Have you ever heard someone say they work best under pressure? College students around the world believe that they produce some of their best work when they complete the assignment at the last moment. Although they have been able to produce an assignment that meets the requirements of the assignment, it can be argued that it is not their best work. Your best work will include work that you have provided adequate time to think about and examine, one you have taken your time to complete, one you have reviewed, and one that you confidently feel has received the best you could give.
Here are more tips on why you should avoid procrastination and get a jump start on studying and writing papers.
1. Give yourself enough time to develop your idea. You will want to birth your idea for the assignment and then provide adequate time to nurture, develop, and grow the idea.
2. Give yourself enough time. Waiting until the last minute puts you at great risk to run out of time to work through your complete thought, all parts of the assignment, or review time.
3. Give yourself flexibility in case of an emergency. Anything can happen when it is crunch time to complete your assignment. The fire alarm could sound, your computer could crash, or you could become ill. Waiting until the last minute to start or complete the assignment could put you in a bad position if an emergency does occur.
4. Give yourself enough time to ask for help. What happens if you sit down to start the assignment and you do not understand the assignment or need direction. Waiting until the last minute will not allow to time to follow-up with a professor or maybe even reach out to a classmate.
5. Give yourself peace of mind. Waiting until the last minutes creates anxiety and undue stress. The assignment is stressful enough, adding time constraints does not help with easing the discomfort of the assignment. Take your time and allow yourself time to come back and review things with a clean and clear train of thought and not one that is full of stress.