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How I did it: I set it as the main goal. Even if I didn't feel like doing something, I pushed myself to do it until it became habit. I taught myself to go headfirst into whatever comes at me, regardless of what it may be. Lessons & tips: Just push yourself to do what needs to be done. That is exactly what I did and look where it got me! Resources: Willpower.
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Kyna has Forensics camp, which is SUCH a pain!
HAHA.
22 hours ago
It will never happen.
Nope.
Not with me(X
July 4
23 hours ago
Has it really almost been a month since I last had one of those days, black days, as I call them (thanks to my choice of colors for the Outlook calendar)? June 8. There were a couple of nights when I engaged in online shopping, read my way through 43things, but none of that disastrous, once-a-week or more stuff.
This evening I’ve already been online for 3 hours but was offline for most of the week and I will log off now… soon… My neighbor will just have to live with the fact that I didn’t get around to vacuuuming until this late…
N2thecalmb4thestorm is doing some serious decluttering
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” ~Olin Miller
“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.” ~Eva Young
Obviously, I’ve come across some quotes on procrastination. I’ve found that reading them helps tune me in to exactly what it is about procrastination that I detest so much. I guess I’ve been procrastinating about dealing with my procrastination!
N2thecalmb4thestorm is doing some serious decluttering
Tough nut to crack
1 day ago
I’m starting to make some progress on this, but I haven’t yet figured out a solution to my procrastination that I can apply consistently. I’m just grateful to be moving forward on some projects that were long overdue. I am reading articles on overcoming procrastination, though, and trying to learn why it is that I do it in so many areas. For some tasks, it’s easy to figure out – I just don’t like to do them. There are other areas where I procrastinate and they are things that I enjoy, so I don’t know why I put things off.
One of the few German sayings that I remember is “Morgen, Morgen, nur nicht Heute.” I like to call that the procrastinator’s oath.
Shannon is hoping and dreaming
From Procastinator to Achiever
3 days ago
I would feel bad that I kept putting off things and I didn’t even know why half the time. I actually found this book at Goodwill and it was very helpful. (Perhaps they didnt need it anymore!)
The Procrastinator’s Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now- Rita Emmett
The book explains different reason why people procrastinate (I fit with “wanting it to be perfect” so I had to plan everything first and wanting to skip around projects all the time.) It had really good strategies to help with procrastination. I ended up highlighting parts so when I felt myself wanting to procrastinate I could do a quick motivation read (or else I read the whole book and would be procrastinating!)
It eventually came to the point where I would just do things esp. when I realized that a lot of things I was putting off could be done in less than 15 minutes! The book has been so effective and I haven’t picked up the book in 2 years!
Breaking it down in smaller tasks helped bigger projects.
Besides the book, I also asked myself ” What one thing do you most want to AVOID?” I would do that first so I wouldn’t dread it all day. Just get it over with, it less painful that way!
Today was sooooooooooooooooooooo bad.....
3 days ago
I have got to be one of the worst procrastinators ever. Indicisive, and consistently stagnating in life. Always angry with myself and feeling useless for not having made more progress in life. Hopelessly disorganised, late, and always full of guilt.
Today was a bad day at work. I’m really tired of my job (and possibly my entire field) and this is having an even bigger effect on my usual procrastination. I feel quite useless at work at the moment and few people are taking any interest in what I’m doing. I’m back to my most hated position – stuck in a corner with tasks to do by yourself.
I just couldn’t motivate myself today, got very very little done as I couldn’t focus on the tasks at hand. Kept finding any kind of distraction (my lateral thinking never helps with this).
Usually my lack of progress makes me feel really guilty so I stay late to try and make up for it (sometimes stupidly late if there is a deadline). Its always the same story, unless there is great pressure, I can’t seem to get going.
I know I need a change of scene jobswise but I’ve no idea where my next move is. I’m also scared that if I can’t get over thsi and train myself to be focused and professional about work, how am I going to be any better off in a different job? That in itself could just be a barrier to procrastinate in the task of finding a new job…
I’m tired of going nowhere. I want to acheive some things in my life before it’s all gone. I HAVE to find a way to tackle this problem, to condition myself to just attack things and really focus on them. I’m no use to anyone the way I was today (and the way I am a lot)....
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Well this evidently isn’t working! I started tidying my room, and I am now procrastinating on this website writing about procrastination!
ARGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!
Get back to the tidying!
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