This document discusses making choices and avoiding procrastination. It notes that some choices are easy while others are difficult, and that people cannot do everything due to time and resource constraints. As a result, many people procrastinate tasks. The document estimates that 95% of people procrastinate. It provides some common procrastination myths and suggests prioritizing tasks by urgency, importance, and categorizing them as essential, important, or trivial to complete critical tasks first. Overall, the document encourages recognizing procrastination tendencies and properly prioritizing tasks to avoid last-minute rushing.

3. Choices

4. Choices You have to make choices. Some are easy – Brush Teeth or Be Friendless & Some are hard – What should I do with my life?

5. You Can’t Do Everything Sorry to break the news but you can’t do everything. You are limited. Not enough time, money, resources…

6. What you can do is Procrastinate

8. Procrastination - Source: http://www.blurburger.com/shoebox/toons/albums/toons/toon_procrastinator.gif

9. Procrastination - The act of postponing or delaying an action needlessly

10. What impact does procrastination have? Makes it difficult for you to get your assignments done The quality of your work may suffer (especially if it’s done at the last minute) You can miss deadlines It can add to your stress levels (and your guilt levels)

11. So… Have you

12. Ever told yourself, “I’ll just watch TV (or something enjoyable) for just 5 minutes and then get back to homework?” Ever underestimated the amount of work or time an assignment was going to take? Ever done something else “very important” to avoid working on an assignment? Ever spent so much time deciding what to do for an assignment that you didn’t get anything done? So… Have you

13. So… YES?

14. So… YES? You know how to procrastinate Don’t feel bad because we all procrastinate someway shape or form.

15. What percentage of people procrastinate? %

16. What percentage of people procrastinate? 95%

17. Don’t believe the hype “I work better under pressure.” Don’t confuse rapidity with quality; creativity takes time. “If I study early, I’ll forget it by test time.” Cramming loses REM sleep, where memory is formed Myth 1: Myth 2:

18. So… Get your priorities right

19. Prioritize: How to rank importance? Urgency Gravity Divide into categories A, B, and C A: B: C: Analysis, Evaluation and Synthesis

20. Prioritize: Ranking importance? Urgency Tasks close to deadline should receive high priority Gravity Tasks with the most “weight” should receive high priority Divide into categories A, B, and C A: Essential, or “must do” B: Important, or “should do” C: Trivial, or “could do”

26. Everyone say… NO! Don’t be afraid to say NO! to friends and parties

62. Presentation adapted from the following: Graham Garner First Year Seminar 2008 Michaelgowin.com