Anyone else suffer from procrastination?

[zanzibar]

Anyone else suffer from procrastination?  Or had it when they were younger, but overcame it?

Myself:  I'm pretty sure I have a bad case of it.  When I have something of a work-related nature that I want to accomplish, I tend to stay up late working on other things or sometimes just goofing off.  I don't go to sleep because I know I should be doing the thing I'm avoiding.  My hours get switched around from time to time as a result depending on where I am in the week.

[Narure]

Yeah i got sumat like that, its a pain when you need to get GCSE coursework done and end up not getting it done and not learning anything in school cos im so tired of doing other random junk all night.

Languge warning. --Neko

[LARAGORN]

I dont have time to procrastinate, maybe I'll get around to it tomorrow.
Why put something off today, when you can easily avoid it just as well tomorrow.

[Baldur]

I also suffer from Procrastination. Often happens when I sit in front of the computer or TV. I just forget time or is too tired to do something and "promise" myself to do it later. That "promise" is never fulfilled, mostly caues i'm even more tired in the late hours than I was when I made the "promise".

This often leads to guilt and a feeling of not living up to your expectations which then leads to depression. It's indeed an evil circle. I've promised myself to eat apples instead of the goodies of life and force myself to do my homework before I near a Computer or TV.

Probably so. I'm going to change to my normal clothes. We'll see, i'm tired

[emeraldfool]

Hell yeah. My life is just one giant procrastination-fest.

I literally have over 50 novels and novel ideas that I want to finish... eventually. And there's about a hundred other things that I wanna do... eventually.

Not to mention how often I forget things... keys, money, important papers... a long line of expensive jackets and mobile phones

[Baldur]

Dat's me O_O

[zorbels]

lol .... I told Stronith about this thread because he is the biggest procrastinator I know. He said he will look at this thread later. 

[Baldur]

Ah, we're hopeless :]

[zanzibar]

Hell yeah. My life is just one giant procrastination-fest.

I literally have over 50 novels and novel ideas that I want to finish... eventually. And there's about a hundred other things that I wanna do... eventually.

Not to mention how often I forget things... keys, money, important papers... a long line of expensive jackets and mobile phones

Writing a novel is different.  I don't think that qualifies you as anything but normal.

[emeraldfool]

lol .... I told Stronith about this thread because he is the biggest procrastinator I know. He said he will look at this thread later. 

The only reason I'm looking at this thread is 'cause it flashed up in my face



Anyway, procrastination is usually deeply rooted in a person's psyche (I know, I say that way too much ). It usually stems from feelings of inadequacy (i.e. you feel 'too tired' to do something, or feel you need more experience first) or an unrealistic view of what's attainable (i.e. you overestimate and bite off more than you can chew, get swamped, and then put it on the back-burner without giving it a real chance)


If neither applies to you, then you're probably just lazy

[Baldur]

I guess i'm the one who takes too much water over my head. It can become hard at times and. I have long periods of inproductivity which keep me in a low mood (Sorry, Kar .)

It's like a AA battery strapped to a V8 engine :]

[zanzibar]

It usually stems from feelings of inadequacy (i.e. you feel 'too tired' to do something, or feel you need more experience first) or an unrealistic view of what's attainable (i.e. you overestimate and bite off more than you can chew, get swamped, and then put it on the back-burner without giving it a real chance)

If neither applies to you, then you're probably just lazy

I'm neither of those, and I'm not lazy either.  It's an anxiety thing.

[emeraldfool]

It usually stems from feelings of inadequacy (i.e. you feel 'too tired' to do something, or feel you need more experience first) or an unrealistic view of what's attainable (i.e. you overestimate and bite off more than you can chew, get swamped, and then put it on the back-burner without giving it a real chance)

If neither applies to you, then you're probably just lazy

I'm neither of those, and I'm not lazy either.  It's an anxiety thing.

Anxiety? What exactly are you anxious about? (If I should be so bold to ask )

[Nurahk]

I'm the king of procrastination.

I underestimate the task and only leave myself a few hours to do stuff.  Of course, I work through it.

Some of you may remember a couple months ago, when I learnt calculus in a week.  Good times

[Xordan]

I do this for every single bit of work ever. Leaving it to the last minute generally means you're under more pressure, and in my case I learn much faster under pressure. When it comes down to coursework however, it's usually not the greatest idea

Some of you may remember a couple months ago, when I learnt calculus in a week.  Good times

pfft, a week? I've learnt a whole maths module in a day before now And got an A in the exam. Ph34r!