This document discusses making choices and avoiding procrastination. It notes that some choices are easy while others are difficult, and that people cannot do everything due to time and resource constraints. As a result, many people procrastinate tasks. The document estimates that 95% of people procrastinate. It provides some common procrastination myths and suggests prioritizing tasks by urgency, importance, and categorizing them as essential, important, or trivial to complete critical tasks first. Overall, the document encourages recognizing procrastination tendencies and properly prioritizing tasks to avoid last-minute rushing.
9. Procrastination - The act of postponing or delaying an action needlessly
10. What impact does procrastination have? Makes it difficult for you to get your assignments done The quality of your work may suffer (especially if it’s done at the last minute) You can miss deadlines It can add to your stress levels (and your guilt levels)
12. Ever told yourself, “I’ll just watch TV (or something enjoyable) for just 5 minutes and then get back to homework?” Ever underestimated the amount of work or time an assignment was going to take? Ever done something else “very important” to avoid working on an assignment? Ever spent so much time deciding what to do for an assignment that you didn’t get anything done? So… Have you
17. Don’t believe the hype “I work better under pressure.” Don’t confuse rapidity with quality; creativity takes time. “If I study early, I’ll forget it by test time.” Cramming loses REM sleep, where memory is formed Myth 1: Myth 2:
19. Prioritize: How to rank importance? Urgency Gravity Divide into categories A, B, and C A: B: C: Analysis, Evaluation and Synthesis
20. Prioritize: Ranking importance? Urgency Tasks close to deadline should receive high priority Gravity Tasks with the most “weight” should receive high priority Divide into categories A, B, and C A: Essential, or “must do” B: Important, or “should do” C: Trivial, or “could do”