WorksheetsGrade 3 Procrastination
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is "procrastination"?
meeting deadlines
putting things off
playing video games
Procrastinaion can affect your
mental health
compuer skills
sleeping
To overcome procrastination you can take _______steps: Break down the items on your list into small, manageable steps.
baby
giant
later
To beat procrastination, you should _____ yourself after you finish an item on your to-do list.
reward
believe in
Tim Urban is a lifelong _____ who thinks abou this topic all the time.
procrastinator
procrastinate
procrastination
What is the difference between the non-procrastinator's brain and the procrastinator's brain?
The Rational Decision Maker in the procrastinator's brain is coexisting with a pet (the Instant Gratification Monkey)
The Rational Decision Maker in the procrastinator's brain is coxisting with an animal (the Instant Thankful Monkey)
It's fine only if the Rational Decision-Maker knew how to own a ______.
gorilla
monkey
chimpanzee
The fact is, the monkey is the last _____ that should be in charge of decisions.
coexisting pet
creature
pet
The monkey thinks only about the present, trying to ______.
go around the pleasure of the current moment
minimize the pleasure of the current moment
maximize the pleasure of the current moment
The monkey doesn't understand the Rational Decision-Maker; the Rational Decision-Maker doesn't understand the monkey either.
Huh?!
TRUE!
FALSE!
Why should we continue jogging, the monkey thinks, when we could stop, ______?
which would be less sweaty
which would feel better
which would feel worse
In the monkey world, he (the monkey) eats when he is hungry, sleeps when he is tired, and doesn't do anything _____.
fun
interesting
difficult
The one thing that scares the monkey is called ______.
the Panic Monster
the Manic Monster
the baby Monster
the Prune Monster
The Panic Monster is _____most of the time, but he suddenly wakes up when a ______ gets too close.
inactive/ deadline
active/ deadline
inactive/ procrastinator
The Panic Monster also suddenly wakes up when here's danger of _______ or some other scary ______.
public embarassment/ consequence
embarassing story/ consequence
public embarassing/ consequence
However, some procrastinators don't even ____ to the monster.
play with
respond
talk with
In the most _____ moments, they run up the tree with monkey, entering a state of _____.
desperate/ shutdown
desperature/ anxiety
desperation/ shutdown
The _______ is where you go when you start the task.
Critical Entrance
Dark Woods
Panic Monster
Dark Playground
The ______ is where you're actually doing work.
Dark Woods
Happy Playground
Dark Playground
Light Woods
The ______ is a place where you feel satisfaction because you got something done.
Happy Playground
Flow
Critical Entrance
You occasionally even enter a state of Flow, where you're so _____ in the task, that you lose track of time.
immersed
immerse
immersing
Sounds ______ simple, right?
prettycure
pretty
cute
Unfortunately, procrasinators tend to _______ both the Happy Playground and Flow.
missing out with
miss out on
miss with
Consider a procrastinator who couldn't _____ himself to get started.
wing
bring
take
One of the monkey's favorite places is _____.
the Critical Entrance
the Dark Playground
the Flow
The Procrastinator makes his life harder by not _____.
writing
starting
playing
Eventually, the deadline got so close, the Panic Monster suddenly comes _____ in the room, causing him to fly through the task to hit the deadline.
roaring
dancing
roar
skipping
