You have either heard this story or you have been in the situation yourself. Finishing a paper the night before or an hour before it is due when you had many weeks to complete it. High schoolers and procrastination have gone hand and hand for plenty of years.
According to Newswire, 87 percent of students say they procrastinate and it affects their academic performance. Forty-five percent of those procrastinators say procrastination negatively affects their grades.
I have noticed throughout my high school years that many people are affected by procrastination. Leaving work until the last possible chance to do it, I get it; you’re busy. People argue procrastination produces the best work, which may be true for some people, but for me getting the work done quickly after it is assigned produces the best work. I think procrastination should be avoided even when it seems impossible at times.
For as long as I can remember, I have always found joy in making lists, completing things and crossing them off. This has helped me avoid procrastination and to get my assignments done far before it is due. I find it fun to cross everything off.  I can get things done on time so I didn’t have to worry about it the night before. High school has made it harder to do this, but I still try to finish everything early.  It gives me a sense of pleasure
I choose not to procrastinate because I hate being stressed. When I have multiple assignments to complete and less than a day to do it or even a weekend, I get stressed easily and it puts me in a bad mood. I sometimes even get to the point where I am so stressed that I don’t even want to work on my assignment. I hate that feeling, so I try to avoid it as much as I possibly can. I find it hard to relax when I have a bunch of things building up, so I don’t procrastinate.
I can’t say that I have never procrastinated before. I think everyone procrastinates from time to time and I probably do it more than I should. Since I have both procrastinated and been on top of my assignments I know that not procrastinating is the better way to do it. During junior year there was a week I worked a lot and I chose to relax instead of getting my homework done. I had a project due at the end of the week and by Thursday night I was stressing because I had little to none of it done. Because of situations like this I chose not to procrastinate, and is why I encourage you not to procrastinate.
Procrastination is different for everyone. If procrastination works for you I can’t stop you from doing your thing, but I challenge you to not procrastinate for one week to see how it works for you.