Procrastinating

Procrastinating is something we can all agree we have done it at least once. Either from saying you'll finish your homework the day before it's due but actually finish it an hour before it is due or getting through a whole list and having one more check off to do but you are too tired so you put it off for later or the next day; this can all be apart of procrastinating. Procrastination is a developed habit from putting off something you are supposed to do. In the article "Why We Procrastinate: The Psychology of Putting Things Off" talks about students procrastinating, "A 1997 study on student health found that students who procrastinated reported lower stress and less illness than peers early in the semester. As long as the deadline remained remote, the procrastinating students were better off. However, later in the semester, students who procrastinated experienced more stress and illness. They were sicker than their peers overall. The procrastinating students also received lower grades on all assignments." It mentions how student who procrastinate end up having lower stress and being less ill in someway, but this is only at the beginning of the semester. Towards the end of the semester, that is where the real stress began because of the lack of time they had. 

McLean Hospital. (2024, August 7). The real reason you’re procrastinating. McLean Hospital. https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/procrastination