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October 2008

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Procrastination: A Hardening of the "Oughteries"
Time Management Tips for Seniors

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Teens-Time-Tools
Procrastination: A Hardening of the

"Oughteries" anon. Students today are powered up with
cell phones, smart phones, iPods,
"I oughta get busy! Whew! Is it really laptops, and social networking. With
due Tuesday? I'm gonna work on it all of that literally at their fingertips, no
tomorrow. Gonna get up early, go to the Senior Project® student should miss
library or something and spend all a deadline. What does that mean?
day workin' on it. Not a problem." Well, in the 21st Century, those tools
are able to tap into an endless array
Alive and well, Procrastination hangs out with
of web tools with which to interface
many students in high schools across the nation. Charming,
for managing and reminding one of
Procrastination has a lot of time to spend. She grins, shrugs and
every appointment, deadline,
explains that unlike oil, time is a renewable resource. Each
assignment, and event.
day comes with 24 hours. Her three best friends are

Disorganization, a wild and crazy guy; Mañana, a futurist; and
Time management is one of the
Stress, an insomniac, who keeps Procrastination awake at night.
tenets of Senior Project®. Teens are
When making plans, Procrastination giggles and says that on her
notoriously lacking in this regard, but
calendar, tomorrow is the busiest day of the week. Her friend,
with 21st Century tools at their
Mañana, tells anyone that listens to him that Procrastination could
disposal, they can not only get
not live without him.
reminders to help them meet
deadlines and appointments, they will
Procrastination gets angry when people tell her she lacks
learn how to use many of the same
discipline. Frustrated, she points out that she generally does
tools businesses rely upon to keep
everything that needs to be done, just not necessarily when others
employees up-to-date and in the loop.
want or need it done.

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