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Post by Nora on Jul 21, 2018 19:24:52 GMT
I am a big procrastinator. I usually do everything ten minutes before the deadline, when I am completely rushed, and hate myself for having procrastinated too long, but then I do the same thing again next time.
I have several tools how to manage this, wondering if anyone has something helpful too?
Mine is:
1. "everything horrible only takes like 10 minutes" i often realize that the worst part of having to do something is the first part of it. and that i often over estimate the time needed for things. so i try to remind myself that its not going to take so long and i can certainly do ten minutes of whatever boring thing i dont wanna do. this helps a lot.
2. i reward my self by procrastinating before, during and after, but limit it to only a few tasks. like :i will check the imdb board and then go do the thing: and I will limit myself and not do more than i tell myself.
3. i go by the "dont be a c-nt rule. when i am really failing all my rules and about to miss my goals or about to do something stupid i tell myself "dont be a c-nt"" (to yourself and sabotage yourself) and I will actually say it out loud. A few times. Somehow the level of the crassness of it and saying it out loud helps.
What do you do to manage procrastination? any helpful tips?
PS - I created this thread to postpone having to work….
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Post by James on Jul 21, 2018 19:42:22 GMT
I simply push myself to do something if I suffer from procrastination.
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Post by Nora on Jul 21, 2018 19:48:33 GMT
I simply push myself to do something if I suffer from procrastination. yeah but :how:… thats the question.
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Post by James on Jul 21, 2018 19:50:30 GMT
I simply push myself to do something if I suffer from procrastination. yeah but :how:… thats the question. Just try to. I don't always win with procrastinating.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jul 21, 2018 21:11:43 GMT
...put off what you would do today until tomorrow...
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Post by Nora on Jul 21, 2018 21:33:49 GMT
...put off what you would do today until tomorrow… yeah, i do that a LOT. and that gets me into trouble a LOT…
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 21:37:33 GMT
I don't deal with it.
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Post by talkinpikchorbox on Jul 21, 2018 22:51:06 GMT
If you procrastinated procrastination, you’d get everything done on time.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 21, 2018 22:56:02 GMT
try: telling yourself it MUST be done by Wednesday if it really must be done by Thursday ... do this often enough and it becomes a habit <which is what procrastinations is in the first place>.
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Post by talkinpikchorbox on Jul 21, 2018 22:58:15 GMT
I simply push myself to do something if I suffer from procrastination. yeah but :how:… thats the question. Cell phone, computers, and tv off Don’t smoke weed Don’t eat anything heavy Down a coffee or take a caffeine pill Have a plan or make a list. Something you can visualize that helps you organize your task from A to Z Put on eye of the tiger Lace Up your Nikes Get to work Or you could do it the easy way like most college students and load up on adderal
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 21, 2018 23:03:09 GMT
Serious answer from ^^^^ especially Have a plan or make a list. Something you can visualize that helps you organize your task from A to Z then Get to work and get it done !
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jul 21, 2018 23:42:54 GMT
Yes, but oddly enough, I am the embodiment of procrastination.
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Post by Nora on Jul 21, 2018 23:50:37 GMT
Yes, but oddly enough, I am the embodiment of procrastination. hehe me too. so what helps us, who are the embodiments of procrastination? who have all the plans and spend a lot of time on plans on making plans and little on execution?
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 22, 2018 0:07:59 GMT
Yes, but oddly enough, I am the embodiment of procrastination. hehe me too. so what helps us, who are the embodiments of procrastination? who have all the plans and spend a lot of time on plans on making plans and little on execution? You've very nearly honed directly in on the key to a procrastinator's philosophy, so well articulated by Kevin Bacon as Val in 1990's Tremors: "See, we plan ahead. That way we don't do anything right now."As for procrastination itself, I embrace it. I like it, it likes me, and we're quite a harmonious pair.
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Post by ant-mac on Jul 22, 2018 0:21:24 GMT
I haven't as yet. But trust me, I'll get around to doing something about it one of these days.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 22, 2018 0:24:44 GMT
I was going to join Procrastinators Anonymous BUT I kept putting off filling out the application !
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Post by itsmagic on Jul 22, 2018 0:28:02 GMT
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jul 22, 2018 0:37:10 GMT
I'll get back to you on this later.
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Post by Catman on Jul 22, 2018 0:42:51 GMT
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Post by Nora on Jul 22, 2018 15:46:42 GMT
I was going to join Procrastinators Anonymous BUT I kept putting off filling out the application ! if that exists i might join… but i dont think christ would help me…
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