Procrastination, what a word that pops into everyone's mind at least thirty times in their life. Don't you dare tell me you haven't, you'd would just be lying to yourself. But here on this blog, no judgement.i think procrastination can be useful.......with CAUTION. well mainly in two ways....taking a break during a terribly long assignment. and one word: Adrenaline.
This past Monday, i procrastinated on an assignment and while working on it with a friend in a library study room, we decided to take mental breaks. Doing Calculus problems.
yeah that sounded less nerdy in my head.
but alas! Doing those problems helped because they got our minds of the assignment for a a couple of minutes and then we got back on track. We finished the assignment and made it to bed (separately) to have a solid 8 hours of slumber under our belts for Tuesday.
This worked for me, because it was a quick distraction that i knew wouldn't take that long. Because if i break to check a social media site, i fall into a black hole and then i wonder where my hour went.
Another good use of procrastination is adrenaline. This strange hormone just makes individuals better at thinking, running or whatever activity they are doing. one problem though, we cant turn it on and off. So i wouldn't go around waiting for last minute to finish things errrrrevyyyytime because of adrenaline, because well we are organisms and organisms adapt to things, and we adapt to stress. meaning good'ol adrenaline wont be there every last minute project you do, but when you really need it, i think it will start to kick in. My advice don't rely on your back-up plan, because what happens if plan C falls though?
Carolyn, I definitely agree with the fact that everyone has procrastinated sometime in their life. We are humans after all. It sounds like you have a good grip on your procrastination habits and how you can use them to help you, which a lot of people cannot do. Great post!
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