I am extremely guilty of procrastination. I always try and tell myself I work better under pressure and put things off till the very end. This eventually ends up stressing me out more had I just done the tasks in a timely manner. The Temporal Motivation Theory was really eye opening as it explains how and why I push things off till the very end. Honestly, I've distracted myself about three times now while trying to do this blog as ironic as it is. I always thought I had this mentality and pushed things off because of my ADHD. I found this short TedTalk video that explains the idea further as well.
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It certainly is ironic that as you procrastinated to write your blog entry, I too procrastinated most portions of this class. The video you posted was insightful into the inner workings of procrastination, and I will certainly be reciting the part that claims procrastinators care more, not less, about the task at hand. I too also tell myself I work better under pressure, and while that may be true, it sure would be nice if I had the ability to apply pressure myself, rather than gamble how much time it will actually take me to accomplish a task that has deadlines such as this very class.
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