procrastination
Done is better than perfect
September 5, 2023By: Hayleigh Giesbrecht, SFU student My 12th grade geography teacher once told me I’d be a great college student because I was so good at procrastinating. I laughed at what I assumed was a tongue-in-cheek remark because a) I hadn’t done the assignment that day, and b) I had a lifetime’s worth of school counsellors telling me the opposite. Then he said, “No, I’m being serious.” I didn’t give it much thought at the time, but when I began university a few years later, his words regularly came back to me. The truth is, I was really good at procrastinating,…
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Climate action is hard, but becomes harder the longer we put it off
March 2, 2022By: Luke Faulks, Staff Writer Who hasn’t bemoaned change? From a new job to a new home to a change in a family dynamic, humans are made to fear change. We associate change with uncertainty. However, when issues arise, change…
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Flowchart: Should I bother doing my assignment tonight?
November 4, 2018Written by: Zoe Vedova
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Late Night Against Procrastination fuels students to successful studying
April 9, 2018To kick off the start of SFU’s spring finals season, the Student Learning Commons (SLC) invited students to attend their Late Night Against Procrastination (LNAP) to buckle down and get some work done while attending workshops, study breaks, and fueling…
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Fuck it. I am a procrastinator.
February 29, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap] love learning. It has always been a huge part of my life. Most of my earliest memories involve learning in some form. . . books, documentaries, and personal experimentation. But where I’ve learned the least is the same place…
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Pondering my genetic procrastination
October 27, 2014Everybody deals with deadlines in different ways, but generally speaking, most people procrastinate to varying degrees. Time pressure has a different effect on different people. For some, it overwhelms and overcomes them, and results in missed opportunities and late penalties.…
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