Written by Maisie Carr
Procrastination is one of the biggest struggles for teenagers and adults today. When you search procrastination on Google, it says, “A measure is taken in advance to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening”. Today, about 80% of workers suffer from procrastination, 80-95% of college students, and around 86% of high school students. Procrastination is that thing that seems so easy to fix but it’s not. I struggle with it and so many people do too.
Dr. Ferrari once said, “Everyone procrastinates, but not everyone is a procrastinator.” They find a way to delay at home, work, school, and in their relationships. These types of people find a way to procrastinate in any way in their lives. They will always put a task off saying that they will do it later, late, or not at all. People call our country a “nation of doers”, but a big chunk of our country is made up of waiters or procrastinators.
As our country evolves there is more and more technology available. While, yes, this is a good thing, it is also one of the top causes of procrastination. Kids and adults think to themselves, “I’ll just watch my phone for 5 more minutes… then I will do my work.” Forty-five minutes roll by and no work has been done. Then, you know you need to stay up much later because you decided to stroll instead of work. One of the biggest problems with procrastination is the snooze button. That snooze button gives us more time but also does not help us gain anything.
Procrastination is something that frustrates me beyond belief, and I wish I knew how to fix it. We get used to thinking we can do the work later or that it won’t take so long and we can do it tomorrow. But the truth is that we can’t and sometimes we just need to do the work at the appropriate time. So if you gain anything from this article, I promise you will have more time on your phone, games, etc., if you just do your work when you are asked to or supposed to.
