Procrastinating Over My Procrastination
Dec 22nd, 2008 by admin
Putting off the delaying of an action which is very often associated to perfectionism. Those who procrastinate often experience stress and high levels of guilt. A procrastinator typically produces less than their colleagues and have the ability to create a crisis from nothing. It is not unusual that they do become angry with others as they can’t fulfill their commitments as agreed. Although it is normal for almost everyone to procrastinate at sometime in their lives but it can turn into an issue when it begins to affect their everyday effectiveness. Those with chronic procrastination might be affected by an underlying psychological or physiological disorder to.
The word procrastination comes from the Latin {words of|] “Pro” which means forward and “Crastinus” which means of tomorrow. Many people through history have made quotes about procrastination, for example…If it weren’t for the last minute, I wouldn’t get anything done.
The are various causes with the psychological type of procrastination but in general the person with the condition to experience the following:-
1. Anxiety 2. No self esteem 3. Self defeating mentality
Often a procrastinator will have an exaggerated level of conscientiousness and this is based on their “dreams and wishes” of being perfect or seen as an achiever. This is in complete contrast to their appreciation of their obligations and potential actually are. In some cases it may mean they sometimes tend to over or underestimate the scale of the task in hand.
There has been some research carried out in relation to the physiological aspects of procrastination. In the main part this has concentrated in relation to the role of the prefrontal cortex of the human brain. This is responsible for the executive functions such as planning, impulse control, and attention and,it also behaves like a filter by reducing the amount of stimulation that can distract other regions of the brain. If there is damage or low activation in this part of the brain then it can reduce a person’s ability to filter out such stimuli that is proven to distract them. the effect of this is that they are likely to be poorly organized, they are usually less attentive and their propensity to procrastination increases.
This promotes a duty that was once not urgent higher up the list of things to complete is promoted to a priority. Because of this the procrastinator will become subject to all tasks that are urgent and because he is unable to establish any prior ties in order to get tasks completed. In this case such people are often to be found attending to tasks that are not urgent nor a priority as an escape from the stresses caused by the important tasks they are ignoring.
The procrastinator needs to understand that only by organizing their priorities and planning every day in advance. It is vital that they allocate time at the end of each day to create a plan of action {of|for|covering) the tasks that they {need|have) to complete the following day. If they can then divide these tasks up into bite size pieces in order to get the job done. Finishing a task can help relieve the effects of procrastination that they are feeling, once a procrastinator completes a hard task it can help unleash their abilities, the biggest problem is getting them to that point.
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