, yet you put it off because, well why not you have plenty of time to do it so why start it now? Time goes by and you still have not completed or even started the paper, now its the day before its due and you are freaking out. You are rushing to complete a paper that you knew about in advance and had plenty of time to due so why wait till the last possible moment to do it?

In simple words, Procrastination. 

Now what exactly does that mean?

 Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing a task.

This normally occurs when there is something you don’t want to do. That’s the simple version at least. Most people assume that it is a choice or a matter of will power but the actuality of it is more complex then that.

What causes procrastination to happen is no simple answer though, as there are many causes.

ADHD

Depression

Anxiety

lack of energy

lack of motivation

feeling overwhelmed

feelings of failure and so on

When all of these negative factor out weigh our self control and our motivation to get something done, we tend to either leave it to the last possible moment or eventually forget about it till its too late and over with.

Now how to work around it as we try to break the habit of procrastination. 

making a schedule, to manage time better

understanding what it is that you are trying to accomplish

breaking the task into smaller more manageable pieces

having help, wither from a friend or a teacher

Remember that this isn’t the end of the world. Its something we all do and we can work with it to be better.