Fight against Procrastination

[Kirill]

Hello Traceuses, Traceurs

I have been catching myself procrastinating lately. IN fact, I am procrastinating right now. lol. That was pretty ironic. Does anyone combat this issue a lot? Do you peeps know some ways of how to get rid of this nasty habit? We all know that leaving things to the last sec is bad...But a lot of people still do it! I should probably try to exercise my power of will shouldn't I? Any good strategies on how to overcome this Obstacle?

Thanks to everyone for any input!

[Frenchie]

Right on. You know that's a symptom of perfectionism? procrastination is often a side effect of that for the reason you exactly state, fear of getting it wrong. Except the "redo" strategy hardly applies to high school projects, in my case hah

[Mackenzie]

Unfortuatly that doesn't apply as well to art. The paint and everything else stays put. Meaning I keep starting paintings then not finishing them for fear of messing them up.

[Bio]

I've found that the less I think about something, the more likely I am to do it quickly and not put it off. That's pretty much common sense, I think. If I make a snap decision and just start doing something, then I've already invested some of myself in it and I'll want to see it through to the end. But if I put a lot of thought into it, I'll come up with reasons why I can't or shouldn't do it, and that makes me put it off longer and longer.

[Fyrel]

That completely applies to parkour, too; I find the more I think about trying something, the more I psych myself out and the less likely I'm actually going to do something. Sometimes thinking about stuff is a bad thing, eh?

[pyz.particle]

yeah lol stop thinking about your footwork, and you'll stop running up to the obstacle 5-6 times before you vault it...

[Mackenzie]

I should try that. for me it is not five or 6 times, but anywhere from 12 to indefinatly.

[Dogwithrabiez]

Though it does help you overcome fear...


That's also why I hurt myself more than anyone else. They're all minor injuries though, so I think it's worth it...

[hillexallen]

Very interesting perspectives...

Just want to let you guys know that I stopped procrastinating and studied Chinese and biology. (Dana will be proud.)

So everybody congratulate me now lol

[Bio]

Woohoo, go biology, yeah Alex!

It was exact thing I was talking about before for me earlier tonight. Usually it takes me forever to write out a decent email to someone I haven't talked to in a long time, but I managed to write a sentence or two without even thinking and before I knew it I had a nice, long message typed out. Worked perfectly.

[Eric Stephens]

Play more WoW.

[Kirill]

lol

[Pyromatic]

Cant we overcome this obstacle later?

On a more serious note, I have just suffered the consequences enough times to where I just learn to sit down and do it.