EY Y01 L17 Procrastination

  1. We have many chores and tasks that we don't like but need to do every week or every day. Name one. Have you finished that task today/this week? If yes, how was it? Why? If no, why did you delay?
  2. What for you is the worst regular daily, weekly, monthly or yearly task you are forced by your family or work to do? Why do you hate it so much?
  3. When you have something you need to do but can't muster the energy, how do you usually or often procrastinate?
  4. What day of the week is it today? What is the date? When were you originally planning to do this homework? Are you finishing it later than you expected to be finishing it? Why?
  5. Tell me about a time when being late for something or missing a deadline has caused you undue stress and regret.
  6. The opposite of "procrastination" is "being proactive". This means to deal with things early, either before they become necessary or before they become a problem. Tell me about one thing you are always "proactive" about?

Question 1

I should study Japanese every week, but I haven't been doing it because I've been to lazy and don't have the motivation to do it. However, I have decided to seriously start studying again once I get back from my vacation in Bali. My husband needs to learn more Japanese by December this year so that he can apply for work with the japanese BOE, so we will study together.

Question 2

I really hate having to renew my work visa. Because I'm from the Philippines, there are more requirements because, I think, so many Filipinos give fake paperwork. We need to submit more paperwork to properly verify that all our information is true and properly registered with the government. On top of the extra paperwork, Philippine government offices are extremely inefficient and can take months to send over your requested paperwork, often with an expensive fee too.

Question 3

I usually just lay around and watch Netflix or surf the web.

Question 4

Today is March 10. I need to fill in this composition for a lesson that I'll have on March 18, so I'm doing my work way ahead of time. I would never procrastinate office work. I'd only procrastinate housework or personal errands.

Question 5

There was a time when I completely forgot to email one of my clients asking for a meeting. I didn't remmeber to do it for a month and they didn't try to contact me either. When I finally did remember, we were forced to push back our production schedule by a month and this caused a huge mess, mostly from trying to make it up to the client. They asked for so many unreasonable terms because of the one month delay which we eventually had to agree to in order to appease them. They would also sometimes humilate me in meetings. It was a very bad experience. My boss never got mad at me because at the time, we were forced to overload me with projects because we were replacing the previous managers. Each manager is supposed to have only 3 projects assigned to them max. I had every single project assigned to me, that was 9 projects. It was really the fault of the company and I was just stuck in the middle of it.

Question 6

I am always proactive with my work and try to finish tasks assigned to me at once according to which task is most urgent and important.

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