Imagine you are a first-year college student and you have a 20-page essay due tomorrow at noon. It's almost midnight, but for some reason all you've managed to do is write your name in a Word document. You've done all the necessary research for your paper and even formulated an elaborate outline in your head, but you just can't figure out how to get started. You say to yourself, “I'm not knowledgeable enough about this topic! I need to do more brainstorming before I start. Before long, you'll find a way to convince yourself that your article will be a complete failure. So instead of writing a rough draft and at least making progress one step at a time, you put the whole thing off. You wait for the perfect time to get started and there's always that “something” that gets in your way. That “something” could be doing laundry, cleaning your room, exercising, or just wasting time. This particular night, your "something" is watching the entire first season of Game of Thrones again until late morning. When you finally come to your senses and realize that you are in trouble, it is already too late. You end up turning in a document that doesn't even come close to your standards. This type of behavior is often identified as procrastination. Students who procrastinate are often considered lazy. However, for many procrastinators there is an underlying factor that drives their behavior: perfectionism. Perfectionists are commonly seen as just ambitious, highly successful individuals who are always on top of things. In reality, this is not the case: a more accurate definition of perfectionism is that it is a set of specific mindsets, not behaviors. In reality, there are also different types of perfectionist tendencies. The moment they affirm that they are only human, they can begin to take the steps indicated by psychology. My research into the dangers of perfectionistic thinking in academic endeavors has revealed that There are two distinct types of perfectionistic thinking, adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism. Those with maladaptive perfectionism will have unrealistic expectations of themselves and will react to failure situations by further putting off papers and essays. Procrastination associated with maladaptive perfectionism is present in groups ranging from graduate students to high-level professionals. Those who have a high level of perfectionism may also think of themselves in a negative light. In short, perfectionism can often be thought of as a tempting path to follow, but in reality perfectionism can lead down a road of misery and procrastination that can prevent students from achieving success...