Procrastination Third Person Term Paper

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Procrastination

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT PROCRASTINATION body remains at rest...unless acted upon by an outside force"

Newton's First Law

If there are any corollaries to Newton's Law of Inertia that apply to people, they would seem to be:

person remains at rest unless the consequences of continued procrastination outweigh the unpleasantness of interrupting his rest."

Procrastination is a very natural urge. It is most likely to overwhelm any competing inclination to action where there is no absolute deadline for completion, particularly where there is no risk of criticism from anyone with the power to punish one for it. The opportunity for procrastination within the professional arena is usually somewhat limited by the prospect of having to answer to one's superior prior to achieving one's procrastination potential. Conversely, household chores represent a virtually limitless opportunity for full expression of the procrastination urge, by virtue of the fact that one risks no criticism other than (perhaps) from one's spouse.
Furthermore, procrastination is therefore also invaluable, as a tool of passive aggression where irritating one's spouse or significant other is a simultaneous urge.

Where a chore cannot be avoided, a person will continue to postpone beginning said chore until such time as there is slightly too little time left to complete it without undue haste."

Sometimes, procrastination is an indispensable ally, particularly where one has the luxury of so much time to complete a given task that it is simply impossible to maintain sufficient enthusiasm or energy, or to ignore competing urges and interests. In this respect, any household chore is a prime example, because even in the absence of any television program worth watching under ordinary circumstances, virtually any random channel selection is likely to reveal something sufficiently captivating so as to justify its continued postponement. In fact, one of the only reliable methods known for ensuring that a household chore….....

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