March 18, 2020
Procrastination
If you’ve ever put off an important task, say, alphabetizing the contents of your spice drawer, you know it would be unfair to characterize yourself as lazy. After all, alphabetizing requires concentration and effort. Maybe you even put in extra effort and wipe down each jar before putting it back. And that’s cleaning. It’s something that your parents would be proud of. That’s not laziness or poor time management. It’s called procrastination. But if procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about? “It’s self-harm”, states Dr Piers Steel, a professor of motivational psychology at the University of Calgary. When we procrastinate, we don't realise that we are avoiding what we have to do but that doing so is probably a terrible idea. However, we keep doing it anyway. We engage in this irrational cycle of chronic procrastination because of inability to manage negative emotions caused by boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment and self-doubt and so on. Statistics show that about twenty percent of people in the world are chronic procrastinators. Do you ever procrastinate? What’s your point of view on the subject? Share your thoughts on comments below.
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If you’ve ever put off an important task, let’s say, alphabetizing the contents of your spice drawer, you know it would be unfair to characterize yourself as lazy.
I will also note that "important" doesn't sound right here, unless you are trying to be ironic. Perhaps you could try to think of another way to express what you wanted to say?
After all, alphabetizing requires concentration and effort.
Maybe you even put excessin extra effort toand wipe down each jar before putting it back.
"Extra effort to": Put in extra effort to do the task in question
"Put in extra effort and": Put in extra effort in doing something, and as a result, also do this action
- I made an extra effort to arrive early today, as someone was joining our team.
- She put in extra effort to make sure that the displays were done on time.
- While adding in the new records, he put in extra effort and made sure that the old ones were correct.
- While proofreading his essay, she put in extra effort and fact-checked what he wrote.
And that’s the cleaning.
This makes slightly more sense to me (but also see the final comment).
It’s something that your parents would be proud of.
That’s not laziness or poor time management.
It’s called procrastination.
But if procrastination isn’t about the laziness, then what is it about?
“It’s self-harm”," stateds Dr Piers Steel, a professor of motivational psychology at the University of Calgary.
When we procrastinate, we don't realise that we avoid our thingsre avoiding what we have to do, but alsothat doing thatso is probably a terrible idea.
In addition to the grammar/usage correction, I am having trouble understanding the logic of this. When I or other people procrastinate, we're generally conscious of the fact that we are avoiding what we actually have to do.
However, we keep doing it anyway.
We engage in this irrational cycle of chronic procrastination because of inability to manage negative emotions caused by boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment and self-doubt of ourselves and so on.
"Self-doubt" already implies "ourselves" by definition.
Statistics show that about twenty percent of people in the world are chronic procrastinators.
Do you ever procrastinate?
What’s your point of view on the subject?
Share your thoughts on comments below.
(Please note, make itmake the wording more natural while you're checking the entry.)
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In a lot of cases here, the grammar and usage itself was fine, but the logic of the essay is missing. For example, procrastination is commonly associated with laziness and poor time management, though it is indeed not necessarily the same, so you need to make the difference clear.
May 27, 2020
Thanks a lot! I just tried translating this from my native language, but the translation turned out crummy. That's why it lacks logic, I guess.
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If you’ve ever put off an important task, let’s say, alphabetizing the contents of your spice drawer, you know it would be unfair to characterize yourself as lazy. If you’ve ever put off an important task, I will also note that "important" doesn't sound right here, unless you are trying to be ironic. Perhaps you could try to think of another way to express what you wanted to say?
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After all, alphabetizing requires concentration and effort. |
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Maybe you even put excess effort to wipe down each jar before putting it back. Maybe you even put "Extra effort to": Put in extra effort to do the task in question
"Put in extra effort and": Put in extra effort in doing something, and as a result, also do this action - I made an extra effort to arrive early today, as someone was joining our team. - She put in extra effort to make sure that the displays were done on time. - While adding in the new records, he put in extra effort and made sure that the old ones were correct. - While proofreading his essay, she put in extra effort and fact-checked what he wrote. |
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And that’s the cleaning. And that’s This makes slightly more sense to me (but also see the final comment).
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It’s something that your parents would be proud of. |
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That’s not laziness or poor time management. |
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It’s called procrastination. |
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But if procrastination isn’t about the laziness, then what is it about? But if procrastination isn’t about |
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“It’s self-harm”, stated Dr Piers Steel, a professor of motivational psychology at the University of Calgary. “It’s self-harm |
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When we procrastinate, we don't realise that we avoid our things to do, but also doing that is probably a terrible idea. When we procrastinate, we don't realise that we a In addition to the grammar/usage correction, I am having trouble understanding the logic of this. When I or other people procrastinate, we're generally conscious of the fact that we are avoiding what we actually have to do.
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However, we keep doing it anyway. |
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We engage in this irrational cycle of chronic procrastination because of inability to manage negative emotions caused by boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment and self-doubt of ourselves and so on. We engage in this irrational cycle of chronic procrastination because of inability to manage negative emotions caused by boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment and self-doubt "Self-doubt" already implies "ourselves" by definition.
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Statistics show that about twenty percent of people in the world are chronic procrastinators. |
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Do you ever procrastinate? |
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What’s your point of view on the subject? |
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Share your thoughts on comments below. |
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(Please note, make it more natural, while you're checking the entry) |
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(Please note, make it more natural while you're checking the entry) (Please |
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Share your thoughts on comments below. |
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If you’ve ever put off an important task, say, alphabetizing the contents of your spice drawer, you know it would be unfair to characterize yourself as lazy. |
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Maybe you even put in extra effort and wipe down each jar before putting it back. |
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And that’s cleaning. |
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But if procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about? |
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“It’s self-harm”, states Dr Piers Steel, a professor of motivational psychology at the University of Calgary. |
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When we procrastinate, we don't realise that we are avoiding what we have to do but that doing so is probably a terrible idea. |
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We engage in this irrational cycle of chronic procrastination because of inability to manage negative emotions caused by boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment and self-doubt and so on. |
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(Please make the wording more natural while you're checking the entry.) |
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