Procrastination and deadlines

[MissTea]

I wanted to make a post on this forum about procrastination and deadlines today' date=' but then I decided to postpone it till tomorrow...[/quote']
Ha ha ha... I get it! That is really good. I used to procrastinate a lot, but thankfully not so much anymore. I am lucky that situation seems to have resolved itself for me. The little tricks, tips and techniques that I have come up with to help myself like the Pomodoro technique seem to be really helping.

 

[misszerable]

I'm procrastinating right now and enjoying the threads in this forum  . I have a deadline in 7.5 hours and here I am posting messages. I've already used a 24-hour grace credit yesterday. I guess this happens a lot when I have to do something I'm not familiar with but have to do it anyway. 

 

[babyleans]

I'm a big procrastinator as well. I put off things till the last minute. In my opinion, there's really no need to do something unless you have the motivation to do it. If there's no motivation then you're not going to do that thing right. For me, being late serves as motivation. As long as it's not affecting your professional or social life, then a little procrastination won't hurt you.

 

[fuzyon]

Deadlines always make me stop procrastinating, I hate the anxiety of unfinished projects and assignments so even if I'm procrastinating hard I make sure to finish everything before they're due. Discipline has always been a struggle for me though.

 

[DDNatureLover]

When I was growing up, I would often put off assignments until the very last minute, then I would cram. I didn't care much about school back then, although later on, I became a serious student. I think in my case it was a matter of feeling anxious and trying to ignore the anxiety, but all I was really doing by postponing it was making it worse. I later learned to start projects as soon as they were assigned. Some I would finish immediately just to get them over with, and others I'd start doing the most difficult part, then finish the easier portion just before the deadline, so the material was fresh in my mind. 

 

[kgord]

I do procrastinate on tasks, but I am not as bad as some people. My ex husband is one of the biggest proscrastinators I have ever known, and my roommate is no slouch when it comes to procrastinating. He is right up there with the best of them!! With me it is things I really don't want to do, like job hunt or look for a manual or something. Usually the more I dislike a task the more I will proscrastinate on it. I have a few tasks right now, that are on my to do list, but they are fairly odious....so I am procrastinating.

 

[MandyMarieB]

I'm a huge procrastinator... sometimes because I want to be lazy, sometimes because I don't have the drive to do ANYTHING. (Sometimes I really want to get things done, but I just can't.) It really depends on the day, and how I'm feeling, and a whole mess of factors. But I try to keep lists of things I need to do get done to keep me going. I really love lists, and tend to make them for everything. But I downloaded this free app called Wunderlist (after months of looking for the 'perfect' one!) and I really love it. You can make different folders, lists, sublists...can add due dates and photos... It's just perfect for someone like me who loves organization! :laugh: It helps to be able to check things off as I finish them, or to just be able to look at it to see what I need to be doing.