Procrastination: Is Your Future Self Getting a Bad Deal?

          I have a disability called CPD. Chronic Procrastination Disorder. I am constantly putting off school work in order to do the things that I would like to do. Only recently have I even attempted to break free from these chains, and I am discovering that my quality of life increases when I complete tasks well before they are due.

          One of the points that Dr. Pychyl raised in his essay "Procrastination: Is Your Future Self Getting a Bad Deal?" is that procrastination shows a level of disregard for the well-being of your future self. Now, you may read that and think, "Surely everyone has a self-preservation instinct." You would be correct, but that isn't what the author is arguing. The author is arguing about the things you can tell about yourself due to whether or not you procrastinate. Not only does it affect your long-term health and happiness, it affects short-term things as well. As soon as I decide to put off my homework, I can feel a weight upon my shoulders, a guilt of unfinished tasks. I know from personal experience that procrastination gets exponentially more stressful the longer it goes on, and eventually you break dow. You're tired, you're emotionally unstable, and you're generally unhappy with the goings-on of the world around you. 

          I cannot stress how important it is to get your work done, be it making an unpleasant phone call, doing ridiculous amounts of history homework, or even cleaning your room. All of these tasks have their own individual effect on your mental psyche, and they stack to become a formidable amount of stress.