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Do I procrastinate sometimes? The answer is Yes. I believe that every body is a procrastinator. The only difference between us is the degree of the procrastination.

As for why do I procrastinate, that is mainly because I always thought that there is enough of time for me to accomplish the event, so i think maybe I can do it later. For example, my teacher sometimes would assign the homework, which due to next week. Therefore, I think maybe I can do it on the weekend. At this moment I walk into the procrastinating cycle which is a bad habit. This is why.

Personally speaking, I believe that most effective way to stop procrastinating is to act immediately. If you don’t, you will walk into the procrastinating cycle, which is harmful to our mental health.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator:
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator/transcript#t-297625

Three words I learned from the talk

1.Gratification  滿足感; 快樂
definition: pleasure or satisfaction, or something which provides this:

2.propagate: 繁衍; 生殖
definition: to produce young plants or animals

3.procrastinate: 拖延，耽擱
definition: to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring

Summary:
In my opinion, I think each of us is procrastinator in some way, which means there is a monkey in our brain.  However, there is another creature living in our brain that can remind us to do the right things and stop us procrastinating anymore. This is procrastinator's system, which is not pretty but works.

The power of passion and perseverance

5 key words

stamina (n.) 耐力；耐性；持久力

definition: the physical and/or mental strength to do something that might be difficult and will take a long time

stratospheric (adj.) 同溫層的:

definition: the layer of gases surrounding the earth at a height of between 15 and 50 kilometres.

gritty (adj.) 勇敢的，堅毅的，堅定的

definition: brave and determined

inverse (adj.) 相反的

definition: opposite in relation to something else

decimal  (n.) 小數；十進小數

definition: a number expressed using a system of counting based on the number ten

Introduction of the talk

The lecturer want to figure out what exactly make a people successful and then it comes out that the grit is the key after a lot of  hard working. However, people, science and what we have today know little about build it. But there is still a way to build grit: we need to be gritty about getting our kids grittier. 

Connection

https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance/transcript?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare#t-326379