Hello, Hello! Whoever is reading this post is probably wondering why this post is called " A Rare Sight." Well I shall tell you why. It has such a title because I FINALLY FINISHED SOMETHING!... sort of, and that my friends, is a VERY rare sight. This blog was originally supposed to have 10 blog posts, but it was decided that it would be changed to 7, so to be fair, I technically did finish the project. But as expected, I didn't finish it on time. Haha, Typical. But anywho, this is the end of my blog: "I'll do it tomorrow..."What I've learned
Well, through my very brief research on procrastination, I've learned that procrastinating is not entirely my fault. I learned this when I wrote the blog post #2: "Why we procrastinate: the science behind it" when I wrote about the fact that procrastination is due to a mental phenomenon called "Temporal discounting." I also learned through blog #3: "Why we procrastinate: the other factors involved" that many other things can influence us to procrastinate, such as: a lack of interest, confusion and fear. I've also learned that many methods and tricks exist to help fight procrastination, such as: breaking tasks into bite-sized pieces, making lists, changing locations, and simply starting the task. So all in all, procrastination is a problem with many solutions.
To conclude...
Well this post ends my little blog on procrastination and the real question is: "With my new knowledge on procrastination, have I improved?" Well to answer that question I will simply say this: it's 1:33 AM, the night before my English exam and I haven't studied yet, the last two blog posts were due like last week and I still have a homework assignment to do that was due like a month ago. So basically.... no, there has been no improvement whatsoever. I guess old habits die hard, but hey, at least I'm a little bit smarter. I swear I will beat procrastination, but I'll do it tomorrow.
Thanks for reading,
Brianna Kormendy-Ramirez
Very funny voice. (“So after intensely researching this topic for a good 5 minutes”, “I swear I will beat procrastination, but I'll do it tomorrow.”…love it!) I think it’s hilarious that you procrastinated on writing your last procrastination blog! From my experience, cramming everything into the last possible minute works great…until it doesn’t. You don’t want everything to come crashing around you when things matter, such as in grade 12 or in college/university. What do you think about the ‘reward’ system, i.e. only doing your fun activities after you’ve finished the project?
ReplyDeleteA few issues:
- Spelling/ Grammar / Typos (A few run-ons, can"t, “and incredibly is STILL manage to convince myself”, “ Time you could've used to so something productive”, its vs it’s, capitalization, “ I really don't see much valid good…”, etc.)
- Sourcing not always clear. Where are you getting your information?
- Repetition (“Procrastination is bad,” can only be said so many times.)
Very fun blog!