Don’t leave it last minute

A man sleeping on top of book cases due to severe exhaustion, picture from http://www.smart-kit.com

‘My economics essay is due week 6, I’ll do it in a few days’, says the average student unknowingly as the procrastination monster is creeping up on him/her. 

It is a rather cliché topic to talk about but let’s face the facts as days turn into weeks and later on to fortnights and we’re caught doing the assignment a day before or on the very day of its submission.

Some have a natural talent in completing things at the last minute with ease, but for the rest of us it is a painful, tiresome, and grueling experience. 

Don’t deny it as we all ‘cram’ as the result of necessity and obligation to complete our work rather than doing it voluntarily.

Honestly, who would want to spend an entire night in front of their laptops typing desperately away to reach that minimum word limit? You already know that your lecturers have heard every excuse in the book but you think that you’re unique in some way and that glimmer of a chance will give you an extra few days extension. You were sadly mistaken, and from there you hit the books, hard.

While in ‘cram-mode’ individuals will experience an increase in stress levels which in return will sometimes lead to aggression and volatility towards others, insomnia due to lack of sleep, and sometimes headaches. 

Anxiety is another symptom that an individual may suffer from as they would be so anxious to finish their work and get some sleep but sometimes it works in their misfortune. 

The gravest mistake one could make is having a short break to catch some shut eye as most of the time they wake up the next day.

The work yet to be completed and your late to class, you tend to rush and therefore increasing the potential of accidents whether on a vehicle or not. 

You arrive late and interrupt the class, the lecturer comments tardiness and asked for the assignment. Instead of one problem, now you have two, what do you do?

You will either admit that it’s not finished or come out with a farfetched reason to make it look as if it is not your fault, but either way you choose you would still regret not doing the work earlier and you vow never to procrastinate in doing you work ever again or at least you hope you don’t. And the cycle continues.