Hello, my name is P… and I am a procrastinator. I figured if I am going to fight it, I should start by acknowledging it.
I am also taking some serious steps to overcome my urge to procrastinate.
1) Identify the reason:
I am in the process of writing my dissertation and it’s killing me. I cannot start to write so I do other things instead. I bought a book with tips on how to start writing when you have a writer’s block and I find certain tips useful already.
2) Take steps to overcome distraction:
I am actively using this little software “temptation blocker” that keeps me from running programs such as internet browsers, instant messengers and thunderbird and as long as I set it for 30 minutes or less, it is doing the trick.
Hopefully, this post is my final act of procrastination and I will be a productive writer/researcher from now on.
