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Netasha The recent university students among you may have had a culture shock: with no parents peering over your shoulder to check on homework and no teachers looming with threats of detention, independence reigns. As such, the temptation to give in to the power of procrastination when you should be working is suddenly very strong! Procrastination takes many forms. Things like checking if you have any unread emails. Perhaps seeing if you have any new text messages. Then, with mobile in hand, taking the time to change the ringtone, just before phoning a friend to tell them about your new ringtone. When they tell you that they haven't finished their essay either, it's time to go and make a cup of tea, do the washing up and make a sandwich.
Shaikh Once you've put an essay, project, or revision stint off until the very last minute, you then have the strenuous task of completing it under pressure, which makes it seem deceptively difficult. As a result, the next time you have to knuckle down you remember it as being something horrendous, so you put it off again—and so it goes on.
Mark Resist the temptation. Even if your chosen distraction isn't utterly pointless, remember that you would have much more fun doing it if you got the most pressing burden of what you're supposed to be doing out of the way first. So, be paradoxical and put off procrastination!
Thomas The prospect of sitting down and doing nothing but write an essay for a few hours straight can be daunting enough to stop you doing it at all. So, make it more achievable by breaking it down. If it's a 2,000 word essay, reward yourself by taking a half-hour break alter you've reached 500 words. Make sure your target is one of quantity rather than time, though: if you tell yourself you'll take a break after an hour of work, you could spend the entire hour producing three sentences then gleefully skip off. Also, keep said break to half an hour: if you use it to watch an episode of your favorite show, make sure you don't end up watching the entire box-set.
Peter "Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task"—so goes the quote from late American psychologist William James, and he has a point. Once you've triumphed over that elusive essay or properly prepared for your exam, you'll feel much better with yourself. You may even find that the prospect of rearranging your socks has suddenly lost its allure (strangely enough), giving you the opportunity to get out there and do something exciting with your time!
Now match each of the people (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: There are two extra statements. Statements- A. While doing an essay, we should make it more achievable by breaking it down.
- B. We should only pay attention to the quality and forget about the time.
- C. If we get the most pressing burden of what we're supposed to be doing out of the way first, we can easily have fun.
- D. Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
- E. Things like checking if you have any unread emails or perhaps seeing if you have any new text messages are the typical forms of "Procrastination".
- F. Once you've put an essay, project, or revision stint off, you will be likely to put it off again.
- G. If you tell yourself you'll take a break after an hour of work, you will definitely spend the entire hour working efficiently, then go to enjoy your free tim