Procrastination: Is Your Future Self Getting a Bad Deal?

I read AoW Procrastination, and it told the readers many reasons why people procrastinate. The author used a simple example for procrastinating by not doing the dishes until the next day. I liked how the author listed the downfalls on procrastinating on the dishes. He stated how the food remains will be crusty and will result in sticking to the plate. When we procrastinate, the job actually becomes harder the next day. Scrubbing off food off of a plate is much harder than just washing the dishes the night before.

When reading this article, I noticed that many of the reasons why I procrastinate is true. The one that stood out the most to me was that people procrastinate because we don’t have enough energy, and our future selves will. When I have a homework assignment that is due in a couple of days, sometimes I will procrastinate because I’m too tired. The next day I’ll have so much work to do because I didn’t do any of that assignment. What I could do instead is do a little that day, and then the rest the day after. This will result with me not being more stressed.