How to Procrastinate!

Procrastination is fun and easy, and with this simple guide, you too can become a master at waiting until the last possible minute to complete things that you don't like to do! The first step to procrastination is to review your assignments and assess how much time you have before the due-date. If it is more than a few days, you are in the best shape possible, so kick back and relax; your project will get finished another time. When procrastinating, you need to find several things to occupy your time. A few examples include social networking sites (you need to always be in the know when it comes to friends and people you barely know!), cleaning (how can you possibly accomplish anything when there is a huge mess distracting you from your work?), and watching TV (those characters on Gossip Girl don't seem to be wasting time on homework, do they?). Now that you've found that you're too busy to complete your homework, you'll be able to appease your mind for a while. As long as you don't keep reminding yourself of the due-date, you'll be fine!

As you regularly hear your classmates talk about their progress on the assignment, you may be feeling a little nervous. From the sound of it, this may be a pretty tough project. However, have you stopped to consider how tired you are at this very moment? Aren't you feeling a little ill? Sleep deprivation is a serious problem that shouldn't be ignored. How can you expect to produce quality work when you are feeling so tired? At this point, you need to catch up on your rest. Within the next couple days, you will hear your teacher reminding you to put the finishing touches on your work. Several students will boast that they have finally finished and spent so much effort perfecting their assignment. You, however, can probably still manage to complete the project, start to finish, and recieve the same grade as the girl that has been working since the assignment was passed out.

It is the night before your assignment is due, all of your papers remain tucked neatly away in your folder. Refer back to the activities you came up with earlier in the process that take precedence and simply cannot be ignored. You have until after dinner to start working, as it's difficult to work on an empty stomach. At nearly 8 o'clock at night, you're just starting to really read the assignment sheet. It may seem like a lot, but you can do it! As you're working, keep a tab up of all of your favorite websites, as well as your phone near at hand. You never know when you will need a break. At around 11 o'clock you realize you are swamped with work and are in over your head. Now is the perfect time to have a complete and total breakdown. Allow yourself about twenty minutes for crying and desperate panicking. You will now realize that the assignment will take the entire night. If the class is later in the day, plan on working through your earlier classes in case you don't finish. As you are working, you will realize the effects that procrastination are taking on your frail mind. Vow now to never, ever procrastinate another day in your life again. You will always use this experience as motivation to complete your work on time... up until next week when you have another big assignment due!