Students can counter procrastination by setting goals they want to accomplish in a certain time period.
“I like to set a goal on something so I won’t do too much or too little,” Riley Melancon, freshman, said. “I set goals on stuff like running or laundry because I run a certain distance everyday, and I wash at least two weeks worth of clothes because I have a lot of clothes and everything can’t get washed in one day.”
“I set goals on stuff so I know how much of something I should do,” Morgan Betterton, freshman, said. “If I get a lot of work from school like a huge packet or something, I’ll set a goal on how much I should do a day until the time the assignment is due.”
Some students like to manage their time to get everything done.
“I manage my time by starting very early so I can do more than one thing at a time,” Loren Witcher, freshman, said. “I have AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) basketball and track so I have to wash a lot of stuff on the weekends so I wake up no later than nine, and start washing all my clothes and finish school work.”
“I manage time the most when I’m at school, and I have a lot of assignments to do,” Jada Pyles, freshman, said. “I have a lot to do between track and school so I never really have time to do homework unless we don’t have a meet or practice.”
“When I am really overwhelmed by procrastination, I sit on my bed and cry,” an anonymous senior said. “Then after that I make a list; and tackle one thing at a time.”
“When I procrastinate, I plan out what I do, but then I never do it,” Ethan Jacobs, sophomore, said. “I usually wait until the very last minute to do something. At the end of the day, it is what it is, and not the end of the world.”
“I have to make lists in order to get stuff done,” Kennedy Hanks, senior, said. “I think tasks are easier to manage when you write them out, but the majority time it’s harder for some people to do that because it builds up over time.”