Do Not Procrastinate - Tyler Peaster

Do not procrastinate. Procrastination is a bad habit shared by many students. Procrastination not only stresses you out, your product will be worsened due to the last minute scrambling caused by procrastination.

     When an assignment is due soon, it looms over most peoples’ heads. A student may be out having fun with friends, but any time it gets quiet, all they can think is “man, that assignment is due soon.” For example, I was busy all day Friday with babysitting, and busy all day Saturday with a family reunion. All I could think about half the time was “man, that essay posted by the great English teacher Mrs.Larkin is due soon.” While I wasn’t technically procrastinating since I was very busy, it still had the same effect, stress. I was stressing due to the nearing deadline.

     Stress is not the only effect of procrastination, procrastination worsens the quality of your essay. When a student puts an assignment off until the last minute, they have a much smaller amount of time to refine their product. Think about this way, if you start a large essay a few days before the due date, you can have time to sleep on the essay. This gives you time to improve your essay so you can get a higher grade. When you start an essay, or its final draft, hours before it’s due, the essay will have no time for revision. This may cause a messy, hard to read, or grammatically incorrect essay.

     All of these issues have one easy fix, do not procrastinate. Procrastination is a terrible habit that stresses you out and hurts your product. You will feel proud of your work, and more importantly yourself when you decide to not procrastinate.