Today let's talk about

procrastination!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to our channel.

Today we're gonna talk about

something that everybody is familiar with,

procrastination!

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Okay, so let's just jump right into it

Yes, I know it

you know it

everybody watching this video now knows it

The art of procrastination

The definition for procrastination is

trying to avoid doing

whatever you’re supposed to be doing

Like, watching this video!

Are you procrastinating right now?

Now let’s break it down and take a look

at the word "procrastination"

The English word "procrastination"

originated from the latin word

“procrastinatus"

with the prefix “pro-”

meaning “forward, towards the future”

and “crastinus” meaning “tomorrow”

So, procrastination?

"Until tomorrow."

It’s Saturday

and I have a paper due next Monday

I should start writing it today

so that I can have two days to finish it

but I’m so tired right now

Maybe...

I’ll just do it tomorrow

O--kay I’m up!

I should definitely start working on that paper

But wait...

I’m feeling a little bit hungry

Maybe I should go fill up my tummy first

You know what they say

“It’s never right to start working with an empty stomach!”

Wait, no...

actually...

I said that

Okay I’ve got all these snacks

but I’d hate to eat them without any entertainment

I guess I’ll just watch one episode of

that TV series I like so much

Oh, what a cliffhanger ending!

I need to watch the next episode…

the next episode…

the next episode…

Look at the time

Wow, I need to go to sleep again

I guess I’ll just do my paper tomorrow

Wait…

tomorrow's Monday!

Everyone procrastinates, right?

As for me?

Yeah, of course I procrastinate.

I do it all the time

The excuse I give myself comes from the quote

"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

Sounds legit, right?

I know

Back in college

if a paper is due on Monday

I would waste time

until it’s the last day to work on it

Anyone who tries to tell me otherwise

I say to them

"You underestimate me."

YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER

I know it’s the same for most of us

We procrastinate easily

when we know we still have a lot of time

Now, I’m actually quite some way away

from my college life

Things have now changed

and I don’t have any assignment deadlines

But still, I procrastinate

Especially, sleeping

Sleeping?

Isn’t sleeping considered to be one of the most divine things in the world?

But, I, procrastinate sleep?

How could that even happen?

I procrastinate sleeping

Yes, I do

and I procrastinate sleeping almost

every single day

Now you know where my dark circles come from

I don’t know if any of you feel the same way

but listen to this

Every night

after finally getting my shower

I would start preparing to go to bed

I would start drying my hair

and after that, put on all my skin care products

Then, I would shut the lights

and lie in bed

Do you think I would fall asleep so easily?

No, because for no reason at all

I would always feel the need to

pick up my phone again

In total darkness

I would pull the brightness bar all the way down

and turn on the night shift mode

Good job, iPhone

After all the settings

I would start idling my time away

First Facebook, then Instagram

then YouTube, then Dcard

then Line and Messenger and Gmail

And at right about that time

my brother would come check on me

and I would have to pretend I’m sleeping

and bury my phone under the sheets

But after he’s gone

I would go through Facebook and Instagram one more time

Then I would look at the time

It’s almost 2 am!

Would any of you do this?

Please tell me I’m not alone

We’re all in this together

We’re all in this together

But that's just my example

I know

probably most of you procrastinate

in various creative and um... weird ways?

Although procrastination is not that healthy for you

I’d like to think that

cutting yourself some slack

isn’t such a bad thing

However

if you want to stop procrastinating

here I want to share two simple tricks with you

First

the hardest part of doing anything

is getting started

So why not just tell yourself

just sit there and focus for five minutes

Just five minutes

Don’t think about finishing the whole paper

Just focus on writing a few lines of it

Don’t think about running for an hour

Just focus on the first few steps

For five minutes

if you just get yourself going

everything else comes naturally

So, don’t put too much thought on “finishing” a task

Just set a small goal

and work on it for 5 minutes

By doing this

it'll feel easier to accomplish that

and feel less pressure while doing it

Second tip on helping you stop procrastination

is setting rewards for yourself

For example

sometimes when I really don’t wanna work on something

I’ll tell myself

“Okay, Crown, write two paragraphs,"

"and then you can go eat that strawberry ice cream in the fridge.”

Here in this scenario

the reward I set for myself is strawberry ice cream

but you can set whatever reward you want

And guess what

my mind is so set on the reward

I actually try my best to write two paragraphs

as soon as I possibly can

Yeah! Ice cream!

Yeah~~~

Okay, that's about all for today

And I hope you find this topic interesting

and relatable

Do you procrastinate like me?

When do you usually procrastinate?

If you have any good tips on stopping procrastination

please leave all those in the comment section down below!

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and learned something from it!

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