Assignment 21 - Palmer Lee

One obstacle I've faced - and continue to face - is procrastination. I've always been bad about waiting until the last minute to get something done. I would always find something that I thought was more fun to do and do whatever task it was that I actually needed to get done at the last second - in 8th grade, I would often do my math homework (6th period) when I had some free time in 5th period. I always got it done on time, but it was a strain on my mental health. It had gotten worse when covid first hit. I had much more time to do things, but I still would wait until right before it was due to get something done. Eventually, I started setting goals and rewards for myself to help with the problem: Do your math homework that's due Monday morning by Saturday night so you can play more Animal Crossing on Sunday. Do your AP Lang assignment due next Wednesday over the weekend and then watch a movie. It's helped me to get things done earlier, and my overall mental health has improved to at least some degree since I've stopped procrastinating as much. Working on breaking the habit of procrastinating has helped me to learn not to pile things up and do them all at once so I don't get overwhelmed.