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The biggest cause of your procrastination is....

User Profile: eeveeon
eeveeon November 15th, 2017

Leave your answers below! I'd love to know yours!

FYI:
Procrastination:
'the action of delaying or postponing something.'

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User Profile: SpiritOfTord
SpiritOfTord November 20th, 2017

I suppose it would be depression, anxiety, and insomnia. With all of these combined, I am fatigued.

User Profile: ninetaleslove
ninetaleslove November 20th, 2017

fear of failure. why should i bother rushing to do something when there's a high chance i'll fail?

User Profile: sunnydaver
sunnydaver December 15th, 2017

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User Profile: eeveeon
eeveeon OP December 15th, 2017

Seems like a lot of you are talking about low mood and mental health issues (such as depression).

I understand where you're coming from. For some people, the act procrastination itself can cause depression (which is reactive) as a personality trait.
For others however, biological depression (which is something you are born with, or runs through your genetics) causes procrastination as as a feature of depression/illness.
In very simple terms, depression can definitely cause procrastination as a student.

The idea of procrastination is that it is a negative coping mechanism. It is important to engage yourself in better coping mechanisms to ensure a better and healthier lifestyle.

Overall, your goal is to overcome procrastination as a whole, and you can do it by following these steps:

- Changing your outlook
This is vital. Theres a good chance youve been procrastinating because the decision or tasks ahead of you seem daunting. These need to be broken down into smaller tasks with more realistic and achievable goals that you can commit to.

- Avoid situations that provide easy distractions
Avoid anything that defers or disrupts your thinking or productivity. If you need to study, for example, - - -schedule time in an appropriate environment, away from friends and noise.

- Break off habits you enjoy but that are distracting.
An example might be a teacher listening to great music while he or she is supposed to be marking papers. Instead, use the music as a reward for task accomplishment.

- If youre depressed and you know youd benefit from help, arrange something — today.
The Ill see about treatment tomorrow approach is pure procrastination. Get past that barrier, and youve taken the first vital step towards recovery.

This is, of course, easier said than done, however they are the vital steps to breaking off procrastination for good.


Do you have any tips??

User Profile: thoughtfulPillow12
thoughtfulPillow12 January 21st, 2018

Lack of human accountability.

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User Profile: teeanne
teeanne April 10th, 2018

I feel like its a fear of failing, and so I just don't start....

User Profile: snowFire24
snowFire24 April 13th, 2018

There are a lot of good points on here. I think fear of failure is a huge part of it.

User Profile: Vanilla6
Vanilla6 April 13th, 2018

To be honest, I think my phone is the cause of my procrastination. I often lack motivation and then I spend hours doing unimportant things on my phone instead of trying to motivate myself to do something

User Profile: raspberryBanana8328
raspberryBanana8328 April 14th, 2018

Anxiety, or no time. It has to be just right or i get anxious and that means i literally have to sit down and write my papers in one session, and it sucks cuz i don't have the time.

User Profile: plumField5702
plumField5702 April 14th, 2018

Doing something I don't really enjoy.