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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?

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Question 1

I have to take my daughter Miwa to her tennis lesson every Monday at 5:30. I didn't have to take her last Monday because it was the fifth Monday of the month, so she didn't have a lesson. I will take her this Monday. I don't like having to bike her on a very busy road. It's a little far too. About a thirty-minute bike ride. I hate that I have to pay for her lessons when I should be the person coaching her.

Question 2

I hate having to renew my foreign residence card. I hate going to the immigration office and waiting in line for hours. I usually forget a document and have to go back.

Question 3

I usually try to find an excuse as to why I can't do it right away. I sometimes try to do easier tasks to get them out of the way and make time for the bigger task at hand.

Question 4

Today is Monday, August 5th. I usually do this homework on Saturday, but I had a makeup lesson during my only free hour on Saturday. I guess it's a little later than usual.

Question 5

I was late to renew my driver's license online in America. Now, I have to go back to Boston to renew my license, so I can get a driver's license here in Japan.

Question 6

I am usually proactive when it comes to making sure that Miwa is always at school on time with her homework finished. I bring her to school every morning.

Tough Vocabulary