Putting things off is problem number one for many students regardless of their study level. Some people let it grow to dimensions causing great problems. If the tendency to supersede duties and tasks is noticeable and chronic, we are speaking about procrastination. Especially people who have no external pressure to meet their obligations and are allowed to organize their time freely and in accordance with their own wishes suffer from this syndrome. That is why there are mostly university students. The research survey carried out by the psychologist Roman Gabrhelík has revealed that over forty percent out of all Czech university students are hard hit by this problem. If compared with people who do their work soon enough, those who chronically put off their duties are less efficient and make more mistakes which always results in stress. Besides this, the consequences of not meeting a deadline must always be taken into account - e.g. repeating the year of study or expulsion from studies