It's not like I love procrastinating completely. But there is something in it that makes me want to delay accomplishing my tasks most of the time. According to my literature researches, there are many reasons why a person or usually a student like me procrastinates:
1. Laziness. Laziness is not inherent in a person. It is a kind of behavior that can be learned by the person through his environment ( i.e. he hangs out with a group of lazy people and soon learns their ways)
2. The task is uninteresting or boring. Most of the time, we prefer to do things that we love to do ( i.e. photography over a mathematics assignment, facebook over research paper and so on)
3. The person thinks he is incompetent at finishing the task.
4. for pleasure. Some people procrastinate because they love the challenge of accomplishing a task under time pressure. And it is even more rewarding for them knowing that even if they procrastinate, they still get good or even excellent grades.
The three reasons for procrastinating except number 3 are something that I usually apply to my academic life.
For years, I've been a procrastinator. Most of the time, being one is stressful because I get all the tasks piling at the end of the day and every negative emotions like worrying and frustrations bug me. Procrastinating is also not healthy because it takes a toll on your sleep and sometimes, your eating habits. For me, once, I had to stay awake for forty eight hours straight just to finish all my tasks that have piled up and I had never eaten much because I was typing..typing...and typing on my laptop for forty eight hours.
Although I realize the dangers of procrastinating, I still do it. Why? then again, please refer to the following reasons I've mentioned above.
P.S. it's okay to procrastinate so long as you are aware and ready to face its consequences. :p
