Fight Procrastination Day 2022, History & Significance

Fight Procrastination Day 2022: Every year September 6 is marked as Fight Procrastination Day. Fight Procrastination Day is observed to aware people of the disadvantages of procrastination. Each and every individual must have experienced procrastination and they must be knowing how big problems procrastination can lead to. Sometimes the extent of procrastination is up to that level that it can create a very troubling situation. In this article, we have discussed the History, and Significance of Fight Procrastination Day 2022.

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Fight Procrastination Day 2022: History

The exact origin of Fight Procrastination Day is not known till date. The message of fighting against procrastination is derived from many ancient people. In the poem entitled “Works and Days”, Hesiod, a Greek poet first spoke against procrastination. In the poem, Hesiod speaks to his brother who has mishandled his inheritance and requests him not to cast aside his duties. To remain concentrated on the work, the famous artist Victor Hugo resorted to working naked in his room. Hugo pronounced that the best possible choice to keep oneself away from outside distractions was to remain indoors. James Riley also preferred severe extreme measures to address the issues of procrastination.

In the modern times several people put their views on procrastination in different ways. Procrastination is an extensive general weakness that still remains despite the efforts of reason was described by Samuel Johnson in 1751. The first analysis on procrastination was written by Milgram in 1992. In 2003, Van Eerde conducted a meta analysis on procrastination.

Fight Procrastination Day 2022: Significance

Fight Procrastination Day is commemorated to make people aware that they must get rid of the habit of procrastination. Fight Procrastination Day inspires people to fight against procrastination as it is one of the worst habit. They will surely succeed in their motive and even if they fail they won’t regret for it after the time passes.

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FAQs: Fight Procrastination Day 2022

Q.1 When is Fight Procrastination Day 2022 observed?

Ans. Fight Procrastination Day 2022 is observed every year on 6th September 2022.

Q.2 Who was the first person to speak against procrastination?

Ans. Hesiod, a Greek poet was the first person to speak against procrastination.

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