Procrastinating

[Uthman]

I suspect that I'm not the only member around here who procrastinates a lot when I should be doing homework. I'm doing it right now.

Does anybody else want to own up to doing it? It is a serious thing at the end of the day because it could ultimately mean the difference between several grades when it comes to our exams.

So what can be done about it?



P.S. Definitions of procrastination on the Web:

• [SIZE=-1]to put off intentionally and habitually.[/SIZE]

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• the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
• [SIZE=-1] dilatoriness: slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it [/SIZE]

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• Procrastination is the deferment or avoidance of an action or task to a later time and is often linked to perfectionism. ...

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• "Procrastination" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two.

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[-Elle-]

I was wondering if someone would ever create a thread about procrastination...
mwah ha ha ha ha.

lol.

I am the QUEEN of procrastination...haha.(not that im proud of that or anything...*cough*cough*.)

No in all honesty(and seriousness) I don't think that procrastinating can truly affect your grades....we all need a break sometimes,I mean,maybe some people can work work work non-stop...then relax;but I think for the most part,people(like me),need to take breaks(not endless ones) between tasks,just to get refreshed a bit.

 

[amille40]

I feel like there is a difference between people who call themselves procrastinators (like myself), and people who truly have a problem with it.

All of us who know we are putting something off end up getting it done in the end because we are aware of what we are doing.

I think someone who truly procrastinated wouldnt be aware that they are constantly putting an action off, and risking never getting it done or to their satisfaction.



Just my 2 cents.

 

[Uthman]

Thanks for the replies. I would say that for me, it is a problem. Since my Easter holidays started (last Thursday), I have only done three quarters of an essay. And I have got looooads of other homework to do. But I just find myself on LI; because that's where I want to be.

 

[jzcasejz]

Wa'alaykum Salaam

I don't think that procrastinating can truly affect your grades....we all need a break sometimes,I mean,maybe some people can work work work non-stop...then relax;but I think for the most part,people(like me),need to take breaks(not endless ones) between tasks,just to get refreshed a bit.

Yeah but that just sounds like taking a break from studies, and we all need that. Procrastination is well different from taking the odd break here and there - which everyone is advised to do when studying. If we check the definitions the Brother gave, one of them is: "putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time" ... and therefore when handing in some work, it might not be the best we could've done! Or when it comes to revision, someone might revise the night before the exam! mg: And that surely does affect grades, bigtime!

And by the way Bro, I am a bigggg procrastinator! I actually done last and this years A-Level English literature coursework on the actual day it was due in!!! :skeleton: I paid for it last year, though this year the grade was much better lol.

As to what you can do about it??? There's no way other than to just sit down and do the work! No matter how boring it may be... :exhausted+o( You want those grades, you work!

And check this site out, I found it really helpful, you might too (though it's mainly on the topic of revision): http://www.videojug.com/interview/revision-planning-2

 

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:salamext:

2 things:

1) think about ur grades, and ur future, surely u want to get a decent paid job?

2) get ur account disabled on LI for a certain period of time (not that i'm encouraging you) :X, that way u wont be able to post, and will get on with your homework?

no? yes? right then. thats sorted

 

[IbnAbdulHakim]

assalamu alaikum

i once heard the biggest cause of the people entering jahannam is procrastination :| so it doesnt only affect exams akhee :-#

 

[Nájlá]

Thanks for the replies. I would say that for me, it is a problem. Since my Easter holidays started (last Thursday), I have only done three quarters of an essay. And I have got looooads of other homework to do. But I just find myself on LI; because that's where I want to be.

at least you got something done not like me. i have got textile, art and r.e and i havnt even opend them and my easter holidays is nearly finshed i bet got and do my work

 

[Ummu Sufyaan]

buckle down and get back to work people!!! not that i can talk

 

[Al-Zaara]

Thanks for the replies. I would say that for me, it is a problem. Since my Easter holidays started (last Thursday), I have only done three quarters of an essay. And I have got looooads of other homework to do. But I just find myself on LI; because that's where I want to be.

Selam aleykum brother,

I for one have a big problem with it too, and not 'cause I'm on LI, but I do other things, anything else than what I'm suppoused to do! And then, I gotta hurry. Though I have sometimes experienced that I do better in projects and essays when I am in hurry, weirdly enough. I guess it's 'cause I have no toher choice than to get by brain online and do it, otherwise I'm doomed! There's my motivation. 'Life or death' - like. lol

I guess at the end of the day, it all comes down to how good you can motivate yourself, or 'psych out'. Maybe you think you've got so much to do and it feels overwhelming.. Yet there will come a moment you cannot do anything else than simply get things done, you'll come to the end-stop. Fast or slowly, it's up to you and your time-table.

After one has gone through this kind of difficult situation, he/she will pull oneself together and for a period of time do things on time and accurately.. But again, it will be easy to fall into the same trap again, 'cause we're just such easy victims and lazy/weak.

You gotta make school your priority, study regulary and organization.

Time management skills boil down to awareness, organization and commitment. You need to become aware of and record everything you're doing so that important things get done on time and nothing has a chance to sneak up on you. You also need to commit to keeping your schedule, and not wandering off when something more momentarily interesting occurs.

Why do Students Procrastinate?

• Poor Time Management.
• Difficulty Concentrating.
• Fear and Anxiety.
• Negative Beliefs.
• Personal problems.
• Finding the Task Boring.
• Unrealistic Expectations and Perfectionism.
• Fear of Failure.

How to Overcome Procrastination

• Recognize self-defeating problems.
• Identify your own goals, strengths and weaknesses, values and priorities.
• Compare your actions with the values you feel you have. Are your values consistent with your actions?
• Discipline yourself to use time wisely: Set priorities.
• Study in small blocks instead of long time periods.
• Motivate yourself to study: Dwell on success, not on failure.
• Set realistic goals.
• Modify your environment.

Source

 

[Uthman]

Thank you sister Al-Zaara. That helps a lot.

 

[crayon]

I was wondering if someone would ever create a thread about procrastination...

I was going to, but kept putting it off...

 

[Uthman]

I was going to, but kept putting it off...

 

[snakelegs]

long ago i bought a book on overcoming procrastination, but i never got around to reading it! (no joke - true!)
seriously, i think when you're in the midst of depression, you tend to procrastinate more - at least i did. sometimes i would procrastinate doing some necessary work so long that i would be more exhausted than if i had just done it then and there.

 

[aminahjaan]

I'm a proud procrastinator lol

 

[Uthman]

Thanks for your posts.

I think I'll give a proper reply tomorrow.

Shut up Osman. That's so lame now.

 

[Woodrow]

long ago i bought a book on overcoming procrastination, but i never got around to reading it! (no joke - true!)
seriously, i think when you're in the midst of depression, you tend to procrastinate more - at least i did. sometimes i would procrastinate doing some necessary work so long that i would be more exhausted than if i had just done it then and there.

It is true procrastination is often caused by depression. A depressed person has absolutely no incentive to complete anything. They become totaly eshausted before even starting. the intent to do is there and the plans are there. It is just too exhausting to take the first step to complete a task.

when procrastination is caused by depression, the first step needs to be to eliminate the depression. this may often require medical help.

 

[-Elle-]

Wa'alaykum Salaam



Yeah but that just sounds like taking a break from studies, and we all need that.

woups,I guess my post did sort of sound like that,but

If we check the definitions the Brother gave, one of them is: "putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time" ... and therefore when handing in some work, it might not be the best we could've done!

this is what I meant.What I meant by"taking breaks here and there" is when you have a certain amount of work,you some of it(ex:you do your sciences..)but put off your,let's say,an english essay,until the last second(until the day before it's due).

Anyway,
I really try sometimes to do the work the day it's assigned...but a few things here...and a couple of things there...and I realise that the work has not been touched.Time flies by these days.I remember reading that that's a sign of the approaching day of Judgement.
:?

 

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Thanks for your posts.

I think I'll give a proper reply tomorrow.

Shut up Osman. That's so lame now.

:salamext:

:lol: ROFL haha....

 

['Abd al-Baari]

Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullah,

You know procrastinating can be a good thing, i usually tend to find that work that is done last minute is better than work that you spend ages doing...What do you think?