Procrastination

[Byzantine Prince]

Hi, let's talk about procrastination. I have real problem with it and it makes my life very hard. I always thought it might have been lazyness but I recently discovered it's purely that I put off things for later. I did bad in school(relatively) and I would not do things that require little to no effort for not apparant reason. It's not that I did nothing. In fact I do things and think about things almost constantly but I have a problem doing important things. Does anyone else here have the same problem.

[Papewaio]

Hmm I will get back to you on this later...

[Byzantine Prince]

Hehe, here's a website I just found: click!

[PanzerJaeger]

Typical hippy...

[SwordsMaster]

Oh man, the guy who wrote the article is so right. I can´t express with words the joy of not calling myself lazy, but procrastinator, which, you have to admit sounds much more important. Which is, of course self deception. But hey, who are we do stop us from fooling ourselves?

Anyway, I´ve just realized I´m learning to use 3dsMAX and editing RTWs models to avoid writing an essay on genetic research enthics due for March 11th. Yeah, 3 weeks ago. But I have so many excuses planned...

[Byzantine Prince]

HAHA, Im posting here instead of doing dome Cadd work I had to finish weeks ago. My boss will kill me. I don't understand the root of the problem though. What causes this? What is it that destroys people's minds like this? I'm getting frustrated.

[Paul Peru]

Hehe, here's a website I just found: click!

He says: "This is the essence of what I call structured procrastination, an amazing strategy I have discovered that converts procrastinators into effective human beings, respected and admired for all that they can accomplish and the good use they make of time. "

Unfortunately, upon reading his essay, following that strategy seems vitally important to me.
Maybe I'll get around to installing those blinds while I delay applying structure to my procrastination? Or maybe I'll play some Total War. That is quite useless, unfortunately.

[Paul Peru]

Anybody remember that nice song from "Apocalypse Now"?
I don't remeber which version it was in...

....
Have your apocalypse now,
Don't leave it till later.
Have your apocalypse now.
Don't be a procrastinator!
....
So have your apocalypse now,
and then we can all go home

[Ja'chyra]

Nice post BP, and a good article. I already some of the things that the author mentioned, just never realised it.

[Quietus]

Hi, let's talk about procrastination. I have real problem with it and it makes my life very hard. I always thought it might have been lazyness but I recently discovered it's purely that I put off things for later. I did bad in school(relatively) and I would not do things that require little to no effort for not apparant reason. It's not that I did nothing. In fact I do things and think about things almost constantly but I have a problem doing important things. Does anyone else here have the same problem.

I now call you Byzzie, Prince of existentialist Hippiedom!

[Byzantine Prince]

I'm gonna start smoking instead of posting here. If only my little brother wasn't here to see me. Oh well I quess I'll do some work instead of coming here posting. The more I delay it the lesss posts I'll have, and that's a good thing. Don't wanna look like I post here all day like JAG. I wish there was a girl here I could f$$$ instead of posting but unfortunatly they only come out seasonably.

[Teutonic Knight]

Hi, let's talk about procrastination. I have real problem with it and it makes my life very hard. I always thought it might have been lazyness but I recently discovered it's purely that I put off things for later. I did bad in school(relatively) and I would not do things that require little to no effort for not apparant reason. It's not that I did nothing. In fact I do things and think about things almost constantly but I have a problem doing important things. Does anyone else here have the same problem.

My gosh, it sounds like you're describing me...

I'm always doing something but never something important...

[ichi]

Hi, let's talk about procrastination. I have real problem with it and it makes my life very hard. I always thought it might have been lazyness but I recently discovered it's purely that I put off things for later. I did bad in school(relatively) and I would not do things that require little to no effort for not apparant reason. It's not that I did nothing. In fact I do things and think about things almost constantly but I have a problem doing important things. Does anyone else here have the same problem.

BP tell us why you think that you put things off til later (do it now, don't delay!!!

ichi

[Byzantine Prince]

Hmm... that's kind of a part of the problem. It's like I try to avoid doing things that strain me somehow. Like even something as simple as doing a meeting with someone I don't particularly care for. Or going somewhere where it's going to be awkward. Or just doing my homework, it seems like there's nothing in the world that can get me down to doing it. It's that fear of strain. Maybe I'm just spoiled, my parent's always let do whatever I wanted and now I'm paying for it.

[Quid]

I spend more time thinking of ways to either avoid doing something or thinking of 'better' ways of doing something (read avoid) than to actually do it. It's definitely far from lazyness but some might call it a form of procrastination; I call it a gift of convenience...

Quid

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I find that while I put things off, it's mostly just a mental block sort of thing-for example, I'll read a book, then play guitar, then listen to music for two hours to avoid doing my homework, but once I'm acyually doing it, it doesn't bother me and I normally quite enjoy it. It's just getting started that I put off.

[Byzantine Prince]

Yeah same here BKS.

[Teutonic Knight]

I find that while I put things off, it's mostly just a mental block sort of thing-for example, I'll read a book, then play guitar, then listen to music for two hours to avoid doing my homework, but once I'm acyually doing it, it doesn't bother me and I normally quite enjoy it. It's just getting started that I put off.

Exactly the same with me...

[ichi]

Hard work eventually has its rewards but laziness pays off immediately

It's that fear of strain.

OK, I can dig that.

Do you find that by trying to delay or avoid the strain that the overall stress decreases or increases?

For me when I avoid something that I need to do I usually wind up more stressed out, and then find that the stress goes away once I face whatever it is I'm hiding from.

Is procrastinating helping you or is making things worse?

Do you want to accept it or change it?

ichi

[Byzantine Prince]

I definetly want to change it. It's a horrible desease that I've had to battle all my life. My parents always spoiled me and I blame them. I can't blame myself for being spoiled now can I?

[ichi]

lol no. I usually blame my parents, or society, or my wife, or my cat, for my problems.

At some point in my life I realized that things pile up, and if I didn't deal with them then I would quickly get overwhelmed.

This feeling of being overwhelmed stressed me out so much that the 'fear of strain' was totally overshadowed by the sense of being out of control of my life.

At that point I started dealing with things, which I found out made me feel good, and now I either jump on $h!t right away or make a conscious decision to let it go, and to tell people that I'm not going to deal with it. It's remarkably liberating.

Good luck with this BP

ichi