I always do everything on time. However, when the assignment is hard and very challenging. I tend to plan ahead on how to do the assignment. Since I’m new to the “new assignment”, it will also  make me worry about the term that I am not very familiar with, afraid to do it, thinking of a wrong move and I may lose a mark.

I worry much about my assignment but at the same time, all I do is think about it, having the thought only  but never make a move on it. At the moment I decide to do my work, many distractions cause me to procrastinate my work. For instance, watching movies, playing games and so on. I do think that I get distracted easily because I intentionally ignore my work too, without realising it. 

Up until now, it still happens to me and I’m trying my best to conquer my procrastination. 

Here is the link to my selfie video project https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMVJmrg-RKluFajRc-bdacCNL7DJW330/view?usp=sharing

Based on the article(Beat Procrastination and Make the Grade), I think I’ll classify myself as the dreamer. I would have great ideas but when it comes to apply it in real life I would struggle to achieve what I initially planned. I notice that when I plan something I wouldn’t think about the details to execute the plan properly. As an example, I was the director for an event organised by SEKWIM UMS. At first I have great plans like inviting the Minister of Sabah as the chief guest for my event and do the event at an open place outside UMS. I also planned that there will be many locals who will attend to the event. But when it comes to executing it I faced a lot of problems. I found out that inviting a Minister as a chief guest for an event organised by students are difficult. I also faced problems for booking outdoor locations because I need to ask permissions. I should have think about this problems while im planning it in my mind.

I also notice that I don’t think I should work hard to get what I want. I always think of an alternative way which makes my work easier.Doing too much work to get something is just frustrates me. From reading the article, I found out how to overcome my problem in procrastination. Ill try to turn my dreams into concrete goals. I also will try to write down what are my plans and the details that I need to do to achieve my goals.



This is the link for lesson 9.

 

Here is the link for Lesson 9 exercise:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d244hDFK_FzrJC0G2JBRDyup8hw4xDy41G4dgHF4wSM/edit?usp=sharing

 

SELFIE VIDEO:

I have always been a perfectionist who has always been focused on the results. This has been really exhausting and leads to procrastination. I push myself to give the best in everything I do and criticise myself when things don’t go my way. Besides, I constantly worry that I’ll mess things up. There are too many ‘what ifs’ on my mind that stresses me up even before starting a work. Fear of failure and my pessimistic behavior sometimes make me avoid my work completely.

For instance, whenever I receive a new assignment, the first thought that emerges in my mind is how am I going to produce a perfect work without any mistakes. I’ll wait for the right time and solution to begin my assignment. If I’m not satisfied with my work, I will not hesitate to start from scratch. This is because imperfect work makes me anxious and I’ll be constantly worrying about not meeting the expectations. So, I’ll spend plenty of time completing each of my assignments till I feel satisfied with my work. Or there will be times where I’ll put my work on hold till I come up with a perfect idea or solution on how to complete them. This is how I procrastinate till my assignments are piled up and I end up submitting them at the eleventh hour. 

Here is the link to my selfie video.

About being the dreamer, I am the type of person who enjoy making the ideal plan more than taking action. I’m creative, but find it hard to actually finish a task. Perhaps the dreamer in me dreams of doing assignments early and can conceptualize in the abstract what the impact could be, but when it comes to the hard work of researching for the content or articulating in lucid words, that practical stuff involving putting my ass on the grind, seems to be a stumbling block. Perhaps I wait for inspiration to strike while getting on the mundane job of researching and writing is all that is required.

As for the overdoer, I would think to do everything, especially for other people. So, I end up often procrastinating on what I need to do for myself. I tend to say “yes” too much because I’m unable to make choices and establish priorities. For instance, I’m the leader for almost all my group assignments. I have so many assignments to do and to check my group mates' work and competing demands on my time that I can actually find no time to focus on my English tasks. Therefore, I end up procrastinating.

This is the link to my selfie video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UnDUXoHhz7KGoTL-zEOszIYeILlo4wH8/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R8NqTo_V1RilKf7HNF9nEB4dWXzAJeNL9E15Htk8hRU/edit?usp=sharing

Link to Selfie Video :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l2aBF_Xi8aJW2vxsGvD9mCn81Hvlb6cb/view?usp=sharing

Link to Lesson 9 Exercise :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iM39tY8Q8nkw3yEXFXSlN_mdLyAYoBL55abZ6YUWHmU/edit?usp=sharing

 

Next, the dreamer. I am really good at planning the work that I wanted to do. However, there is a time when I feel stress out over the works that I am planning to do because of too much of list to-do. I then prefer to just do the work I find easy to get done.

The type of procrastination that directly applies to me is The Perfectionist. For example, the assignment for my Food Ecosystem subject has been delayed for days because I keep thinking about the right words to use, the appropriate points to make and how does it make sense to the reader. Besides that, I am also The Crisis-Maker. Ideas will flood my brain if I do last minutes works and I won’t overthink for that my work to be perfect. Those are my habits of procrastination 

Between all the six styles of procrastination given, the perfectionist and the crisis-maker are the most suitable procrastination to describe me when doing my works. This is because, in doing my works I can be very picky and want the outcome to be as perfect as it can otherwise, I will feel not satisfied at all. Doing my works with a perfectionist attitude is the most satisfied thing I can do as it felt like a reward for me after my struggle finishing my works and the outcome is outstanding. This style not only apply for my works, but also in my group assignment especially because we do not know how the others doing their works or assignment. So, to ensure that our group assignment is totally in a perfect condition I will volunteer myself to check their works and the final draft of the assignment before the submission. 

I cannot deny that this kind of situation or procrastination sometime do affects my emotion and mood. This is because, I can be too focus on doing something until I stress up to achieve my own expectation because of my perfectionist attitude. Besides, I also can be furious or mad especially for the group assignment if my members did not doing their works right as I always want them to do their works perfectly that can meet my expectation as their teammate. This kind of attitude started to get attached with me when I keep on thinking to get a better mark as I always tell myself that a perfect works can lead to a perfect score. As a university student, perfectionist is a good attitude as we need to meet many people expectation, especially the lecturers. Not only that, to build a good career you also need to be perfectionist so people will be impressed with all the work you are doing. 

But, at the same time I can be a risk taker which mean the crisis-maker. Even though I am a perfectionist in my works, but at the same time I tend to put myself under a lot of pressure. Why? Because I enjoying the adrenaline working under a pressure. For example, I always started my works late instead of doing it in the early stage as my idea tend to come faster if doing my works in the last minute. Furthermore, doing my works under a pressure sometime can help me to focus more on finishing it as fast as I can but with my perfectionist attitude it is not a good combination. This is because, I always skip my meals and sleep time to make sure that my works is perfects and the outcome is satisfying even though doing it last minute. This situation quite worrying as I keep experiencing migraine and can affects my health too as I do not have enough sleep and rest due to these two procrastination in me.

In a nutshell, the perfectionist and the crisis-maker are the most suitable attitude that can describe me. I admit that, I do try my best to change the ways of me doing my works but I started to be more comfortable with these two even though the crisis-maker can be classified into a negative attitude, in the mean time I believe that there are some people that can really deal and carry these attitude with them just like me. Different people have a different thought in this, all the procrastination that exists in this world is depend on how you deal and control them not you being control with them.