Inspired by OOT.
Now, obviously you are all procrastinating a little bit of your work right now, reading this post, but what I really wanted to know is if you have an actual problem with this. I find myself thinking about doing school work laying in bed, feeling almost jittery or excited. I think outloud, "Tommorrow I'm going to finish my maths and catch up." Never happens.
Friday soon comes and there is a project assigned with three minutes left in the day. Now I'm thinking, "Hey if I can go straight home, get this done I can have a care-free weekend." Then midnight on sunday rolls around and I'm sitting here listening to Pink Houses fifty times by John Cougar Mellancampafgaghqiaa. Finally, there is an online course I am doing. CALM - Career and Life management which is mandatory in order to graduate next June. I've done half of one assingment in the last 4 months. There's six assignments. I never study for finals, granted I usually do OK but hell I could be doing a lot better.
Basically its simply a bad habit I would LOVE to stop before University. I'm just wondering if any of you had problems in highschool or whenever with procrastinating and if and/or how you overcame it.
Discuss.
Edited, Mon Apr 10 13:05:20 2006 by LtGoose
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Have you considered having a child? I hear they're great for inspiring motivation.
Make rules for yourself, not plans. Self-parent. Say, "I can't check my email until I've written two pages" or whatever it is that you like to do instead of work/school. I have to do this for myself. Likewise, reward yourself for finishing things.
Also, break things up into smaller increments. It's alot harder to motivate yourself at the beginning of a large project because it just looms over you. For example, if you have the weekend to write a paper, say, "I can't go out Friday night until the introduction is done", "I can't go out Saturday until I'm done with my first draft" and, "I can't do anything Sunday until I have a final copy"...
Nexa
Also, break things up into smaller increments. It's alot harder to motivate yourself at the beginning of a large project because it just looms over you. For example, if you have the weekend to write a paper, say, "I can't go out Friday night until the introduction is done", "I can't go out Saturday until I'm done with my first draft" and, "I can't do anything Sunday until I have a final copy"...
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
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Make rules for yourself, not plans. Self-parent. Say, "I can't check my email until I've written two pages" or whatever it is that you like to do instead of work/school. I have to do this for myself. Likewise, reward yourself for finishing things.
And if you break those rules beat the shi[Aqua][/Aqua]t out of yourself with a belt. Even if you miss by one word. And while your knocking the daylights out of yourself drunkenly slur about how when you were a kid you didn't give your parents no lip, and you did what your told. Then stumble away mumbling something about "respect" and "lazy little ******* anyway" right before you stumble, puke, pass out, and fall down the steps.
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The first rule about procrastination club is that you don't talk about procrastination club xythex.
Nexa
Nexa
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
I received the procrastinator of the year award my senior year of high school.
No joke.
I gave my acceptance speech in speech class and threw in things like "I'm sorry, I just though I had more time..."
'N Such.
Good times.
No joke.
I gave my acceptance speech in speech class and threw in things like "I'm sorry, I just though I had more time..."
'N Such.
Good times.
I'll reply tomorrow
"I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left" - Seasick Steve
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I'll reply tomorrow
would have been much more effective to have replied tomorrow with "I was going to get to this yesterday, but..."
Just sayin
I'm not going to reply at all.
I'll post about my procrastination later. 
Oh my, what has Nobby started? Haha.
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Make rules for yourself, not plans. Self-parent. Say, "I can't check my email until I've written two pages" or whatever it is that you like to do instead of work/school. I have to do this for myself. Likewise, reward yourself for finishing things.
Also, break things up into smaller increments. It's alot harder to motivate yourself at the beginning of a large project because it just looms over you. For example, if you have the weekend to write a paper, say, "I can't go out Friday night until the introduction is done", "I can't go out Saturday until I'm done with my first draft" and, "I can't do anything Sunday until I have a final copy"...
Nexa
Mmmm, I will have to try that.
Next year.
Ironically, I am doing a psychology project on procrastination this semester. Do I wait at the last minute to turn in my stuff? Yup, every time.
Thumbelyna the Hand wrote:
Ironically, I am doing a psychology project on procrastination this semester. Do I wait at the last minute to turn in my stuff? Yup, every time.
Every project I have ever done has been a project on procrastination.
I was a procrastinator for the younger portion of my life. It was oly when I was introduced to production work that I broke the habit. I'd always been a hard worker, but when I started getting paid for production, I really found a lot of ways to make the most out of time. One of them was to never put off anything or even spend time considering doing so. There was a period of about 3 years where I was so gung-ho that I skipped every break and lunch just to see how high I could push my numbers. During this time my procrastiantion habit fell by the wayside. It wasn't intentional; that's just the way it worked out.
I have found that wehn procrastination becomes a habit... that Murphy's law shall rear it's ugly head. In other words.. the less "active" you become.. the more "re-active" you get... so it get's to the point wehn all you know how to do is merely "react" to everything... rather than being PRO-active. Wehn that happens you will find yourself stuck trying to pick up the pieces of last week... while everything from THIS week is falling apart... Nature will find a way to FORCE you to do somthing if you will not do it yourself... and nature is seldom a kind teacher of lessons.
either way, you will learn or burn.
either way, you will learn or burn.
I do some of my best work under the crunch of a deadline, but only when the option to procrastinate has completely expired.
The immense pressure of impending failure seems to provide an intense clarity and focus I don't get otherwise...
The immense pressure of impending failure seems to provide an intense clarity and focus I don't get otherwise...
I procrastinated myself all the way through high school and through what is most of my university life (still have 1 year to go). If I had to do it over I would change a thing.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Jawbox the Furtive wrote:
The immense pressure of impending failure seems to provide an intense clarity and focus I don't get otherwise...
see, you force yourself to react to somthing external, rather than actually acting on your own.
That way lies the Dark Side.
Kelvyquayo wrote:
Jawbox the Furtive wrote:
The immense pressure of impending failure seems to provide an intense clarity and focus I don't get otherwise...
see, you force yourself to react to somthing external, rather than actually acting on your own.
That way lies the Dark Side.
Yes. So far so good...
The band Jawbox sucked.
Kelvyquayo wrote:
The band Jawbox sucked.
Your title sucks. I'm just going to start rating you down...
Rate me down and I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Amateurs.
If you ignore something long enough, it will go away. Given a long enough timeframe, all problems go away. That, folks, is what I'm waiting for.
If you ignore something long enough, it will go away. Given a long enough timeframe, all problems go away. That, folks, is what I'm waiting for.
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