Procrastination- time wasters

     I know that sometimes I procrastinate from doing assignments. Instead of doing assignments, I usually hang out with friends and watch TV shows. I think procrastination is about consequence. I procrastinate doing assignments. Finally, at the end of the week, I have stacks of assignments to do. Then, I do the assignments all night long. I am so tired in the next class. It is kind of a vicious cycle.

    Procrastination tends to occur as avoidance behavior and self criticism. First case is avoidance behavior. After dinner, I sit down at my desk and open a book. However, I usually decide to do other things, such as laundry, reading magazine, or watching drama. These things provide me a diversion from studying. While I am doing other thing, I rationalize myself that it will be OK to do others first and then come back and study. Second, self criticism occurs when I don’t attempt the assignments because I think there is no chance I can accomplish it successfully.

     Among several excuses that I procrastinate, time waster is the biggest one. So, I am going to use time wasters strategy. Time wasters support procrastination; they are the activities that I involve myself instead of accomplishing the work that needs to be done. Essentially, they are needless things, such as watching TV, chatting with friends, and online shopping. I really wanted to eliminate time wasters before. However, it was really hard to quit them. Because I completely forgot the determination, while I was doing them.

I waste lots of time doing time wasters.

My time wasters columns.

     In time wasters strategy, first, I made two columns, time wasters and avoid tasks. Second, in the left column, I listed the time wasters that I use. I wrote messenger, watching TV shows, fatigue, phone calls, and online shopping. These consume lots of time but they are needless. Third, in the right column, I described the task I was avoiding. I wrote 2D project, team project, ILL research paper, CLS journal, and 3D project. These are urgent and important things. I have to finish them before due date.

     I knew that time wasters consume lots of my time and I procrastinate doing assignments while I was doing time procrastinations. However, I realized more clearly about time wasters and avoided tasks through the columns. After I did time wasters columns, I wrote down time procrastinations on the post-it and put on my desk. Every time before I start assignments, I will remind that time wasters consume lots of my time and make bad consequences.