PROCRASTINATION

//** Task #1: **// 1. When you get an assignment, you feel you have plenty of time to finish it. 2. You regularly outline your workload and assign dates for stages to be completed. 3. You pick out your school clothes the night before. 4. You believe there is a correct way to start something. 5. You usually regret not having started an assignment earlier. 6. You wonder where the time has gone. 7. You prepare for a test the night before. 8. You often feel overwhelmed with what you must accomplish. 9. You currently have several projects due that you have not yet started. 10. When you have an assignment due in three days, you know what must be done today. 11. You rely on your agenda book for key dates and deadlines. 12. Starting something is extremely unpleasant to you. 13. You look back on the day and know you have accomplished your goals. 14. You often feel confident that you can get things done in a very short amount of time. 15. You feel like “two months away” is an extremely long time. 16. You have a plan for revising your assignments. 17. You are well into summer vacation before you consider job ads. 18. You have bought and sent out an occasion card before the occasion. 19. When you should be doing one thing, you are often doing another instead. 20. You believe that 10 minutes isn’t enough time in which to do anything useful.
 * Complete the following quiz, answering either yes or no to each. (Place a Y or N beside each one)**

//**Task #1:**// > 1 point for each **NO** response to these questions: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20
 * **Check out how you rated on the procrastination quiz** from Friday and look back at how you answered some of the questions.
 * Award yourself:1 point for each **YES** response to these questions: 2, 3, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18
 * **1-7 points**= You’re definitely a last-minute guy or gal! Perhaps you’re impressed now and then with your own ability to survive on your crazy schedule. However, you may be stressed out with all those loose ends and missed deadlines.
 * **8-16 points** = You are in control—you like to go with the flow now and then, but you have a plan for your life, your work, and your goals.
 * **17-20 points** = You’re a planner. Efficient and organized, you leave little to chance and plan life down to the last detail. You don’t need any tips on avoiding procrastination. Let your fellow students and teacher in on your secrets!

//** Task #2: **//
 * On your own, **identify the situations that make you procrastinate the most**. Write them down in the left column.
 * To the right of each situation, **write down something that you could do to avoid procrastination**. Think back to the tips you read on today's lesson page.


 * = ** What I do to procrastinate: ** ||= **How I can avoid procrastinating:** ||