Sergio Lopez Mrs.

Jones English IV A4 4 October, 2013

Monster Ess !

"i# !o$ e%er h %e to get so&ething #one, b$t ' ite# $ntil the l st &in$te to #o it( "o !o$ )no' 'hether it*s bec $se !o$ 'ere being l z! or +$st #i#n*t ' nt to be bothere# 'ith it( , s there -eeling o- stress 'hen !o$ re&in#e# !o$rsel- th t it nee#e# to be #one( "i# !o$ p$rposel! -in# so&ething else to #o th t ' s in !o$r - %or inste # o- #oing 'h t re ll! nee#e# to be #one( I- the ns'er is !es, I*%e #one ll these things &!sel-. I prob bl! #i# it g in be-ore 'riting this p per n# #i#n*t re lize $ntil no'. .his is c lle# procr stin tion n# it*s &! &onster. /rocr stin tion is &! &onster bec $se I 'o$l# )no' ho' i&port nt so&ething nee#s to be #one n# still not to #o it. ,h t I 'o$l# #o is ' it $ntil there isn*t n! &ore ti&e be-ore I get st rte#. .his #oes nothing goo# -or &e or n!one else 'ith the s &e iss$e t ll. All this #oes is & )e &e 'or) $n#er press$re. So&eti&es it 'o$l#n*t e%en be #one right bec $se the 'or) ' s r$she# inste # o- it being #one correctl! 'ith ti&e. Another re son I bhor this &onster is bec $se so&e sleep &ight be lost so&eti&es #epen#ing on 'h t*s being #one. I )no' this nee#s to be -i0e# s soon s possible. A ' ! th t procr stin tion c n be -i0e# is to h %e #i--erent &in#set to' r#s to !o$r t s). So&eti&es !o$ c n +$st tell !o$rsel- 1I c n get this #one in no ti&e i- I +$st st rt no'2 or 1Let &e +$st get this thing o%er 'ith no' th t I h %e ti&e.2. Another ' ! stop procr stin tion is to #o the 'or) step t ti&e n# s %e so&e -or l ter on. ,hen !o$ h %e so&ething to #o it*s lso goo# to ch nge the en%iron&ent th t !o$*re in. .his 'or)s bec $se !o$ prob bl! 'on*t tr %el to the libr r! +$st to sleep or rel 0 'hen !o$ get there. On the other h n#, !o$ h %e !o$r ho$se 'here !o$ h %e co&plete ccess to

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o- the& ll. ,e p$t this o%er 'h t*s ct$ ll! i&port nt bec $se 'e*# r ther be en+o!ing o$rsel%es then to e%en thin) bo$t being bothere# 'ith 'or). Another proble& 'ith so&e people is th t the!*ll )eep repe ting to the&sel%es the!*ll #o it l ter on b$t then the!*ll co&pletel! -orget bo$t it. So&eti&es the!*ll re&e&ber to #o it g in b$t it*ll be too l te to st rt, this h s h ppene# to &e be-ore. /rocr stin ting is prob bl! the 'orst h bit n!one c n #e%elop. I -eel li)e I ' s born 'ith the h bit lre #!. 3$t there re ' !s to bre ) this horrible h bit +$st li)e n! other. 4o$ c n o%erco&e this h bit b$t not too e sil!, !o$ 'o$l# +$st h %e to t )e the 'or) &ore serio$s n# get it #one. It*s better to #o it correctl! the -irst ti&e n# get it o%er 'ith. ,ith the str tegies I g %e !o$, !o$ sho$l# be 'ith getting !o$r 'or) #one n# %oi# h %ing e&b rr ssing gr #es on !o$r report c r#.