Why we procrastinate: the other factors involved

                                                                                  

Why hello there friend! And Welcome back to my blog.

          As previously mentioned in my last post, today I will be covering all the other factors involved in procrastination. Because let's face it, procrastination has got to be caused by other things, not just simply "Temporal discounting", which we talked about in the last post. There are many reasons as to why someone might procrastinate, and today I'm gonna talk about them.

          Let's begin by first asking ourselves, what makes me procrastinate? I'm not sure about you guys but personally when I think of that I think of laziness. In all honesty I think I'm actually a very lazy person when it comes to accomplishing tasks that I don't directly benefit from. For example, sure studying really hard a week in advance for a test will probably end up getting me a good grade and will definitely benefit me in my report card, but in the present moment I don't really gain anything from studying. More importantly, I don't really enjoy it.

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          I also find that I am even lazier when it comes to tasks that don't benefit me in the slightest, such as doing chores. My parents constantly have to push me to do the dishes because it doesn't benefit me, I don't enjoy it and therefore I procrastinate to do it. In other words, if the task isn't enjoyable, I will most likely procrastinate.    
                           
          I found this picture on google that pretty accurately and briefly sums up the usual reasons why I, and so many other people procrastinate:  

          We already talked about how having a lack of interest in a task can make you more likely to procrastinate. Let's talk about confusion. Confusion steps in when you're presented with a project or task that seems too daunting to tackle. I know there's certainly been tasks I've been faced with that seemed so big and complicated that I was confused on how to even begin. And consequently, that task got put off.

          Luckily there's a solution to every problem. A task will seem much simpler if you break it down into little steps instead of one big leap. We'll talk more about this in future posts. Now let's move on to fear.

          Last on this list of reasons we procrastinate is fear. Fear that we might screw up, that we might not get that perfect grade, etc... I strongly believe this goes hand-in-hand with perfectionism. I personally am a  perfectionist, I always want things to be perfect, so I usually put off projects out of fear that they won't turn out the way I want them to. But if you think about it, putting off that project seems counterproductive, how is it supposed to turn out perfect if you don't even get started?

          With that being said, I conclude today's blog post. I'm sure there are many other more specific reasons as to why someone might procrastinate, and they also probably vary from person to person. Stay tuned because in my next blog post I will be talking about ways we can avoid procrastination.

          Oh, and I found this little comic on google, I found it pretty funny and relevant to my blog's topic so here it is: