This assignment seemed just like any other. There was a deadline and guidelines and goals that were going to dictate the structure of it. I, however, didn’t know that I was wrong, and it was going to be far from any other. I have a habit, a detrimental one, that was slowly being fed and reassured as “ok” the more and more I went through my schooling. That habit has a name, procrastination, yet I never saw it as a problem because with every assignment and paper I wrote the night before and was able to get a decent grade, there was this unconscious signal that reassure me that if done once, it could be done again.…
Procrastinating can ruin your life. One says it is OK and the other says it is horrible. They…
Have you ever been a victim of procrastination? More than likely, it’s safe to say that everyone has procrastinated at some point in time. For some, however, this tends to become a habit. In “This Was Supposed to Be My Column for New Year’s Day”, by John Tierney, and “The Procrastination Doom Loop--and How to Break It”, by Derek Thompson, opposite opinions are shown in an attempt to defend their beliefs. Thompson’s, however, appeared as more accurate.…
Testing an Extension of the Procrastination-Health Model. " Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 38, no. 3, June 2015, pp. 578-589. EBSCOhost,…
Now I will reply to the objections previously raised. Reply to Objection 1: The first objector says that procrastination cannot be wrong because Jesus procrastinated. Jesus did not really procrastinate. Here, he waited those two days for a reason. Since Jesus is God, which the objector clearly states, He has reason for all his actions and does them in the correct time because He always acts in the will of His Father.…
I learned that there are three types of procrastination: doing nothing, do “something less important” (Graham p.1), or do “something more important” (Graham p.1). The good procrastination is “avoiding errand to do real work” (Graham p.1). One of the most interesting things I read was there is a risky form of procrastination, it is unrecognized because it doesn’t seem like procrastination, which is when you are “getting things done. Just the wrong things” (Graham p. 2). What Graham suggests how to avoid procrastination is deceiving yourself into doing your work.…
Richard Restak and Alexandra Samuel analyze the aspect of technology in our lives. Restak disputes in his article “Attention Deficit” that the stress to quickly process information and promptly alter our attention from one activity to another is resulting in “a devaluation of the depth and views technology as a mechanism of addressing the challenges of modern life, and offers strategies for using technology to achieve a more apprehensive and a carried out existence. Restak mainly views technology as purely negative, while Samuel addresses the optimistic outlook as far as the benefits to society. Technology isn’t the issue, it’s how we use the technology that is given to us.…
I saw the bus coming right as she walked across the street… Okay, that was just to hook you, but I promise that's pretty much my book in one sentence. I'm Gabriel Rhodes, and (until November 5, 2016) I am eleven years old. Just because of my age doesn't mean I don't have a lot of stories.…
The classification of the current subtypes of ADHD were discussed and analyzed in each of the above articles. The subtypes discussed were ADHD – Predominantly Hyperactivity-Impulsivity, ADHD – Predominately Inattentive and ADHD – Combined. The argument was made to make ADHD – Inattentive, its own distinct disorder and unrelated to ADHD. The articles discuss at length, distinctions between ADHD – Predominately Inattentive and ADHD - Combined.…
ADHD formally was recognized as a disorder by the medical community and included in the DSM II in 1968 under the title hyperkinetic reaction of childhood. This then expanded to include criteria for adults in the DSM 5 of 2013. However before the inclusion in the DSM II there were several examples of attention problems by early physicians and philosophers. The earliest reference to attention was made by William Shakespeare.…
Author and blogger, Tim Urban in his 2016 TED talk, “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator”, argues that everyone is a procrastinator. Urban’s purpose is to explain in order to prove his final point that everyone is a procrastinator to some degree. Urban explains to the general public everyone is a procrastinator. He is surely right about this; that everyone, to some degree, procrastinates because, as he may not be aware, recent studies have shown that 20% of the United States population are chronic procrastinators. With procrastination also comes many bad effects such as controlling of emotions such as feelings of guilt and stress.…
Every four years, we as American citizen exercise our right to vote for the President of the United States of America. This year Hilary Clinton the democratic nominee looks to be the first woman to be voted president of the United States. Many American people don’t believe that the U.S is ready for a woman to be president, but I believe that Hillary Clinton a transformational leader will likely prove those who doubt her ability to lead this country wrong. The very essence of transformational leadership screams Hillary Diane Clinton. She exhibits the five fundamental practices that Kouzes and Posner developed that enables leaders to get extraordinary things accomplished (Northouse 2013 p.198).…
The aim of our study was to show that there a strong link between perfectionism and depression in young adults. Our key findings in our research was that the higher a participant scored on both questionnaire’s the more likely they were to display traits of perfectionism and depression in their day to day lives. Therefore our aim and hypothesis were fulfilled as our results show a strong correlation between perfectionism and depression traits. We can also support our views with previous literature such as Asseraf and Vaillancourts (2015) longitudinal research on perfectionism and depression in children. Their findings support that depressive symptoms can lead to constantly be dissatisfied with any effort what is given whether it positive or…
The following steps below, will help you with procrastination, poor time management and organization. I will discuss in detail some ideas and thoughts that have helped me stay on top of my work. When I decided to go back to school, procrastination weighed heavy on my mind, I used to wait until the last minute to complete my work. However, since enrolling at CTU and deciding to further my education, I refuse to make the…
What is Time Management? Time management is the manner in which you plan, prioritise and organise specific activities as well as how long you will spend on each of them. Some people may feel that there isn’t enough time in the day, although everyone gets the same 24 hours in a day. Some may attain much more with their time than what others do. The only difference is that, the former may achieve more due to good time management.…