How to stop procrastinating

Everyone procrastinates. It’s the way humans are programmed. We fight. We flee. We ignore collegian obligations to watch Will Smith’s daughter whip her hair on YouTube.

Many college students do not know how to handle a stressful course load and revert to deadly procrastination. They’ve survived in high school by cramming the night before Advanced Placement tests or simply threatening attractive teachers with sexual harassment lawsuits until their grade is raised. While in college, I’ve discovered a process that works for me, and I believe my technique could better the rest of the GCSU student body.

The easiest way to stop procrastinating is making the conscious decision not to do the work in the first place. If you decide the task is below you from the start, then you are not being lazy. You are simply raising your standards and pursuing something better suited for your precious time. Like reading the questionable ads on Craigslist to your apartment.

Just imagine how history would have been different if political figures simply did something more productive with their time than their official duties. I cannot think of one at the moment—and that is mostly because I’m waiting to the last minute to research and write this article. But trust me. History would be better if people gave up from the beginning, just look at Charles Manson, Hitler or Ke$ha.

You can take this philosophy and make college the most productive four years of your life. Just imagine, cancer probably could have been cured if medical students would stop doing French workbook pages and used their time in a better fashion. I’m not only thinking about the crucial hours I need between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. for my beauty sleep slash research involving warming Poptarts to the perfect temperature, which is very time consuming. I’m thinking of every second from birth until I’m murdered by un-American grammar Nazis.

You can even take this philosophy further. Why try in classes that are below your standards? Why bothering signing up for core classes in the first place? Heck, college is nothing like the “Real World” house you desperately want to live in, so why come in the first place? You should march to the Office of the Registrar, drop out and spend your time on what’s important to you — Facebook and cool ranch Doritos.

Posted by Steve Holbert on Nov 11 2010. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.