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Hidden_MotiveS
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada2562 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-24 04:40:25
August 24 2011 04:34 GMT
#1
I never feel like I've gotten enough done in a day. Perhaps my hobbies are not in line with what I want to work to do

Recently however, I've been re-embracing my procrastinating tendencies by trying out structured procrastination again.

Structured procrastination is when you have a lot of things to do, and you just do the easy stuff first.

Like if you want to write a book and publish it, but you find it's too much work, so instead you go and write a blog on your favorite internet forum. Then...well you've accomplished one task! It may not have been the task you wanted to do, but at least you'll have done something.


Anyways, some guy from Stanford Gave it his seal of approval:
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So that means you have to try it



The most perfect situation for structured procrastination that I ever had was when my wife and I served as Resident Fellows in Soto House, a Stanford dormitory. In the evening, faced with papers to grade, lectures to prepare, committee work to be done, I would leave our cottage next to the dorm and go over to the lounge and play ping-pong with the residents, or talk over things with them in their rooms, or just sit there and read the paper. I got a reputation for being a terrific Resident Fellow, and one of the rare profs on campus who spent time with undergraduates and got to know them. What a set up: play ping pong as a way of not doing more important things, and get a reputation as Mr. Chips.
~Professor John Perry




I'm aware that structured procrastination has its drawbacks, but it's better than going online thinking "I'm gonna get stuff done today", and getting nothing done. The easiest drawback I can think of is that you'll always have one task that you never get done. Like say studying for the test that determines whether you pass a course.


Anyways, if I waste any more time and don't get my app development project started I'll probably... I don't have anything else I want to do.


I think there's some promise in trying not to fight my habitual procrastinating tendencies, but rather using them to help me. How about you TL, how do you fight the need to internet when you don't have to?

PS: Anyone else who needs help wanna do a daily accountability email? Like tell each other what we wanna get done each day and then check back the next day sorta thing?

GigaFlop
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1146 Posts
August 24 2011 04:43 GMT
#2
I wish I was able to sit down and go into 'work mode' or something. That way, I could get shit done a lot easier. However, when I sit down, 90% chance that it's gonna be at my computer, and I'm going to idle in an sc2 chat channel while alt-tabbed onto my second monitor, playing the same music video over and over.

I also wish that I had a photographic memory. That would be so baller...
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ "Shift-Q oftentimes makes a capital Q" - Day[9] || iNcontrol - Alligator from heaven = ^
Aeropunk
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia255 Posts
August 24 2011 06:52 GMT
#3
I'm am a serious procrastinator. Like right now I've still got 10 minutes till knock-off time, and well, I'm not doing anything important lol.

The answer will be different for everyone, but for me I've found that unplugging my internet cable from my computer actually makes me do stuff, this way if I'm on the net I'm there for a reason, not just to look up grooveshark playlists...

Also, go to bed at a decent hour. If I tell myself I'm going to be in bed by 9 then I get stuff done. Also, then I usually wake up at about 6am, then I've got plenty of time to procrastinate in the morning
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