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Procrastination


Jeremy Simmons
3rd hour

Procrastination is a universal everyday phenomenon that can seem little more
than clich‚, a small-talk joke or boast or complaint; we all do it, after all.
Yet a newly reported survey of students at a large urban university in the U. S.
is probably typical in that a majority (52%) of the students claimed a high or
moderate need for assistance with regard to procrastination which is more than
any other area of concern (www.info.wlu.ca). There are a great many causes to
the addiction to this thing called procrastination.

There are many underlying issues and causes of procrastination. Lack of
relevance and interest are two of the most common causes. While perfectionism
(having extremely high standards which are almost unreachable) is another.
Evaluation anxiety, ambiguity, fear of failure and self-doubt, fear of success,
inability to handle the task, lack of information needed to complete the task,
environmental......

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