A doer or a procrastinater?

The Hierophant · 07-25-2002, 07:18 AM

Howdy.
Well I've got this essay due in a couple of weeks see and I've pretty much done all the research required to write it. If I knuckled down and wrote it it might take me all of 5-6 hours to get it done.
However
I am an un-motivated, lazy, procrastinating piece of shit.
No matter how easy the task is I simply can't bring myself to actually get it done until the deadline-pressure has mounted up so heavily as to force me to burn the midnight oil to get things handed in on time. It's like I can't get my will into focus unless the pressure of it being the last minute forces me into action. No matter how many times I say "next time I'll get things done early and in an orderly manner" I never do.
Hopeless, just bloody hopeless.

So anyways, what I'm wondering is am I alone in this or are there other folks out there that just can't get their shit together until they're forced to? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Calaethis Dragonsbane · 07-25-2002, 07:27 AM

sometimes, perhaps. whats it to you? lol, j/k. It depends on what Im doin... I for one tend to leave stuff til the last minuet, a bad habit, but... its hard to break. I mean I do *some* work at the start... but not enough...

07-25-2002, 07:28 AM

hmmm. I dunno. I'll tell ya later maybe [img]tongue.gif[/img]

adam warlock · 07-25-2002, 09:51 AM

I'll let you know after my nap

Grimslade · 07-25-2002, 09:56 AM

I'm abit like that too. But I change. Last semester, I had four essays due in the space of two weeks. I had to start each early, coz there would have been no way I would have passed had I left all for to the last minute. And I actually pulled it off! I finished the first essay two weeks early and submitted it (I got an A), the next 2 I submitted 4 days early (both got Bs) and the last one on the day it was due (another A). So if I can change, so can you!

Good luck!

Incidentally, I tend to put off stuff I enjoy, for some bizarre reason. I have been wanting to build a website for ages, but I haven't started yet. I want to learn C++, but that's on hold too. I've been writing a fantasy story for years, and it is only nearing completion now, after some hard work. Strange, eh?

Cloudbringer · 07-25-2002, 10:13 AM

Good topic!

I am naturally a procrastinator on any complex or involved task, but I like to get the little things taken care of quickly- or at least all at once! [img]smile.gif[/img] Like cleaning my computer room... been saying I need to do it for months... but picking up a hairbrush I set down in the living room? Do it as soon as I think of it.

Epona · 07-25-2002, 10:20 AM

I need an approaching deadline to motivate me to do pretty much any work.
When I was at college, I *started* my dissertation the Saturday before it was due (Monday, 9am). I had it finished in 3 hours, and got a good mark too! I'd had a year to do it in, but just couldn't work up the enthusiasm until I knew I had to!

Bristowe · 07-25-2002, 10:44 AM

Haha, i'm so bad, i live 10 mins away from uni and i still skip half my morning lectures cos i sleep in! haha, I can't keep this shit up tho. The only thing that motivates me to do any work is a deadline due in a few days... I gotta change

Mojo · 07-25-2002, 11:15 AM

I tend to leave things till after the last minute, putting them off for longer than u would think possible, and usually not doing them at all...funilly enough, I got good grades in my recent exams, methinks

Ar-Cunin · 07-25-2002, 11:16 AM

Why do something today, when you can wait until tomorrow?

07-25-2002, 07:18 AM	#1
The Hierophant Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: May 10, 2002 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand. Age: 42 Posts: 2,860	Howdy. Well I've got this essay due in a couple of weeks see and I've pretty much done all the research required to write it. If I knuckled down and wrote it it might take me all of 5-6 hours to get it done. However I am an un-motivated, lazy, procrastinating piece of shit. No matter how easy the task is I simply can't bring myself to actually get it done until the deadline-pressure has mounted up so heavily as to force me to burn the midnight oil to get things handed in on time. It's like I can't get my will into focus unless the pressure of it being the last minute forces me into action. No matter how many times I say "next time I'll get things done early and in an orderly manner" I never do. Hopeless, just bloody hopeless. So anyways, what I'm wondering is am I alone in this or are there other folks out there that just can't get their shit together until they're forced to? [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ [img]\"hosted/Hierophant.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Strewth!

07-25-2002, 07:27 AM	#2
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 39 Posts: 7,029	sometimes, perhaps. whats it to you? lol, j/k. It depends on what Im doin... I for one tend to leave stuff til the last minuet, a bad habit, but... its hard to break. I mean I do some work at the start... but not enough... __________________ Skydracgrrl: Cruelty, thy name is Cal! --- There are none so blind as those who refuse to see, none so deaf as those who refuse to hear, and none so smelly as those who refuse to bathe.

07-25-2002, 09:51 AM	#4
adam warlock Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: I live inside of my mind..... Age: 53 Posts: 3,234	I'll let you know after my nap __________________ [url]\"http://motdw.comicgenesis.com\" target=\"_blank\"><br /> [img]\"http://motdw.keenspace.com/images/lymanimaca.txt\" alt=\" - \" /></a><br /><br />my karma ran over your dogma

07-25-2002, 10:13 AM	#6
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Good topic! I am naturally a procrastinator on any complex or involved task, but I like to get the little things taken care of quickly- or at least all at once! [img]smile.gif[/img] Like cleaning my computer room... been saying I need to do it for months... but picking up a hairbrush I set down in the living room? Do it as soon as I think of it. __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)

07-25-2002, 10:20 AM	#7
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	I need an approaching deadline to motivate me to do pretty much any work. When I was at college, I started my dissertation the Saturday before it was due (Monday, 9am). I had it finished in 3 hours, and got a good mark too! I'd had a year to do it in, but just couldn't work up the enthusiasm until I knew I had to! __________________ [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/epona.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

07-25-2002, 07:28 AM	#3
Lord Shield Guest Posts: n/a	hmmm. I dunno. I'll tell ya later maybe [img]tongue.gif[/img]

07-25-2002, 09:56 AM	#5
Grimslade Drow Warrior Join Date: April 25, 2002 Location: Australia Age: 42 Posts: 271	I'm abit like that too. But I change. Last semester, I had four essays due in the space of two weeks. I had to start each early, coz there would have been no way I would have passed had I left all for to the last minute. And I actually pulled it off! I finished the first essay two weeks early and submitted it (I got an A), the next 2 I submitted 4 days early (both got Bs) and the last one on the day it was due (another A). So if I can change, so can you! Good luck! Incidentally, I tend to put off stuff I enjoy, for some bizarre reason. I have been wanting to build a website for ages, but I haven't started yet. I want to learn C++, but that's on hold too. I've been writing a fantasy story for years, and it is only nearing completion now, after some hard work. Strange, eh?

07-25-2002, 10:44 AM	#8
Bristowe Elminster Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Victoria, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 449	Haha, i'm so bad, i live 10 mins away from uni and i still skip half my morning lectures cos i sleep in! haha, I can't keep this shit up tho. The only thing that motivates me to do any work is a deadline due in a few days... I gotta change __________________ [img]\"http://members.lycos.co.uk/deatbringer/Bristowe-sig.jpg\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Bristowe, Master Assassin<br />\"Everyone dies sooner or later, why not sooner?\"

07-25-2002, 11:15 AM	#9
Mojo Elminster Join Date: July 17, 2002 Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK Age: 37 Posts: 451	I tend to leave things till after the last minute, putting them off for longer than u would think possible, and usually not doing them at all...funilly enough, I got good grades in my recent exams, methinks __________________ Say No to Cosmetics Control! And the Trouser Tyranny!<br /><br />Like Final Fantasy? -[url]\"http://forums.ragnarokextreme.net\" target=\"_blank\">Ragnarok Extreme Forums</a>!!

07-25-2002, 11:16 AM	#10
Ar-Cunin Ra Join Date: August 14, 2001 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Age: 52 Posts: 2,326	Why do something today, when you can wait until tomorrow? __________________ Life is a laugh <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[biglaugh]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/biglaugh.gif\" /> - and DEATH is the final joke <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[hehe]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/hehe.gif\" />

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