1. Maria St. Hilaire
Procrastination
Why do people procrastinate?
People procrastinate because:
 1-It’s a bad habit.
 2- They don’t realize it a bad thing to do, and how it has a negative affect on their lives
or work.
 3-They don’t know how to manage their time or work load.
 4-They put things of because its not interesting, fun, or its too hard to do.
Summary
Procrastination is a very bad habit. I am a very big procrastinator the more I read on this
subject the more I realize that I am not alone. This is a problem for not just many students but
people every where. It hard to brake thecycle but it is a goal that can be achieved over time and
with consistency. Its starts by realizing there is a problem then deciding whether or not one
wants to make changes and do things differently.
Weall havework and ethics patterns, our individual ways. Our life is affected by the way
we do things and we need to take a few steps back and assess our actions. Take a look at what
we doing wrong. For me procrastination as keep me down long enough. I would love to see
changes in the way I do things. Procrastination has beenpresent in all areas of my life. I get very
upset at myself when I put things off. So procrastination has very bad negative effects on my
life. Now that I have decided to go back to school, procrastination came along with me. But
procrastination is not my friend! Also I decided I have to find a way to change that part of my
personality. I find it easy to say that I am a procrastinator, like there is no hope for change.
Reading about it now, makes me realize that yes it could be different. I very much connect to
this guy in the story. I too get a high out of the excitement of doing my assignments at the last
minute. But now I too find that when I do my homework last minute even if I get a good grade I
do not feel a great sense of achievement. Instead Ido feel a sense of failure. I mostly say to
myself “I could have done a better job”“if I did my work on a timely matter it could have been
better” “I did not really learn much cause I was rushing”, or “I forgot to do something”. I don’t
like being a procrastinator. The rewards are not so great. After allit is addictive but like all
addictions it can be broken. I am tiered of felling guilty and not having control because I am out
of time and my options are limited. Always being in a state of panic and have all that pressure is
not fun.
I don’t have a problem preaching having good time management to others now I realize
that I need to work on my self, managing my time properly. I already see some changes in my
behavior with my school work and the positive benefits of getting my work done on time. I do
know that it is a process and in time I hope to be better and better. It is not an over night
process but with determination it is attainable.