Don’t you hate it when you’re putting off doing something that you really need to do, by reading a book, surfing the web, watching TV, or whatever, and to motivate yourself, you say: “Okay, I’ll start it real soon, at 6:00 PM.”
And then you look at the clock, and it’s already 6:02 PM.
Mine always seems to work a bit different. Right now, for example, I’m finishing a paper that is due at 2. I have spent the last 20 minutes reading the SDMB, and keep thinking “At 12:45, I’ll work on my paper again.” It’s 12:39. I have only been through MPSIMS, so I have to start on IMHO. I don’t forsee this paper getting done.
I really blame college for this. I mean, they would always give you like 2-3 weeks notice of having a paper due, when really, how long does it take to write a 5 page paper? Two hours? So of course I’m going to put it off until about three hours before the thing is due, because I can get away with it. Do that enough semesters and that there is a skill you can count on for life.
Its funny that the OP’s procrastination seems to be a matter of minutes–I am reminded yet again just how easy I have it in highschool that I can lose track of day and night without too many consequences.
Yesterday I returned a book called ‘Overcoming Procrastination’ to my local library. I never did read it, and I had to pay £5.38 in overdue fines. All this is actually true.