Discussion

Procrastination is a very serious problem, especially for students because they have to do their best to get good education and afterwards find a good and highly paid job. Despite the importance of studying for these 4 years, most of students still have a bad habit of procrastination saying that there is still time for them to catch up. Therefore, I decided to know more about this bad habit and listen to students who faced it. Being honest, I also do procrastinate sometimes and then I feel so sorry for myself and I feel that I do not work at my full potential. By choosing this question about procrastination I made a research, recorded some interviews and listened to plenty of advices which were given by participants.

The interviews were pretty interesting for me as an interviewer and the participants enjoined them as well. I was asking them questions that led to new questions and when I heard an interesting answer form participants I asked them about it more. For example, two of interviewees said that they played a computer game called Dota (Defence of the Ancients) and I was really interested in that part and asked him to tell me a bit more about how he started to play.

I also like the fact that all of the interviewees try to overcome procrastination. They all know that this habit will never lead them to good things and they try to do something about it. Some read, books, others keep their parents in mind and motivate themselves.

One more thing that I would like to mention is the type of motivation. All of four participants have intrinsic motivation. Meaning that, all of them get inspiration from themselves and they know that this is the problem which has to be solved on their own. They all say that it does not matter what other people will say about their procrastination problem. However, when their parents remark them, they hear them but not necessarily listen. I really like this because, those four participants understand that they should be responsible for themselves and they understand that one day they will have to take care of their parents.

In conclusion, I would like to mention the most interesting parts of the research. Firstly, it is the fact that all of four interviewees were males which shows that females are more responsible for their studies. Note that, before choosing these four candidates I have distributed a test that identifies the level of procrastination.

Secondly, the role of procrastination for the selected students is negative. In addition, it makes them feel stressed as all four interviewees mentioned that when they think of their procrastination it makes them feel sad.

Lastly, each of four students try to overcome the habit of procrastination. They all have different methods and approaches which they find useful. All of them realise that procrastination is pretty a problem and it has to be solved by prioritising their goals and dreams.

Appendix

Research Question	Text from interview	Participant No
What does procrastination mean to you?	Procrastination is a bad habit. It is a thing that makes you not to do the things that you need to do.	4
	Procrastination for me is a common thing	3
	So, for me procrastination is like laziness plus unresponsibilty maybe.	1
How much are you affected by procrastination?	It seems that procrastination is the worst habit of mine. Even though I have a lot of habits, but this habit is the strongest for me.	4
	If we evaluate it. As in 1 of 10 maybe if it is possible, maybe my procrastination level is at 7 or 8 because I‘ve become really lazy these times	1
When was your 1st serious procrastination experience?	It was last year. I prepared for Social Science and I needed to score 8% and I had one day to study. But wanted to sleep badly because I watched a football match and I decided that I would wake up on the day of exam 4 hours before and then will study. But I woke up 15 minutes before exam, went for exam, and in the end scored 6%, and I failed.	3
	In the 2nd semester there was a greater problem than just spending my time. There was a game which is called DOTA 2. So, yeah I was procrastinated by DOTA, coz every time I played I wanted to play it again and again. So, my second semester was like kind of failing semester.	2

Research Question	Text from interview	Participant No
If you had a chance to change your habit of procrastination to some other bad habit, what it would be?	Smoking! Because you can give up smoking, but procrastination is not that easy.	3
	I would choose a habit of not cleaning after myself after having a meal	4
How are you trying to stop procrastinating?	I am trying to study.	2
	I at least now I do wake up at 9am and that gives a lot time for me to do something and now I do sports.	1

References:

American Psychological Association. (2010). The psychology of procrastination: Why people put off important tasks until the last minute. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2010/04/procrastination.aspx

Kendra Cherry. Why do we procrastinate? Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/the-psychology-of/a/psychology-of-procrastination.htm

Rita Chaney (28^th of August, 2007) The Significance of Lying on the Couch at a Psychoanalysts Office. Retrieved from http://www.sciences360.com/index.php/the-significance-of-lying-on-the-couch-at-a-psychoanalysts-office-2-23533/