Procastination

Maybe because you are in the wrong frame of mind, this time of year personally I think doesn't help, the January blues, all the build up of Christmas and the new year takes it's toll and now it's all back to normal, back to the humdrum of daily routine. I think sometimes it's the thought of doing something, but once you get into it, then you just get on and do it. The longer you put it off, the harder it will be to get down to it.

Procrastination is not good when you know you have to do something! I don't know why you would feel that way about it but I too have done this. I think my reasoning was that when I finally got around to it, the project or whatever would just stink anyway. Might as well just put it off.

I am The Great Procrastinator. And it affected what I was to do for one of my classes last semester. As a result, I got an F for it and I'm having to take it again this semester. It was all my fault and I realize. There is nothing or no one else to blame. This semester, I cannot let anything get in the way of not finishing up...not even my tendency for procrastination.

I'm like you! I would have tons and tons to do, yet I'd find time to do something really counter-productive. Like I'd have chores to do at home, but in the middle of doing everything, I would sit in front of the TV and watch one recorded show. It's my 'break' from all of the work.

I'm the world's champion procrastinator. My psychologist finally helped me with this. As obvious as it sounds, she believes the reason I keep sabotaging myself is because I get a secondary gain. She believes I get more from not doing it than doing it Once I put it all into perspective, it's helped. Not gonna say I'm magically cured, but I can more honestly do a pro-con chart that actually helps.

Write the project's name in bold and print it out.. or just write on a sheet of paper.. I mean in Big bolds.. and put it in sight or paste it on the wall that you are most likely to see.. and voila.. it will be in your face all the time, untill you really do the workk.. and it will certainly motivate you to do it.

I do not know why you are procrastinating. I am doing the same so when we figure it out we will get it done.

I DO! And it infuriates me. It's as if I refuse to let myself do something I just know I will enjoy so I waste time doing this. I do it with important stuff too, not all, but sometimes. I have no idea why I procrastinate at these times.

Are you afraid your application will be turned down and therefore, if you don't send in the papers, you can't be denied? Circular thinking, I know, but sometimes that's what's behind our procrastination.

Yes, I have done that! More recently, I kept passing the table where my bills were, avoiding paying them. I usually pay bills as soon as I receive them but these are not due till the 20th and money is very tight this month--I will have to pay them from my savings account and that makes me want to avoid them. I know they won't go away and no one else is going to pay them but I just don't want to see my emergency savings depleted even a little. I have also procrastinated on things I want to do, like get the house cleaned or go out and buy something that I've been looking forward to. I don't want to get started. But I find that when I do, I wonder why I put it off! Just pick it up and start. Finish one paper and see if you feel like finishing another. One step at a time! You'll probably find it's not as bad or boring as you thought it would be.

Yep.. It's end of year account time. Do I want to do it? Nope. Do I have to do it? Yep. Is it difficult? Not really. So why am I putting it off. Dunno really. But...yawn....I think I see a cotton thread on the carpet. Better Hoover the whole house in case there are others......

No not really. I'm not much of a procrastinator. I like to get things done quickly. What I may do at times though is just forget. If I put it aside at a bad time and say I'll get to it later, I often forget to get to it, and only remember at inconvenient times like when I'm not at home. By the time I get home I've forgotten again.