{"id":14051,"date":"2024-08-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/hate-being-a-procrastinator\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T02:48:11","slug":"need-help-managing-your-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/need-help-managing-your-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage your procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When it\u2019s time to study do you find yourself binge-watching entire seasons of Netflix? Scrolling TikTok for hours? Perhaps your home is unusually spotless? Or are you convinced that you perform well under pressure and purposefully wait till the last minute to get to your studies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are not alone. Procrastination is extremely common among university students and there is even a category called academic procrastination, where students \u201c<em>\u2026voluntarily delay an intended course of study-related action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay<\/em>\u201d.<a name=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The connection between your thoughts, feelings and behaviour is central to understanding procrastination. Learning to reduce problematic procrastination to challenge unhelpful thoughts (&#8220;I work better under pressure&#8221;), and learning to cope with challenging feelings such as anxiety or boredom, is crucial to reducing problematic procrastination. Learning to take a balanced, compassionate attitude toward yourself can interrupt the cycle of procrastination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is human to avoid more painful or challenging tasks in the pursuit of more pleasurable or easier activities, but there are levels at which it becomes an issue. If procrastination is impacting your studies, it is important for you to learn to manage it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lunchtime Life Skills: Managing procrastination<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>What if there is more to procrastination than you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Curtin&#8217;s Psychological and Counselling services team for this two-part webinar that takes a deep dive into helping you develop a more sophisticated understanding of what procrastination is and how it works. You will also learn how to reinforce helpful thoughts and understand practical behavioural strategies to help you get started and keep working.<\/p>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block block--no-indent article-overlay \"\n        role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Article overlay\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/I4R8968-1000x500.jpg\" class=\"article-overlay__image\" alt=\"Photo of three female students on bean bags\">\n        <div class=\"article-overlay__inner\" data-overlay-offset=\"medium\">\n                            <h2 class=\"article-overlay__title\">Lunchtime Life Skills: Managing procrastination<\/h2>\n                                        <div class=\"article-overlay__content content\">\n                    <p>Date: Wednesdays, 21 &amp; 28 August (Part 1 and 2)<\/p>\n<p>Time: 12pm to 1pm<\/p>\n<p>Location: Online on Zoom<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                                        <ul class=\"article-overlay__links pink-links last-mb0\">\n                                                                    <li>\n                                                            <span class=\"ico ico-arrow ico--gray\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M15.71 2.29l-1.42 1.42L25.59 15H3v2h22.59l-11.3 11.29 1.42 1.42L29.41 16 15.71 2.29z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n                                <a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/unihub.curtin.edu.au\/students\/?s=event&amp;ss=ws&amp;mode=form&amp;id=d63e1a0124894d9f150474973b5c786a\" >Register on UniHub for Part 1<\/a>\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                                    <li>\n                                                            <span class=\"ico ico-arrow ico--gray\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path d=\"M15.71 2.29l-1.42 1.42L25.59 15H3v2h22.59l-11.3 11.29 1.42 1.42L29.41 16 15.71 2.29z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n                                <a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/unihub.curtin.edu.au\/students\/?s=event&amp;ss=ws&amp;mode=form&amp;id=f21ee0d1d6838665b39eb7fb47f19a79\" >Register on UniHub for Part 2<\/a>\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n                class=\"block styled-heading \"\n        role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Heading\">\n\n    \n<div class=\"block-heading\" data-segment=\"dom\">\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"attend-other-lunchtime-life-skills-events\">Attend other Lunchtime Life Skills events<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                                <div class=\"block-heading__content\"><p>Tune into the Lunchtime Life Skills webinar series throughout the semester to learn practical skills and strategies to manage common challenges faced by university students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n                                <div class=\"block-heading__buttons\">\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/unihub.curtin.edu.au\/students\/app\/events?keywords=lunchtime\" class=\"button\"\n                       target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View all webinars\">View all webinars<\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also visit Curtin\u2019s Counselling &amp; Wellbeing webpage to learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/\">Curtin\u2019s free counselling services<\/a>, other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/counselling-wellbeing\/workshops\/\">group programs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/health\/medical-centre\/\">medical services<\/a>&nbsp;for all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Six tips for curbing your procrastination\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLuk-dsCSSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Steel, P., &amp; Klingsieck, K. 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