The Habits Of Procrastination

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Not all habits are beneficial, and I happen to suffer from one of the most hindering habits. Procrastination ruins a lot of my day-to-day life; often I lack motivation or drive to finish something, or I set it aside until the last second. It is a toxic trait that I find a lot of people develop early on in high school; I was one of the unlucky people to start procrastinating. I know all too well of the struggles that come with procrastination, whether that be not turning things on time and putting off tasks until the last minute, or being indecisive about what I want to do, being a procrastinator is an unfortunate trait. Figuring out how to start a project has always been a constant challenge for me. If I end up starting a project, it tends to be at the last minute and usually ends very badly for me because of my lack of proper planning and preparation. Last school year, I took a ceramics class and I didn't make any projects on the wheel until the last week rolled around. The end goal was to produce about fourteen different shapes and sizes of pots within one week or else I would fail. Of course, I managed to finish them all but I was unsatisfied with the quality and how they turned out. Unfortunately, I didn't get the grade I wanted in ceramics.
It has been a bad habit I would fall into, starting my homework and not finishing it until the class before it’s due. Sometimes I forget to even start and I just never get around to it in the first place. Most of the time it doesn't even matter what it is that I start, most cases it’s homework, but other times it is simple tasks around the house that I don't end up finishing. Chores are something I find troublesome; I spend the entire day slowly working on them until I finish the job, and by the time I'm done my whole day is wasted because I didn't want to finish them when I had the opportunity to do

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