I procrastinate, dammit!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’m taking an accelerated course (2 weeks and 2 days) that requires a research paper. The class is Monday through Saturday, meaning I only have my hours not working on Saturday and all of Sunday.

My routine these past two weeks has been to wake at 6, go to gym, drive to work, drive school, drive home, then bed an hour later. So, no time during the week.

Last weekend came and class left early in order to work on the paper. I was feeling like a head cold was coming on, so I went home versus hitting the library. I then proceeded to blow off any moment I had to work on my paper all Saturday night and Sunday (instead watched episodes of Trailer Park Boys).

It’s now due in 2 days, meaning I only have tomorrow to research and write the paper.

I am in bed at this very moment, STILL avoiding it.

This means that I will spend all tomorrow stressing over getting it done.

Why do I do this to myself?

And why does iTunes take so long to download movies? I’ve been mindlessly watching Youtube clips and reading useless crap the past hour waiting! If only I had something better to do while waiting… groan

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How big is the paper? I’ve researched* and wrote 10 page papers in less than 6 hours. I even started one at 8pm the day before it was due.

Trailer Park Boys huh? I won’t judge. I watched 1.5 seasons of Greek while ignoring a paper.

All my efforts, until recently, have ended up in good grades, so I still don’t know if I learned my lesson. Last semester I left myself two weeks to write a 25 page research paper for a law school class. That was really brutal and I ended up getting an A minus. Unfortunately, I had a final the same day the paper was due and I did not do well on the final.

Hopefully I’ll do better this semester.

  • If research includes picking a topic that you know a lot about already.
3

I have a feeling you will never become an anticrastinator. Not only that, you won’t get around to ordering the t-shirt that says,

Top ten reasons to procrastinate:
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4

Haha. Good one.

I still have all today and tomorrow night!

Weird thing is, if I were given this at work, then I’d get right to it. But have to do it for school and I put it off to the last minute.

How long does it really take to research and write a 5 page, 12 point, double spaced paper?

5

Wow. You have plenty of time! No need to start today, you can wait until tomorrow and still finish on time.

Meanwhile, here is a list of 22 really good flash games to keep you occupied.

6

I have a piece of work that I think needs to be completed and handed in tomorrow.

Not only have I put it off all week, even now at 8pm, I still haven’t started.

There’s a chance I don’t have to have it in for tomorrow, but I can’t be bothered going into my bag to find out…

(It’s not an important peice of work, but still.)

7

This accurately echoes my own philosophy, which is never to put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after.

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Well, it’s 8:07 PM here and I haven’t started yet.

I have no idea why I so vehemently do not want to do this paper. Any thought of it sends butterflies through my gut.

I am so forked, it’s not even funny.

I am a 34 year old male scared of a research paper.

I’ve started the research, but feel overwhelmed.

Well, always tomorrow night, right?

9

Researching via the web is much more difficult than I imagined.

I am so screwed.

10

Been there, done that. I still do it, but don’t know why. People have given me lots of tips over the years, but the only one that has helped for me is this. Set a timer for 15 minutes. Go work on the paper just until the timer rings. Now. No - don’t just look at another forum first. Do it right now.

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A basic math equation explains it all. E=1/T As time approaches Zero, Effort approaches Infinity!

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Well, 7:20 at night and I have 3 pages of utter rubbish.

This is without a doubt the worst paper I have ever written.

Oh well.

13

I keep meaning to procrastinate. Maybe next week. Yeah, I’ll do that, for sure.

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I took a course on procrastination once.

I showed up for the first lecture, and they flunked me.