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Procrastination

Sekar Ayu Rahmadanik (K2219075)

Video Title: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban

Date: 5 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    The first video is a TED Talk video discussing what goes inside the mind of someone who is procrastinating. The speaker told us about his experience in college where he would procrastinate his papers and even his thesis. He told the audience how people who do not procrastinate have a figure called “Rational Decision Maker” in his head. People who procrastinate also has something called an “Instant Gratification Monkey” that likes to look at something fun and delay doing work. When nearing deadlines, the “Panic Monster” would wake up and motivate the procrastinator to do the work. The speaker introduces to us what is procrastination and how it works. He points out that the procrastination system is not the best way to do a job, but in the end, it is still done. He explained that many people experience procrastination. There are two kinds of procrastination. The ones that have deadlines are short term and easier to do. But the ones that don’t have deadlines should be paid attention to because the “Panic Monster” doesn’t show up and it could be the source of long-term unhappiness and regrets. Some examples of the second kind of procrastination are starting a business, trying to live more healthy, or getting out of a bad relationship.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The speaker’s purpose is to inform the audience so that they understand what makes someone to procrastinate. He also entertains the audience using humorous explanations and fun illustrations. In the video, he tells us his own experience of procrastinating on his tasks and how his mind works as he chose to delay doing works.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    The video is quite reliable as it is a TED talk video and speakers went through some stages to ensure that they and their topics are ideas worth spreading. The speaker in this video is Tim Urban. He is a famous writer/blogger. His blog, Wait But Why, has millions of views and has gained attention from several big media. The article was researched thoroughly and Tim Urban also lists the sources he and his team used in the making of the article.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker uses playful and fun imagery in explaining his topics, but from his talk, I see that he understands the topic of procrastination. He told the story of himself as a procrastinator and how he sees it as a system that works but has its own consequences.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    The speaker is able to talk from his experience and uses his own ideas in explaining his arguments. I think that his key points were worth knowing and were interesting, but he didn’t include a scientific source in the talk.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    Sirois, F. M., & Giguère, B. (2018). Giving in when feeling less good: Procrastination, action control, and social temptations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(2), 404–427. (https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12243) The author investigated how trait procrastination was linked to positive and negative affect in the context of social temptations across two prospective studies. Their findings showed that procrastinators are at risk for disengaging from intended tasks when social temptations are present and the positive task-related effect is low. In Study 1, trait procrastination was linked to low levels of positive affect for intended study-related tasks, and these low levels of good effect were linked to students spending more time delay. In Study 2, procrastinators were less successful in implementing healthy adjustments over a 6-month period due to a lack of enjoyment in achieving desired health behaviour changes. This article will help understand why do people procrastinate and what factors cause people to procrastinate.

Video Title: The reason you procrastinate (It’s not what you think) | Mel Robbins

Date: 5 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    The speaker gives a motivational speech on the topic of procrastination. She explained why people procrastinate, that procrastination happens because there are problems that happen in people’s lives that stress them out. People procrastinate to relieve themselves of their stress. When you are stressed you are not able to do your work and you choose to do something fun. In the end, you panic because the work is not done. The speaker tells us to acknowledge the problem in our life, address the thing that causes us to stress. Also that we have to forgive ourselves for our mistakes. Then, she shares the tip that people need to have the habit to start doing, to break the habit of procrastinating. If you start doing only for 5 minutes, you are most likely to continue working.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The speaker’s purpose is to inform the audience of the reasons for procrastination and give the audience tips on taking action to break the habit of procrastination. She explains what causes people to procrastinate and what goes inside of the mind when someone procrastinates. She then gives steps that people can follow to stop procrastinating.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    Mel Robbins is an author, motivational speaker, talk show host, and lawyer. I think the video is quite reliable and trustworthy as she is a notable speaker and she also mentioned that she had done some kind of research on this topic. The video is posted on her personal channel which has 1.05 million subscribers and has more than 1 million views only on this particular video.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    Mel looks at procrastination as understandable and she understands why people choose to procrastinate. She also said that all people are procrastinators to some extent. She sympathizes with people who procrastinate because, underneath that, they have problems that stress them out.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    She put her points confidently and straightforwardly. She asks her audience for their experience and linked it to her arguments. She also gives numbered points that are delivered clearly and followed with an explanation.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    Balkis, M., & Duru, E. (2018). Procrastination, Self-Downing, Self-Doubt, and Rational Beliefs: A Moderated Mediation Model. Journal of Counseling & Development, 96(2), 187–196. (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12191) The study looked into the integrated effects of self-downing, self-doubt, and rational beliefs on procrastination. They conducted the study on a sample of Turkish undergraduate students. Results from this article suggest that both self-downing and rational beliefs have a direct and interactive effect on self-doubt, and self-doubt mediates the relationship between self-downing and procrastination. This article could help in finding out how and when procrastination is linked with self-doubts and people’s views about events that happen in their lives.

Video Title: New Study Reveals Why You Procrastinate (Not Laziness or Time-Management)

Date: 14 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    In the video, the speaker talked about the reason why people procrastinate. People procrastinate despite knowing that they shouldn’t. He mentioned that usually, people think they procrastinate because of reasons such as bad time management and the particular activity itself. Actually, what makes people procrastinate is the negative emotions caused by the activity. It’s not the job/task itself that causes people to delay working on it, but how they feel about it. Imagining the task makes us feel fear, doubt, and dread.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The purpose of the speaker is to inform us about the reasons why people procrastinate. He opened his talk by telling about how people don’t really understand the cause of procrastination and mentioned that in order to get rid of procrastination, a person has to really understand why procrastinate in the first place.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    The video is a youtube video by a YouTuber called Andrew Kirby. From what I learned, Andre Kirby is not a certified speaker on the topic of procrastination, but he put the studies that back up his words in the video and he is the founder of a project called procrastination program where he offers “a transformational experience” that helps people overcome procrastination. The video also has over 600.000 views. I think the video is quite reliable.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker agrees that procrastination stems from negative emotion which then causes someone to put off working. He shows a good understanding of the topic and is familiar with studies about procrastination.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    In my opinion, the arguments given by the speaker are strong and valid because he showed some scientific research papers as his references. He gave numbered points and examples in explaining his points.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    Pollack, S., & Herres, J. (2020). Prior day negative affect influences current day procrastination: a lagged daily diary analysis. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 33(2), 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2020.1722573 This article is one of the references that the speaker used in his video. The study is talking about how procrastination is a common situation that is experienced by college students. The negative effect that is associated with stress and anxiety is linked to higher levels of procrastination. It is found through this study that students experience more procrastination in the following day of a negative effect at a high level. This study will help in understanding the negative feelings that one feels and the likeliness to procrastinate because of it.

Video Title: An End to Procrastination | Archana Murthy | TEDxMarcusHighSchool

Date: 14 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    In the video, the speaker discusses her experience in procrastination. She procrastinates at school and she found that her friends experienced the same thing. Even if she did finish the work, in the end, she felt that the work is bad, and she dread what comes in the future. She explained that there are two kinds of procrastinators. The situational procrastinator that delays work depending on the kind of work, and the chronic procrastinator, someone who has trouble finishing any task. She also listed and explained the 5 steps to overcome procrastination. First, set a specific goal. Second, only positive feeling surrounds this endeavour. Third, acknowledge the feeling of satisfaction over the work that is done or the feeling of anxiety and guilt of unfinished things. Fourth, be grateful to have the ability to do your goal. Fifth, keep a reflection journal.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The speaker’s main purpose in this talk is to inform her audience about her experience as a procrastinator and to share the 5 steps method that she developed to end procrastination.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    It’s a TED talk video of a TED event in collaboration with a high school. The speaker here is a high school student at that moment. In my opinion, she is not an expert and what she suggested might work for some people but not everyone. She presents a topic and a solution from her own thoughts and experiences.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker is very animated in doing her speech and she is interested in the topic because from what we see in the video, she prepared her speech well and she tried to make her talk fun for the audience. The audience seemed to be more on the passive side, as they didn’t go along with her effort to interact with them. From the story of her own experience, she is very intrigued with finding the method to help stop procrastination. The speaker encouraged people to try her method of ending procrastination.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    I think the speaker put forward valid and strong arguments. She based it on her research and from her own experiences. She deliver her points confidently and elaborated them clearly. She also provides an elaboration on the method that she developed.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    5 Fool-Proof Ways to End Procrastination Today. https://time.com/3210420/5-fool-proof-ways-to-end-procrastination-today/ The article talks about 5 ways to end procrastination. The first step is to strive for a five-minute start. The second step is to set goals and rewards. The third step is about being good for your future self. The fourth step talks about setting a negative consequence in a creative way to motivate you. The final tip is to make your intentions and goals public. This article is from time.com which is a reputable site. The author is Dr Sebastian Bailey, a best-selling author and also the co-founder of Mind Gym, which is a corporate learning consultancy that transforms the way people think, act and behave at work and at home. This article would help to explore ways to end procrastination.

Video Title: The Science of Procrastination – And How To Manage It

Date: 25 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    In the video, the speaker tries to explain the reason why someone procrastinates and how to stop doing it. He explained the science behind procrastination, that people procrastinate because human motivation is highly influenced by how close/imminent the reward is. Every time something enjoyable happens, you will get a dose of dopamine which modifies the neurons in the brain to make you more likely to repeat the behaviour. There isn’t just one solution to procrastination, but you can try to reward yourself in intervals with something enjoyable like a snack or some internet time.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The purpose of the speaker is to inform the audience about the reason for procrastination and gives tips on how to help the audience to stop procrastinating. The speaker explained why a person chooses to procrastinate from scientific perspective. He also mentioned some ways to help stop delaying doing work, including the Podomoro technique of working for 25 minutes and giving yourself a reward afterwards.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    The video is a youtube video by a channel called ASAPScience, which is managed by Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown. The channel is dedicated to making content that is informative and is based on research. The channel has a huge following and the creators also have written a New York Times best-selling book. I think their content is quite trustworthy because they also list the sources that they base their videos on.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker agrees that procrastination has a valid reason and logical explanation. His tone while explaining the points of what procrastination is and the steps of ending procrastination is objective and he speaks from facts and research that has been done.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    In my opinion, the speaker gave valid and strong arguments. He supported his points with information from reliable sources and explained his arguments with examples and illustrations.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    Prior Day Negative Affect Influences Current Day Procrastination: A Lagged Daily Diary Analysis https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2020.1722573 This article is one of the references that the speaker used in his video. The study is talking about how procrastination is a common situation that is experienced by college students. The negative effect that is associated with stress and anxiety is linked to higher levels of procrastination. It is found through this study that students experience more procrastination on the following day of a negative effect at a high level. This study will help in understanding the negative feelings that one feels and the likeliness to procrastinate because of it.

Video Title: How to Stop Procrastinating

Date: 25 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    The speaker gives a three-step program of how to end procrastination. The speaker says that procrastinating is about lying to yourself, that we still have enough time to do the talk. That is why in order to stop procrastination, we have to trick ourselves into doing the work. The first tip is to Eat The Elephant, meaning that you have to break down the giant project into smaller objects and organize them hour by hour. The second step is to Pick off The Goblin, meaning that try to do the things that are easier and more fun first, before going into the harder parts. The third tip is to Ignore The Sirens. Here we have to clear any distractions that might lead us to procrastinate.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The speaker’s main purpose is to inform the audience of a three-step program to stop procrastination. The video is also made to entertain the audience because it is made in the format of an animatic. The speaker uses imageries and creative illustrations to show her points.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    The channel that the video is uploaded from is called Watchwellcast. It is a channel that focuses on exploring physical, mental, and emotional areas to make the viewer’s life better. The channel has almost a million subscribers. This particular video has over 4 million views. I think the channel is quite reliable as they put a lot of effort into making the video. Sadly, they do not mention the sources of the information in the video despite mentioning some research.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker is cheerful and she seems interested in the topic. She seems understanding of procrastination and sincerely gives tips to stop procrastination.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    The speaker put forward the tips using numbered points and further elaborations. She also illustrates everything with drawings that entertain the audience and it makes it more interesting. I think she has valid and strong arguments and logical explanations of the things she mentioned.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination
    Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination
    This article is talking about a lot of aspects of procrastination, from touching the subject of the history of procrastination, why people procrastinate, and possible interventions to help people do tasks on time and not delay. People who procrastinate could chop up tasks to smaller loads so that they are more manageable. They could also try setting personal deadlines to help improve their ability to finish a task. This article helps me in this project by providing a lot of data and various explanations relating to the science of procrastination.

Video Title: How to Beat Procrastination

Date: 28 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    The video is titled How to Beat Procrastination. In the video, the speaker talks about three main things. 1. Knowing your enemy There is a thing called resistance, which is the gap between the life that we live and the life where we don’t do the things we want to do. The force that is holding us back from doing something productive and beneficial to us is the thing that’s called resistance, which then results in procrastination. Resistance causes fear to grow in us, we fear and are reluctant of doing something and that fear results in more resistance from doing the thing, which causes a loop. 2. Becoming a professional Being a professional here means that you do something because you like it, you have passion for it, and you take pride in the work that you put inside it. If you are professional you would work with all that you have, you would be persistent with that work, and you are not afraid of criticism or something that held you down from doing that work because you love the work and you want to improve it. On the opposite of that, an amateur would not be as good as professionals in taking criticism or acknowledging that your work is lacking. You would not be more inclined to grow from feedback, with an amateur viewpoint of doing the work. As a professional, you know the fear that comes with the work and you would not give up so easily, you would be persistent in your work. 3. Banishing the ego We must recognize the battle that is inside ourselves that is between the ego and the self. Here, the speaker talks about how the ego is how we are focused on external events of how people perceive us, while the self is how we see ourselves. The differences between the ego and the self, with the ego, it is easier for us to give in to resistance because we focus on what people think about us, while with the self, we focus more on our ambitions, inner motivations, and identity of who we are. This is what we have to take into consideration as we make our goals. Our goals should be input-focused, instead of outcome-focused. Input goals are something that we have control over while outcome goals are beyond our control.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The speaker’s main purpose is to give us information about knowing what procrastination is and how to beat procrastination. The speaker starts by explaining what procrastination is and elaborates on them. Then he lists the things that help to beat procrastination.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    The video was made by Ali Abdaal, which is a doctor and a Youtuber. His Channel, Ali Abdaal, has over 2 million subscribers and this video has over 600.000 views. He posts medical, self-improvement, and lifestyle content on his channel. I think it is quite trustworthy as the speaker mentioned the book that he based this video on. The book, The War of Art, was written by Steven Pressfield, who has written several books, fiction and non-fiction.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker agrees with the content of the book. He mentioned that the book is interesting and certain points get to him. He also relates his own experience with the content of the book. He shows that he is interested in the topic.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    In my opinion, the speaker gave valid and strong arguments. He supported his points with information from a reliable source and explained his arguments with examples and illustrations.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    4 Ways to Conquer Resistance, Procrastination and Fear in Writing https://medium.com/publishous/4-lessons-learned-about-conquering-resistance-procrastination-and-fear-in-writing-ec9cc2a4c735 The article discusses the book ‘The War of Art’ by Steven Pressfield, the same book mentioned in the video. The author, N. A. Turner talks about the lessons he took from the book that he could apply in his writing work. Resistance is easier to rationalize by people because when we are faced with a great task, we would tell ourselves that we absolutely can do it, but we will do it later. Why do we procrastinate? Because we have fear. Fear of producing something unworthy, fear of being judged by others, etc. However, fear also has a positive side to it. Fear is like an indicator of the things that we have self-doubt about the things that we truly have to do.

Video Title: Procrastination

Date: 28 November 2021

  1. What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
    In the video, the speaker tells us his experience of being a procrastinator, starting from how he first discovered procrastination. He mentioned various forms of procrastination that he does in his life, from delaying doing tasks, putting off responsibilities like house chores, and even postponing dealing with emotional issues. As he keeps procrastinating, his life became slowly taken over by procrastination. He talks about procrastinating on life choices that don’t have immediate consequences or no deadline at all.
  2. What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
    The speaker’s main purpose in the video is to entertain the watcher with his video. His video is done in the form of an animation where he illustrates the experiences in his life. He also informs the audience of what procrastination is from his point of view.
  3. How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
    The video is made by Domics, which is a Youtube channel that uploads animation videos of the speaker’s narrated stories and experiences. The channel has over 7 million subscribers and this video in particular has almost 8 million views. However, I think this is not a very trustworthy source to get information because the information in the video is based on the live events and personal opinions of the speaker, which intention is to entertain and share his life experiences.
  4. What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
    The speaker shows that he leans more towards tolerating procrastination and that it’s still okay if you are still able to finish your responsibility anyway.
  5. Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
    The speaker tells his story in a narrative way, he tells various stories regarding procrastination in his life. He concluded the video with how he felt that it’s okay to sometimes treat yourself by giving yourself more time before acting on a work/issue. I don’t think he put forward strong arguments in points.
  6. Explain how this article will help contribute to your larger group project.
    Why Do I Procrastinate? 5 Root Causes And How to Tackle Them https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/6-reasons-on-why-are-you-procrastinating.html This article talks about the 5 root causes of procrastination and how to tackle them. Procrastination could occur because of a subconscious fear of failure. The second root cause is because you are lacking in action. You are highly creative and have brilliant ideas, but you can’t seem to make them real. The third root cause is the complexity of the task that makes you not motivated to do the task. The fourth reason is that you either have too many tasks or don’t truly acknowledge the differing importance of each task. The fifth reason is simply the distraction that comes because our brain cannot focus on one thing too long This article will help to understand some of the causes of procrastination.