Effects Of Procrastination

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Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There! Procrastination generally occurs in everyone when short-term benefits are the only outcome people with traits like poor self-discipline want, which leads to stress while waiting until the last minute to work. This stress often leads to illness, although sometimes there are ways to deal with it. I mostly believe that there are bad attributes to procrastination, more so than good attributes. Traits of procrastination include how rewarding a task may seem, affecting how hard a person will work on it, and laziness. Some may see procrastination as healthy, such as active procrastination. Research on older history shows the positive effects of waiting to do an activity. Although there are these good effects, …show more content…

A. H. C. Chu and J. N. Choi distinguished two types of types of procrastination, and “found that active procrastinators did possess desirable behavioral and attitudinal characteristics, leading to positive personal outcomes” (Choi and Moran 2009). These positive personal outcomes are a result of procrastination at it’s finest. People with these adequate procrastination skills have probably learned from their bad habits in the past, and that helps everyone know that procrastination can be changed. Frank Partnoy shows historical views on procrastination, in an article about his book, such as how “The Greeks and Romans generally regarded procrastination very highly. The wisest leaders embraced procrastination and would basically sit around and think and not do anything unless they absolutely had to” (Gambino 2012). Those Romans and Greeks were able to enjoy their time of relaxation, using procrastination as a healthy tool rather than a bad habit. Even wise leaders used it! What an amazing realization that we aren’t getting the idea to procrastinate out of thin …show more content…

I have a bad habit of only trying easy things, such as simply playing music I already know. Learning from mistakes as a procrastinator, like not pushing yourself, can help you become an active procrastinator. Active procrastinators follow in the footsteps of historical figures. Although you can become an active procrastinator, illnesses are generally the outcome of stress from bad procrastination. The cycle of procrastination can be a slippery slope. So the next time you feel like procrastinating, remember what the most important thing to do is, even though it may not be fun, pushing yourself will make many things a lot easier in the long

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