While scrolling through social media earlier this week I came across something very interesting. There was a person who said they heard a woman say, "You procrastinate because you are afraid of rejection. It's a defense mechanism, you are trying to protect yourself without even trying." On top of that another person added that even though procrastination is often associated with laziness, it is a fairly common trait in many people with anxiety and perfectionism issues.
I can find small connections between these reasons and my times of procrastination. I wouldn't say I have perfectionism issues but I do like projects and such to be as perfect as possible. Though I don't exactly see how it is related to procrastinating because if I wanted something to be perfect I'd start it as early as possible.
The people I read those words from were most likely not people with professional knowledge in these topics so whatever they were saying could just be completely wrong or even made up. Nevertheless, I still wanted to read other opinions on their words because everyone has different reasons for what they do (or don't do in this case).
I know this topic is something many of us may be trying to fight off with the deadline soon approaching but I wanted to address this and see what you all may think of it.
I feel like it's not rejection that I'm scared of, but I procrastinate often because I think the assignment or task is going to be harder than it actually is. I personally hate being lost or confused on what to do. Usually though, when I actually start and stop procrastinating, it's easier than I thought. I feel like we just make it harder on ourselves. As far as perfectionism, I don't think I have this, but the assignments that I enjoy, I make sure every little thing is on point. To sum it up, I procrastinate on the assignments I don't think I will enjoy or the ones that seem hard and complex.
ReplyDeleteI try not to procrastinate, but sometimes my work catches up with me. The reason I put off work is because I think I have much more time to finish it. Sure, at the beginning of the summer, we had about two months to get this work done(and I did get quite a bit of work done in the beginning). However because of that fact, I didn't feel guilty giving myself long breaks in between work. Even though I know time passes quickly, I still get the illusion that I have all of the time in the world. It has been in the past month that I have been eyeing the calendar constantly. A week passes so quickly. Now we only have ten more days to turn in this work. I don't procrastinate because I have a fear of rejection; I procrastinate because my sense of time is not all together.
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