Reflection on Procrastination by University of Sto. Tomas Philippines

The short documentary I watched lasted Friday was about procrastination of students. The title of the documentary is “Maya na lang” made by University of Sto.Tomas (UST) students. Procrastination came from the latin word “Procrastinatus” meaning “pro” or forward and “crastinatus” or of tomorrow. These are the important things we oath to do or finish later. They interviewed some students in there campus if they procrastinate or not, when and how often they procrastinates and if they have a plan to stop procrastinating in the future. The reasons why they procrastinate is the fear of failure from a project or activity, perfectionism of work, confusion and self- doubt in doing the next move and the lack of priorities. This reason shows how people use their time in wise and in wasteful ways. In their survey, 88%-95% of the students procrastinate frequently. They also ask professors if they to once procrastinated in college. The major effects of procrastination is cramming that will result to stress and low quality of work and ending up having lower grades. They now consulted the guidance councilor of UST, Marie Agnes A. Buguid, who already handled students having problems in procrastination. She explained that procrastination is the delay of work. It begins with an excuse of having a more important work to do. As the person continues, it results to less important work being done first. Examples are playing, sleeping and lollygagging. These reasons according to the guidance councilor may be a result made by technology. The factors of it are the over-confidence of finishing faster a school work, the fear of failing to do the school work. Both can happen if either the person thinks the school work is easy or not ending up being a bad habit. When asked if the guidance councilor ever procrastinated while studying in college, she answered that as she grew older, she carried a habit of submitting any school projects as early as possible for the fear she might forget the projects she must do. After watching this short documentary film, I realize that I was ashamed of procrastinating oftentimes until now. I now learned that it is important to always submit any school works early on time or before the deadline as prescribe by teachers. To prevent procrastinating, you must make a time table that could arrange all the activities to be done on that day. It’s also pays to ask help for professional advices and tips to help in managing ones time every now and then. I also like to recommend the film to students especially to the freshmen of my school so they can value time more often for I believe in the old saying “Time is gold.” I am sure it will be a great help for them.