In any environment of our life, we have gone through times full of tension, despair, anxiety and work under pressure. Moments in which we stop to question and reflect if it is really worth putting so much care and performance in terms of our ideals. The answer to this concern is that, indeed, it is worth putting so much effort towards our goals, but unfortunately, we choose a method in which our activities are not carried out correctly and that not only hurt us mentally, but also it can do it physically and emotionally. Therefore, this causes several episodes in which we demonstrate deficiency in our daily work. By allowing ourselves to be carried away by this behavior, we are not only compromising the doubt of realizing our full potential, but we are exposed to serious long-term consequences. especially in the academic area. Therefore, it is extremely important to guide the reader about the serious consequences that procrastination can have, since it can affect in several areas such as your health and financial status.
One of the things that people want to achieve in life is to have organization, responsibility and to be successful. In order to do that, we must work hard for it, but sometimes we feel very pressured by these goals; we lose motivation on carrying on this” successful identity profile” that makes a person grow tired of the unpleasant desire to keep going forward. Many students and professionals along their academic journey experience what is called “procrastination”; this concept is nothing new, but we sure like to make this problem go unnoticed, because we do not take it seriously, because we tend to think that everything at the end will have a solution. Now, we land with the famous question: what is procrastination? As Eric Jaffe defines through his article procrastination is “the voluntary delay of some important task that we intend to do, despite knowing that we’ll suffer as a result.” A simple definition of this would be “is the act of delaying or putting off tasks until the last minute, or past their deadline.”
It is known that procrastination is a dangerous behavior that may result in different types of consequences. One of the reasons of why people procrastinate very often is because they want to avoid and postpone the unpleasant task and spend more time doing what we consider pleasant. Being under pressure as a life method, may bring emotional, physical, and mental costs. For example, in the Psychology Today magazine they state that students who procrastinates as a daily basis, will likely have lower grades. Possible consequences that this example may also have is health issues because the person experiences the state of being anxious, sleepless, and mentally worn out. The people who rely on this behavior may even experience symptoms of depression and another health issues such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Often procrastinators, seek for self-compassion from others rather than taking advices in order to surpass this maladaptive behavior.
Allowing this behavior to continue frequently exposes us to the risk of questioning our ability to fulfill our full potential in multiple activities be it academic, work or home. Procrastination is a behavior that extends into several variants, causing a deficiency in terms of motivation and in how we carry out our extracurricular activities. Although procrastination is not classified as a mental illness, the increase in the frequency of this activity is very dangerous, since this behavior can be potentially addictive and can cause serious consequences such as the loss of one's identity as a person.
Unfortunately, during life, we have to face these obstacles that we dislike so much and that on many occasions can lead us to the total demotivation of our personal interests. But like everything in life, there are ways to face and overcome any adversity, and procrastination is not exempt from this opportunity. In various digital platforms such as today's psychology magazine, they are in charge of providing information and guides so that the reader can appreciate and apply them in their daily life. Following this module, you can find a ten-step guide in which you can guide your audience about some viable ways to deal with the problem of procrastination. It is extremely important to emphasize that procrastination can also be an adversity and that it can be dealt with in multiple ways. It must always be taken into account, the certainty of giving us an opportunity in which we can evolve our mental capacity and enrich the ability of responsibility and punctuality