{"id":1053,"date":"2013-02-28T10:12:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2013-02-28T10:12:46","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:12:46","slug":"alexa-the-pitfalls-of-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/02\/28\/alexa-the-pitfalls-of-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa: The Pitfalls of Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Alexa Image\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-278\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I am in denial of being a procrastinator. I would like to think that I  listened to my mom when she told me to buy a calendar for the school  year and keep important due dates on there and I\u2019d like to think I  listened to my dad when he called on the weekends and told me to study  ahead of time; but I didn\u2019t. Instead I rationalize with myself that I  work better under deadline and thrive under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Do I really? Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>Is this a good excuse for waiting until the last minute to do things? Nope.<\/p>\n<p>The two big examples of my most recent procrastination are happening right now<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My blog post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Time to complete: 1 week<\/p>\n<p>When I started it: 5 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p>Due: in 30 minutes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 page paper for my history class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Time to complete: 2 weeks<\/p>\n<p>When I started it: 2 hours ag0<\/p>\n<p>Due: in 6 hours<\/p>\n<p>While  both these things will get done before their deadlines, this is not an  encouragement to wait until the last minute to do things because it is  SO STRESSFUL and gets my heart beating unnecessarily fast.<\/p>\n<p>Instead try this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Write  the due date for an assignment somewhere you can see it everyday, that  way it will always be in the back of your mind to start when you have an  extra moment.<\/li>\n<li>Start it early. For example, if you have to write  a paper, try writing your beginning paragraph one night and your first  body paragraph the next.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to go into your professor\u2019s  office hours to make sure your paper is on the right track and use the  COM writing center because it\u2019s a wonderful resource.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In short, or in long, since I stopped half way through this blog to watch this video about 10 times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dc_W1_d2g2g&amp;feature=youtu.be\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dc_W1_d2g2g&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026Don\u2019t procrastinate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in denial of being a procrastinator. I would like to think that I listened to my mom when she told me to buy a calendar for the school year and keep important due dates on there and I\u2019d like to think I listened to my dad when he called on the weekends and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/02\/28\/alexa-the-pitfalls-of-procrastination\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alexa: The Pitfalls of Procrastination<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3892,7281,257,1613],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}