The Motivational Slump of the Senior Year in High School

Olivia Herzog via Statesman.com

High school is in many ways about chores and tasks that need to be completed. However, during the senior year, this dynamic changes because for most students, the end of this phase of their lives is on the horizon, and many are preparing mentally and emotionally for the next one, whatever it might entail.

This cognitive space is the ideal breeding ground for putting things off and generally procrastinating, which is something that many seniors experience. Olivia Herzog, a Bastrop High School senior wrote and interesting piece about the same phenomena and how she experiences it in her final year of high school.

This makes for an engaging read on procrastination in this pivotal moment in a person's life, but also gives a glimpse how the same process might linger on and continue to provide some difficulties in later phases as well.

Read the full Herzog article called Senior meets world: Procrastination is inevitable senior year.