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Every student I have interviewed, have had this similar issue of poor time management. Imagine having a whole semester of about 4 months to prepare for an examination, but I won't read and study enough until it's 1 day to the examination day.
It is when I am in the examination hall that I would be regretting why I didn't study earlier. I would then tell myself that my next paper would be different because I would study earlier. But when the next paper reaches, I would still be regretting in the hall for not taking proper time out to prepare.
This is the story of my life friends, procrastination, and poor time management have made me to lose alot of opportunities and productivities.
I would not really classify myself to be a lazy person, because I know how hard I work, especially offline. My challenge is more of managing my time properly (procrastination).
There's one time I had a presentation to talk on a simple topic. The topic of my discussion was based on Internet of Things (IoT), and I presumed that it was an easy topic for me.
I failed to prepare enough because I taught I had lots of time. Infact, I thought I would master everything in some few days before the presentation, but I delayed till the night before the presentation. I then discovered that my Microsoft PowerPoint was misbehaving, and my work had disappeared.
I felt the real definition of frustration, if only I had kept on going through the presentation work, and given enough time to it, I would have noticed the problem earlier and address in time.
One of the major reasons for my procrastination and poor time management habit is because I always want to take out special time to get tasks done perfectly. I would plan to achieve a job within a particular timeframe, but I would practically see that time passing me by without me achieving my target.
Many might call it laziness, others might call it indiscipline, but I think if I would try to prioritize what is more important at the moment and do it well, I would solve this problem of procrastination to a very large extent.
I believe just like me, many other people are having the same issue dealing with procrastination. This doesn't just affect a person's currentofe, but it can equally affect a person's future.
Think about procrastination in respect to schooling or working in an establishment, you would realize that procrastination could bring down a person's career from being at the top to being the least.
Yes it's that serious, because this same habit have affected my mental health. I began to wonder where my problem was actually coming from. I began to check if I could trace it to any spiritual attack against my life, but to no avail.
It's usually as if I am been stressed out from within. But the funny thing about this matter is that I could easily get a task done in few minutes whenever I am 100% ready. But I would always see myself waiting for a presumed "right time," lol.
In as much as it has been a challenge to me, I am still studying and finding new solutions to it everyday. So to as many others out there facing the same challenge of procrastination, I would suggest you just jump right into it little by little.
Always remember that there's not a more perfect time than now, and "now" is the most perfect time you might ever have. It would still be nice to get any possible opinions or advise from my friends here, on how to completely overcome this issue of procrastination.
