Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

INSIDE THE MIND OF A MASTER PROCRASTINATOR Watch the video and solve the tasks below. Which of these "characters" in the brain is the one in charge of making the decision to do something productive? Instant Gratification Monkey Rational Decision-Maker Panic Monster Wikipedia Junkie What's the purpose of the "Panic Monster"? to scare off the "Instant Gratification Monkey" to avoid public embarrassment to allow the "Rational Decision-Maker" to act all of the above What does Tim Urban call the place "where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening"? Dark Playground Dark Matter The Dark Side Backyard Playground Going back to the video, find this extract of the talk (1'20'').Listen and fill in the blanks. (Don't forget punctuation!) But then, the funniest thing happened. Those first few months? They came and went, and I couldn't quite do stuff. So we had an awesome new revisedplan.But then those middlemonths actually went by, and I didn't really write words, and so we were here. And then two months turned intoone month, which turned into two weeks. And one day I woke up with three days until the deadline, still not having written a word, and so I did the only thing I could: I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours,pulling not one but two all-nighters — humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters — sprinted across campus, dove in slow motion,and got it in just at the deadline.I thought that was the end of everything. But a week later I get a call,and it's the school. And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?" And I say, "Yeah." And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis." And I say, "OK." And they say, "It's the best onewe've ever seen."That did not happen.It was a very, very bad thesis.I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought, "This guy is amazing!" Vocabulary: Definitions Match the words and phrases on the left to the correct definitions on the right. spread to distribute over space or time (often followed by out) all-nighter an act of staying up all night, as to study or finish a task sprint to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance dive (past tense: dove) to fall or descend through the air, into the earth, etc take the wheel to take or assume control (of something) the big picture the entire perspective on a situation or issue Vocabulary definitions 2 Match the two halves Epiphany a sudden insight or intuitive understanding Cram to memorize a lot of information within a short period of time Mayhem a state of rowdy disorder Dormant lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive Dread terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear Overlap a part or portion that coincides with another What is one area you think you procrastinate with, and what is one step you can take to change it? This can be an academic area or one outside of school. We all have something we "push off", so try to be honest with yourself.