The Procrastination Proposal

The Ted Talk “Inside The Mind of A Master Procrastination,” by Tim Urban, explain how he claims that everyone procrastinates even if they don't know it. He uses evidence to prove his point such, as his personal experience and refers back to his blog to prove his idea. He claims that there are two types of precaution when there is a short-term effect of procrastination and a long-term of procrastination.

Trying to defeat procrastination is something many people try to do; procrastination can be something that can affect many people by leaving everything to be done at the last minute. After reading the blog written by Tim Urban “How to Beat Procrastination” it gives many examples of the everyday inner struggle of a procrastinator, and how to overcome them. Urban achieves the purpose by using a gratification monkey and by giving different examples to show what being a procrastinator is, and how you can defeat the purpose of being a procrastinator.

One of the biggest problems in modern day society is procrastination. Procrastination is delaying a task until the very last minute to try to avoid doing it. In the passage “Structured Procrastination,” the author describes how to harmlessly procrastinate. In the passage “A Stitch in Time,” the author describes how horrible procrastination is. These are the different takes on the habit.

The topic I chose to do my project on is “The Dreaded P Word”, procrastination. This topic interests me the most out of the course because it is a huge problem in my life and I want this project to teach me not to be a procrastinator.

I will begin by explaining my argument that emotional responses that are based on justification and motivation are not acceptable or sufficient enough grounds for morality. While Haidt and Bjorklund’s, social intuitionist model makes a good point on the grounds of morality, in which our moral reasoning is not a dependable ground for morality but can be used in helping a person’s intuitions or motivations, I do have a couple criticisms. First, I feel that just because a person is able to make quick responses based on their intuitions does not mean that this is an adequate enough ground for morality. A person can act on instinct or on their intuitions and do something that is immoral. Second, Haidt and Bjorklund make the claim that moral reasoning,

Procrastination is a tendency to postpone, put off, delay, reschedule, take a rain check on, put on ice, hold off, or to defer what is necessary to reach a particular goal.(Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition. Philip Lief Group 2009.) While attending College some students find it hard to juggle work, family, and friends. Leading most students down a dangerous path to procrastination; that negative impact affect students from their physical health, mental health, and social health.

Synopsis: Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed and stressed about assignments? Are you rushing to finish full paper the night before they are due? Do you have no self-control against your procrastination and fear it will soon get the better of you? How badly would you actually not have to worry when a paper is due the next day because you already did it. Procrastinators everywhere, trust me, I hear yeah, I have been there, but stop complaining and start helping yourself. No, I cannot do your assignment for you, but this book can surely help plan your time wisely to help stop your procrastination. I promise it will not take that long to read unless you procrastinate.

I am evenly split among both Quadrant 1 and 2 because I do check at was has to be done and prioritize my material in order of importance but there are also material that are urgent that has to be completed within the day such as homework. In order for me to spend more time in Quadrant 2 instead of Quadrant 1, the procrastinator, I will need to learn how to be more productive with my time and in managing my assignments more correspondingly. In doing so, I will be able to spend more time on Quadrant 2, the prioritizer, than in any other Quadrant such as the procrastinator, the yes-man(Quadrant 3), or the slacker(Quadrant 4).

The strategy I have used for reading and writing has been the SQ3R survey and skimming the information, questioning what needed for my lesson read it to myself recite it to myself and then review the information. However, my thinking too much on the subject have me second guessing, because the information I write I would like for it to be perfect. my struggle in this class has me running to the computer checking to see if grades posted or what errors need to be addressed but let me tell everyone I reached out to the tutoring service and they are awesome, they encouraged me and gave me confident to keep writing. My biggest time management concern is I take

Over the course of the story of “The Interlopers,” it shows that arguments are useless. In the story, it tells you about Georg and Ulrich arguing over a piece of land, but then agreed on being friends. (189-192). You will experience or have see sibling relationships before which shows two or more people arguing constantly, but it is not usually necessary. You shouldn’t have arguments over useless things.

“God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination”. In the article entitled Procrastination or Contemplation? Why Procrastinators Will Rule the Business World. By John Rampton, published in September 26, 2107.

I am procrastinating on getting my driving license. A lot has gotten in my way so I couldn’t even practice driving such as car issues and not having time to because of being a full time student and working four days a week. Another thing I am procrastinating at is saving up money for my future car and an apartment and bills in general. It is difficult saving up when I still have the expense of my mother’s funeral over my head. It is also difficult saving for my future when I have to help my father out with money.

Procrastination; one of the biggest enemies of collage students. Have you ever told your self “I will do it tomorrow, I still have time left” and then find yourself working on the paper the night before its due, stressing yourself out and wishing you could have done it with time? This is problem that the vast majority of collage student face. What collages students are not aware yet is that procrastination causes lower grades, stress, self-esteem, and health problems. "In 2007, estimates of procrastination in college students ran as high as 75 percent, with 50 percent reporting tat they procrastinate consistently and consider it a problem"(Burka & Yuen).

“Disinclined to activity or exertion: not energetic or vigorous,” is how Merriam-Webster defines “lazy”. To me, being lazy is simply lacking the motivation to accomplish duties that should be put in priority. Yet, at the same time, the many individual perspectives of psychology see laziness all in different lights.

Imagine living in the world of WALL-E, where everyone is riding on floating chairs everywhere he/she goes. Becoming obese and not being able to support your own weight anymore because of it. Well this is what the world today is going towards; everyone wants to “relax” and not be as active anymore. People have thrown the words laziness and relaxation into a blender together and mixed them up. However, there was a little too much laziness added into the recipe. Relaxation has a whole different meaning, compared to laziness, unfortunately people can’t see it. They are blinded by the thought “Oh I can just do it tomorrow” or “Well it’s not due till next week”. These thoughts throws people into traps that cause much more suffering than what