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Is Time on

Your Side?

Get right to these questions to

see if you tend to procrastinate— that is, to put things off until the last minute.

1. Your report on Mexico is due tomorrow.

This evening you still need to . . .

a. proofread what you’ve written one last time.

b. take a look at one last website, and write the final page of your report.

c. research and write the report.

2. It’s only one week till Halloween! Your

costume . . .

a. has been hanging in your closet for a month.

b. still needs a few finishing touches.

c. will come together sometime soon— why worry about it now? You’ve still got a week.

3. If your spelling test is Friday, you study

the words . . .

a. Monday and again on Thursday.

b. Wednesday or Thursday after the rest of your homework is done.

c. Friday morning, on the school bus. Might as well make use of the ride time!

4.You take piano lessons on Tuesdays

after school. You practice piano . . .

a. for a few minutes every day.

b. after your lesson Tuesday, while the music is fresh in your mind, and a couple more times during the week when you get the chance.

c. Monday night and Tuesday morning. You feel ready for your lesson— sort of, at least—if you practice right beforehand.

5. If you have a week to complete a

challenging math assignment, you . . .

a. do as much as you can over the week- end, when you don’t have much other homework and you can concentrate and figure out the tough problems.

b. do a problem or two every day and finish up the remaining work the night before the assignment is due.

c. get to work after dinner the day before the assignment is due. You like to think you do your best work under pressure.