Say No To Procrastination Essay

Getting Work Done: Say No to Procrastination

As Charles Dickens states, “Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” Procrastination, which is the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished, has been regarded as a chronic ‘disease’ of university life. According to the American Psychological Association, between 80 and 95 percent of college students procrastinate on their schoolwork. A recent study reported that the common reason for students to delay their work is the frequent distractions on their surroundings, or simply by cause of not knowing where to start. Procrastination causes a higher level of stress and drops in grades, which can lead to health problems and general unhappiness. This act of deferring has plenty of negative consequences, but fortunately, there are steps for college pupils to overcome it and

The first five minutes of working, for example, writing an essay’s opening paragraph, is often the hardest part of all. Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion can be an interesting analogy. Newton’s First Law states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by a net external force. In this case, students are the objects and staying in motion is doing their work. The process of students from staying at rest to being in motion is demanding as they must exert a large force to surpass the rigorous Static Friction, which is a force that keeps a stationary object at rest. Once they have overcome it, students will face the Kinetic Friction, which is a force that slows down a moving object. The Static Friction resembles the critical challenge of starting their work, while the Kinetic Friction resembles the other bits of distractions that would appear when they are working. Since the Kinetic Friction is less than the Static Friction, therefore, once students start doing their work, it is easier for them to continue doing