{"id":5222,"date":"2020-03-27T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5222"},"modified":"2020-03-27T08:00:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T13:00:50","slug":"putting-the-pro-in-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5222","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Pro in Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Joyelle Ronan<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to tell you that you shouldn\u2019t procrastinate. You already know this information because your professor told you two weeks ago when the assignment was announced. We\u2019ve all been in this boat. The \u201cthis is due in two hours and I haven\u2019t started yet\u201d boat that crashes into the looming iceberg known as the due date.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re going to procrastinate (which I don\u2019t necessarily recommend,) there\u2019s a right way to do it. Now that we\u2019ve all made the shift to online classes, you may find it easier than ever to avoid doing work, but here are some ways to give in to the procrastination temptations and still survive the semester.<\/span><\/p>\n

#1. Consider the Subject- If it\u2019s your major or a subject that you\u2019re pretty confident in, waiting until the night before the work is due may not be a problem. However, classes like INQs or something you\u2019ve never taken before may require more time and effort. Give yourself some extra time to look up what you don\u2019t know and maybe take a break for crying.<\/span><\/p>\n

#2. Citation Situation- Writing a three-page paper in a few hours may be easy.\u00a0 Writing a three-page paper that requires six peer-reviewed sources from academic journals or books in a few hours? I\u2019m getting secondhand stress just thinking about it. If you\u2019re going to procrastinate on the paper, I would recommend at least finding your sources in advance. Plus, AI violations are not cute.<\/span><\/p>\n

#3. Learn From Your Mistakes- It takes time to figure out how long it takes you to complete an assignment and thus how long you can, realistically, avoid it. There are a lot of factors at play here- type, class, length. Once you show up to class with 2.5 pages out of a 5-page assignment and no will to go on, you\u2019ll know that next time, better start a few hours earlier. In the immortal words of Michael Scott, \u201cYou’ll learn, baby. You’ll learn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

#4. Procrastinate Productively- I know this is an oxymoron but hear me out. If you\u2019re putting off Chem homework, spend that procrastination time reading for English. No one said that you can\u2019t be productive while you\u2019re being unproductive. For every assignment that you don\u2019t feel like doing, there is probably one that you really don\u2019t feel like doing. Order your work from what you most feel like doing to what you least feel like doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

#5. Timers and Reminders- I am probably the most annoying person ever because there is always a timer going off on my phone. I don\u2019t know at what point I gave so much authority to an annoying ring but here we are. If you know an assignment will take three hours, set an alarm at the time so you know when you should start. It\u2019s easy to pretend you can\u2019t see the clock, but harder to avoid a sound reminding you that if you don\u2019t start now, you\u2019re going to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember, don\u2019t procrastinate harder, procrastinate smarter. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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