Procrastination, Good or Bad?

So you focused on completing everything, but actually end up completing nothing? You've got a presentation or assignment due tomorrow and you end up going to bed at
12 the next day. Sound familiar?

Procrastination got the best of you, but is it always bad? Many articles always focus on how to cure or avoid procrastination, but the real question is how can we procrastinate well? Procrastination can be divided into three different categories:
a)Doing nothing
b)Doing something less important
c)Doing something more important

I believe C is a good form of procrastination and means avoiding errands and small things in order to do real work. If you are ignoring things such as house work, laundry, writing out thank you notes or replying to unimportant emails to focus on an important task, then you are procrastinating well. Procrastination is a huge problem for many students and here I speak for myself, sometimes things become so much we end up doing nothing which later results in stress and feelings of anxiety.

So we ask ourselves, why did I do that? and why did'nt I plan? but yet we find ourselves in the same rut over and over again.

One of the best ways in which to deal with procrastination is to make a list of all the things that need your attention and categories them into:
a)Most Important - deadline over a few days
b)Important - deadline over a few weeks but requires you to become familiar with topic.
c) Unimportant - can be done whenever there is a free moment.

To me procrastination can be a good thing as it enables you to structure your life and tasks, it is however not possible for many individuals. Thus these individuals have to avoid procrastination completely and focus on getting as much done as possible within a certain time frame.

So remember it is not bad to procrastinate as long as you are productive and procrastinating well....