As college students, it is very common that we procrastinate at least once every day. Procrastination seems to become a skill that we use very often as students, and instead of embracing this laziness; we should be trying to find solutions to get rid of this negative habit. As each day goes by, we have various tasks at hand that we decide to push back until the last minute. But why not just get it done and over with? Hundreds of students all over the world suffer from procrastination habits daily. If you allow it to, procrastination WILL control your life.
As human beings, we somehow develop an urge to get lazy or get distracted very often. I am guilty of this, and I couldn't help but notice how much waiting until the last minute hinders things, rather than helps it. In my life, I find so many other things to do rather than what I am SUPPOSED to do. I would rather go shopping than write a five-page essay, but then again, who wouldn’t? Even though I am faced with so many activities to participate in daily, I know I should focus strictly on my academics and important tasks that I need to complete. Being a college student, I am faced with many assignments and exams to study for, and from experience, lazy and rushed work is never good. Developing the habit of being a procrastinator only seems to make things worse for me as time passes on. Therefore, I must push myself to work hard even when I don’t feel like it.
Now, I'm sure you can relate to spending endless hours on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook before even thinking about completing homework. Then, you spend several hours at the end of the night trying to cram homework in before the next day. I've done it too. I have been guilty of this so many times during the academic semesters, and I regret waiting until the last minute each and every time. This puts heavy amounts of stress on me that I could have easily avoided. I had to learn the hard way that procrastination doesn’t just harm time management, it affects studying habits, grades, decision making, and other factors.
No matter how hard I try, overcoming procrastination isn’t an easy task. It also seems almost impossible to control. Think of it as a huge cycle that holds you back from the important things in life. Within this cycle, you continuously put important tasks behind until the day they need to be completed, you rush to do it, and you stress yourself out to extreme measures during the process of getting it done. Then, from that point you receive another task, wait until the last minute and the cycle begins all over again. But, you can break this cycle. You can change it by getting a planner, setting reminders, and being more aware of your time management. After many failed attempts, you will become tired of waiting until the last few hours to write essays and study for exams. You'll also be dissatisfied with the grades produced from cramming. If you can control how much you procrastinate, it can be a huge benefit. You'll see improvement within yourself and your academics. This can be mastered easily if you start by not telling yourself “I’ll do it later.”
