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Thursday, June 4, 2009

THE DANGERS OF PROCRASTINATION


It can be extremely difficult for an individual to find the time that is necessary to study for a particular exam or interview among all of the activities that an individual normally performs on a daily basis. As a result, it is essential for an individual to be able to use the time that he or she has available in as effective a manner as possible. There are a variety of time management techniques that an individual can use to manage his or her time and each of these techniques helps the individual make sure that the time that he or she has available is not wasted. However, even an individual that is attempting to manage his or her time wisely may find that he or she is wasting more time than he or she should because the individual is procrastinating. Procrastination simply refers to the process by which an individual attempts to avoid or delay his or her need to complete an assignment or task as long as possible. In other words, an individual that is procrastinating is an individual that is attempting to avoid studying, is attempting to avoid doing his or her homework, or is attempting to avoid any of a variety of other similar tasks.
It may seem like procrastination is not really a major concern because everyone puts off performing various activities to some degree. However, procrastination can often be a larger problem than an individual might realize at first. This is because an individual that procrastinates by performing other activities that are less important than the activity that the individual was originally supposed to perform is wasting time that could be used to complete other important tasks. As the individual wastes more and more of his or her time on trivial tasks, activities, and distractions while the individual should be completing the original task, the amount of time that the individual has to complete the original task will become less and less. In other words, procrastination is a problem that compounds as the individual wastes more time because every minute that the individual spends saying "I can do that later" is a minute that individual could have used to complete the original project. If an individual wastes too much time by procrastinating, it may not be possible for the individual to complete the original task or at least complete the task as effectively as the individual could if he or she had more time.

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