Piles of papers all over the place. Due dates approaching soon. “Eh, I'll do it later.” Everyone has been there. Everyone knows what's going on. Procrastination.

 

Procrastination affects people daily. “I’m just kinda lazy, and when I get home I just want to chill and not do my homework and watch Netflix, then I get distracted and then it’s 11:00 and I still need to do my homework,” says Madeleine Colvard. But is it always just because we’re lazy?

 

Studies have shown that procrastination often comes from underestimating the amount of time it’ll take to do something, causing people to postpone whatever project we had in mind. “I always say ‘I’ll get it done in like five minutes,’ but it ends up taking forever,” says Wendy Cortez.

 

It is common for high school students to procrastinate on homework. We either don’t want to do it, or we don’t think it’ll take too long. “[I procrastinate] mainly [on] homework. I still get it done, but I just leave it to the last minute,” says Madeleine.

 

But the real question here is, “Will it affect my in life?” 1 in 5 people have admitted that their procrastination has gotten so out of hand that they put their jobs, relationships, and their health in jeopardy. Madeleine added that procrastination affects her grades, “but it’s usually just a few points off because I didn’t spend as much time as I should have on it.” 10/31/16