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- doctorcaligari, on 10/11/2007, -6/+207I dugg this article so I could read it tomorrow...
- kinesis8, on 10/11/2007, -6/+128I don't watch tv, so when I procrastinate it's entirely because of the internet. umm.. kind of like what I'm doing right now actually..
Damn you Digg!! - crackedplastic, on 10/11/2007, -5/+116Captain Obvious must have been the author of this article.
What are four reasons why we procrastinate? According to the blog:
1. Poor work habits.
2. Feeling overwhelmed.
3. Trying to be perfect.
4. Rather do something else.
Wow. What an informative article. Buried as lame. - diggmaddy, on 10/11/2007, -4/+60AND..... the server is procrastinating to serve me the page. o_O
- Wonkanobi, on 10/11/2007, -4/+48Because spending hours on digg is way better than actually doing work?
- tblasko, on 10/11/2007, -10/+52Prodiggstinate
- goeatsmsht, on 10/11/2007, -12/+53The article would have been 5 reasons, but well you know........ procrastination......
- ryodoan, on 10/11/2007, -5/+42http://duggmirror.com ?
^ nope
but google did
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:http://cultivategreatness.com/2007/05/20/four-reasons-why-we-procrastinate&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&sa=G&strip=1
and for the really lazy
Have you ever spent time thinking about a task you need to tackle but keep putting off, then spend time telling yourself you just must get started and wondering when you will start it, and then feeling guilty because you are working on other tasks instead. Yet this one keeps hanging over your head. If this sounds familiar, you may be one of the many people who procrastinate, and procrastination is probably the biggest time waster.
leadership training
Putting off the inevitable, sometimes until a deadline is staring you in the face, causes the highest stress level, and results in managing time by crises. There are many reasons why people procrastinate. For some it happens occasionally under specific circumstances, and for others, it is a way of life. Here we will explore a few of the reasons behind why people procrastinate.
1. Poor work habits. These people procrastinate on everything. They are so far behind that they are constantly trying to keep up with yesterday. Boy, talk about high stress!! Their response is usually, “I work best under pressure.” If the truth be known, they are poor organizers and have trouble prioritizing tasks and scheduling their time. It is easier to wait until the last minute to start a task because in their mind it is now important.
2. Feeling overwhelmed. When we don’t know how to do something, it is easier not to do anything at all. Or maybe we feel it would be too time consuming to learn what is needed to accomplish a particular task. It seems like it would take forever to complete. This is the time to break the task down into manageable parts. Decide a starting point and work for short periods of time, say 10 to 20 minutes. Then check off each part as completed. This imparts the feeling of accomplishment as work is being completed.
3. Trying to be perfect. What may be the goal of the perfectionist may well be looked on by others as nitpicking. Perfectionists usually see their responsibilities as burdens, making it more difficult for them to accomplish tasks in a timely manner. They start tasks but put off completion until it meets their standards for perfection. However, these standards are most likely not recognized or appreciated by others, and thereby the perfectionist has wasted a lot of time to accomplish the unnecessary.
The perfectionist could strive for excellence rather than perfection. Excellence is defined as “very good of its kind” or ” high-quality performance.” Perfection is defined as “the condition of being flawless” which is not impossible, but most unlikely to achieve. Focus on what is realistic rather than what is ideal. Do the best you can in the time allowed. The time investment should be appropriate to the magnitude of the task or project.
4. Rather do something else. Unfortunately, we all dislike certain tasks that we have to do anyway. It could be filing, expense reports, or writing a report. So we keep putting it off, wishing it would go away. Think what would happen by delaying all unpleasant duties. After a while, their numbers build up to where that’s all there is to do. Then everything is unpleasant. Consider the consequences of not doing the unpleasant task. Recognize that it will not go away, but just delaying the inevitable.
Identify why you procrastinate on a particular task or project - do you hate it, are you feeling overwhelmed by a pending deadline, have a fear of failure, or are you just waiting for the ‘right time’ to start. Try setting aside a half hour a day to get started on whatever you are putting off. By working a half hour at a time, you will overcome the overwhelmed feeling and increase the momentum to work faster.
Consider the risks of waiting for that last minute ‘high.’ What if you got sick, priorities changed, or an unexpected crises or event developed. Recall the nightmare experienced the last time you procrastinated until the last minute.
When we procrastinate, we get behind before we even start, and create a major time problem.
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- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25couldn't they make a list that's longer than 4 !!?? I'm pushing off about 5 assignments tonight, its almost midnight, and I would have enjoyed a longer list.
- dtd00d, on 10/11/2007, -8/+26I'll come up with a constructive reply in like two minutes, two more minutes...
- Cwo655321, on 10/11/2007, -9/+23i'll digg this later
- Benrussell, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15I was waiting for number four to be "Hrmmm, I'll do this one later".
Kind of a dud article though really. I mean, _why_ we procrastinate? Who cares? I think we all know why we do it, to avoid doing something we don't want to do. Being a perfectionist isn't a reason because that's not procrastination, that's just taking a lot of time to do something.
There would have been a million ways to do this article in a more interesting way I think.
"You procrastinate because you don't manage your time well. Manage it better!" doesn't cut it for me. - yomamaisfat, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16This article is pointless. Everybody knows why they procrastinate; it's better than doing the work. Buried due to No *****!
- psg188, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16I procrastinate because I'm to busy digging down people who make such obvious and played out jokes.
- dynatos, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Does someone really need to list FOUR reasons to why we procrastinate?
One should be enough:
We procrastinate because we're ***** lazy but have enough dignity to actually do something, just not now, maybe later.
It's as simple as that. - monsterenergy, on 10/11/2007, -9/+20Whats more important...Homework, games, or digg. hrmmm, beh screw homework.
- cp101, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Digg; where people yell at other people for not procrastinating correctly.
- jasonlion54, on 10/11/2007, -7/+14Is it ironic that I'm reading this instead of writing my term paper?
- crazydiode, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7"procrastination is like masturbation.. in effect you are screwing yourself"
nevertheless i do both.. - rompom7, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7I was going to write something clever here, but I'll do it later.
- SuperiorKarsch, on 10/11/2007, -5/+10I would have been impressed if it had just been:
"4..." - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Friggin lame.
People procrastinate because they are self-confident and feel a little sense of arrogance towards the work given to them. Heck, I didn't even want to login in just to comment but hey, laziness can only go so far. The procrastinator has to be extremely compelled to do something right away and not wait to the last minute. All of you people who fake their comment just trying to be funny wannabe procrastinators...STFU! Only 2 reasons exist on why we procrastinate.
1. Laziness
2. Arrogance
Enough ***** said. - Supurcell, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4"Is it ironic that I'm reading this instead of writing my term paper?"
No. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5your attribute it to laziness and thats good enough for you fine, but then why are we lazy? i bet if i keep asking you these follow up questions your explanations will go around in a circle. and show that you really have no ***** idea why we do anything we do.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4...one more round of CS
- MackDiesel2010, on 10/11/2007, -6/+9Apparently the server is procrastinating as well
- aikahanyou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2All those "I'll read this later" people... how original. Really.
The author of that article doesn't strike me as a very good writer... - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Hmm? And all this time I thought is was my "Pot" smoking.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Oh, and story dugg down for that lame ***** popup asking you to sign up for their *****.
Don't submit crap like that again. - Shenaniganz08, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3This is all wrong. There was a 2 year study on this at my college.
The main reason we procrastinate is because of arrogance
people think they can finish things faster, or that they have more important things to do, etc etc
Along with procrastination, arrogance is also responsible for the "im always late" type of person ( ie arrogance that they have something important to do and making people wait really isnt important)
I would know I am a procrastinator and am always tardy. It wasn't until someone told me about the study that made me realize how arrogant I was - phroztbyt3, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Ironic, I'm reading this article to further the procrastination of a paper I am supposed to write.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I stopped procrastinating purely to digg this comment.
- rdn98, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1sometimes I digg an article without reading because of the title, and then there are times I digg an article before I read.
If a digg article has a lot of diggs already, then it must be good (right?) so I digg it without reading sometimes. LOL. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I only have one reason:
1. Because the thing in question is not really important and I have better things to do. - saladtossser, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1procrastination is like masturbation
in the end, you're only ***** yourself - sgglynn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2eh, i'll read it later
- faithhealer, on 10/11/2007, -5/+6I justify my own procrastination as follows:
1. Sometimes circumstances change and something no longer needs doing. If I had already done it, I would have wasted my time.
2. Sometimes _how_ something should be done changes over time (changing requirements), so if I had already done it, I would have had to redo it.
3. I work more efficiently with a time constraint, so I end up using my time more effectively if I put off the task closer to the deadline. - lordwow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I love the ending, "Recall the nightmare experienced the last time you procrastinated until the last minute."
I've been procrastinating my whole life, but I've never failed to get something done. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Only 4 reasons? They must of procrastinated on the last 6...
- Serapthi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2We need reasons?
- doronster195, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1WOW, Number 1 is me to a T! Everything on there is completely true about me. I often have tests to study for and I tell myself that I will start studying the weekend before the test (which is on Friday), then I end up procrastinating until Thursday when I decide that it's important and i finally have the motivation to do it.
- tanto, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Plan. Each day spend at least 15 minutes planning activities. Set priorities based on factors such as importance, consequence of failure, and likely return. Schedule only about half your time for the day — to allow you to deal with those unexpected things that come up — but largely stick to the time plan.
Organize your time
http://orangtuamurid.info/blog/?p=250 - compuclean, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Procras... Och, I'll finish this tomorrow...
- jestrella, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1best comment to me.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You spelled diggnity wrong.
- Rolamoto, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I was going to read the article, but I decided to do it later
- Blah_Blah_Blah, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1does there even NEED to be a reason?
- kaosushijin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'm always pretty skeptical of methods for greatness. If we all adhere the methods, then are any of us really great? ;P
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