I used to be quite an epic procrastinator. And now I'm not so much. Even for the very dull routine tasks that have to be done. Well, OK, I still put off doing some things, but I seem to have reduced the angst level. The thing that kicks me into doing something is when I feel I'd hate myself more if I didn't do it. And I'm now quite good at sitting down and putting an hour in at doing something incredibly dull to a huuuuge list of database entries (in fact, I managed it this afternoon, and no small cute fluffy animals were harmed during the process!)
I'm not quite sure what triggered the change in me; maybe it was introducing micro rewards when doing thesis edits (well done, you have managed 5 tedious minutes without a) killing yourself and b) failing to achieve anything. You may now read something on BBC news). I don't know. I will still procrastinate, but it doesn't seem to be epic, it doesn't seem to be soul-destroying, and I seem to be able to spot that it's coming on, and deflect it by doing something useful (usually even the thing that I was meant to do).
Not sure how useful this is - Tales of a Reformed Procrastinator might be inspiring, bloody annoying or something else :)
However, I shall leave you with my father's wonderful dyslexic rewriting of an old proverb: Procrastination is the fief of time.
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Date: 2010-11-03 06:59 pm (UTC)I'm not quite sure what triggered the change in me; maybe it was introducing micro rewards when doing thesis edits (well done, you have managed 5 tedious minutes without a) killing yourself and b) failing to achieve anything. You may now read something on BBC news). I don't know. I will still procrastinate, but it doesn't seem to be epic, it doesn't seem to be soul-destroying, and I seem to be able to spot that it's coming on, and deflect it by doing something useful (usually even the thing that I was meant to do).
Not sure how useful this is - Tales of a Reformed Procrastinator might be inspiring, bloody annoying or something else :)
However, I shall leave you with my father's wonderful dyslexic rewriting of an old proverb: Procrastination is the fief of time.