Out of all the years that I have lived, I have established that I am in fact a procrastinator.
In my high school years almost every time that I get an assignment I have put it aside and waited till the last minute to start working on it.
In my AP English class we are constantly reading books such as The Scarlett Letter, The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, Othello, and Heart of Darkness. In my opinion these books are extremely boring and there is no way I would ever read them on my own. Normally we would have a reading schedule that you should follow, but me being a procrastinator obviously put it off and was struggling to read 10 chapters in one night. These books are very detailed, complex, and hard to understand in just one night. I found myself doing poorly on quizzes due to this problem! I just found reading boring.
In the webpage Overcoming Procrastination I have found a strategy to help me stop putting things off. In the fourth bullet it states "Discipline yourself to use time wisely: Set priorities". With that being said I have gotten a gift from my mentor over Christmas that is a "To Do List Whiteboard" so I have been constantly updating it from things that should be done immediately to things that can wait till I'm done with my first priorities. This "To Do List" has helped me out a bunch, I have been doing things more efficiently and I don't forget about other homework since it's right there in front of my face. Lately there has been no more piles of homework waiting for me!
In Reference of: Overcoming Procrastination
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