Procrastination Essay

Procrastination is a Viral Disease The definition of procrastination is: the action of delaying or postponing something. Tim Urban, who conducts a speech called Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator for TED in 2016, explains that every human is a procrastinator- some more than others. I agree with everything he says in his speech because I can connect with every piece of evidence he claims, mostly including that there is a “Panic Monster” that pops up in your brain when you are close to a deadline and haven’t gotten anything done, especially when it comes from why I’m always so stressed out about school. There are two different kinds of procrastination: deadline and non-deadline. (Urban, 2016) Everyone that I have ever met is a procrastinator

“in all of these non-deadline situations, the Panic Monster doesn't show up. He has nothing to wake up for, so the effects of procrastination, they're not contained; they just extend outward forever.” (Urban, 2016, par. 34) What he is saying is that people who have a deadline to meet have to deal with the anxiety, fear, public embarrassment, or other uncomfortable emotions compared to those who do not have a deadline won’t feel these emotions until they know it’s too late. The examples he gives are, “…like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health, working on your relationship or getting out of a relationship that isn’t working.” (Urban, 2016, par. 33) All of this can be compared to what teens have to deal

who is a psychologist, argues that the reason why teenagers procrastinate so much is because they learn how to at such an early age and are already used to getting away with it without any consequences. He also claims, “Procrastination is partly rooted in early adolescence when active and passive resistance to parental authority empowers young people to begin the separation from childhood somewhere around ages 9 to 13.” (Pickhardt, 2009, pg. 1) What he is saying is that it’s also the parents fault for the reason why teenagers are so prone to procrastinating. He says that when their parents ask them to do something that the kids will say ‘I’ll do it later’ or ‘give me a second’ and never end up doing it, and the parents do not confront them about not following the directions the parents give them (Pickhardt, 2009). In my personal experience, I do this with my parents at least three times a week and at the end of the week my parents end up getting really mad at me and the things I did not do, I have to do all at once before my parents