Argumentative Essay On Procrastination

The Silent Dream Killer

The best way to get something done is to begin. But, when should one begin?

Human beings, in their daily living are piled up with responsibilities and workloads to be accomplished and be satisfied. Because of these assemblages of tasks and workloads, people tend to put off, defer and shirk from doing anything, mainly because of just not wanting to do anything or may be because of other more important things to do. All people have been plagued by procrastination at a certain points of their lives. Everyone had procrastinated at a point in their life. Other people are terrible procrastinators, while others procrastinate only in some areas of their lives. Procrastination appears to be a basic human impulse. Putting

Later is not always better, may be for low-priority things, doing it later is alright, but not with high-priority things. If an individual procrastinates, he or she deceives his or her self that there are more time since there is still tomorrow, so put off things first, when in fact there is no more time and that he or she does not realize that procrastination is a thief of time, as it is said; since, the time a person has, is actually limited, so a second or minute disposed with idleness, is wasted and thus stolen.

Procrastination must be conquered and tamed. The fact that an individual is a terrible procrastinator does not mean that he or she is inefficient or lazy. There is still hope to cure procrastination. If an individual wants to stop procrastination, he or she must instill that in his or her mind. There is no easy way out in stopping procrastination, since it will take time for that habit to

It is necessary to know first the reason why an individual procrastinates. After knowing the underlying reasons of why an individual procrastinates, that individual must change his or her mind and imbue in that new mind that stopping procrastination equates to getting better with one’s goals. Also, the individual must begin to make an inventory or a to-do list and prioritize all the things. Then, for every task to do, the individual must structure it and break it down to smaller piece and focus on it. Then, the individual must every now self-talk and assess the negative and downsides of procrastination so that he or she will not be tempted to procrastinate. An individual must also set a time limit for everything to be done and the individual must be realistic in setting the time limits. It is also important that the individual will be committed that he or she will not procrastinate