Procrastination and Stress

How do you procrastinate? 

Make a list of your five most common ways of procrastinating.  

Now we are going to see John Kelly's short film "Procrastination" (0:15 - 3:38) which illustrates different ways people avoid doing things... Are their activities Kelly repeats? emphasizes? Why?

Do some of the activities he describes match some of the things on your list?

How can you stop procrastinating? 

Below is an article from a website called  The Happiness Project (The Happiness Project)

Ways to stop Procrastination

The list is divided into two parts. Student A has the first part, and Student B has the second part. Each student reads his or her part and then explains the steps to avoid procrastinating to his or her partner. 

Stress 

What do you associate with the word 'stress?' Is there such a thing a 'good stress?' What's the difference between positive and negative stress, what are some examples?

 

 

An explanation of stress by the BBC, remember to breathe!!!

 



 

Health psychologist, Kelly McGonigal explñains how to think differently about stress with Ted Talks (5:25 - 7:30)