Comments on: Procrastination: The Convential Theory

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:43:36 +0000

[...] start tomorrow! I’ve written two articles on procrastination, why people put things off. The conventional theory is because it is just human nature, we want to wait till the very end of the deadline, so we have [...]

By: Sjoerd

Sjoerd — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:59:14 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:26:07 +0000

1. Always keep a little TO DO list with you. Even if you think you don’t need to write down an intended action, WRITE it on this list anyway. By checking the DONE box, you get more satisfaction at the end of the day when you ask yourself “What have I done today?”

2. In many things that people do, their big problem is distraction. Try NOT to divert from your planned route, but write the intended diversion down on your TO DO list (see item 1). In that way you can decide later on if the intended distraction is (or was) needed anyway. E.g.: Don’t click immediately on any link you encounter when reading an online text. Wait for it till you are finished.

3. Whatever you do, do at least one useful action a day not for yourself, but for someone else. The respect you will get, makes you feel good. (So in the end it is an action for yourself anyway.) You see?

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:25:51 +0000

@VTAMethodman
Indeed, that first step is the hardest to take. When you are walking, you will get along with the proces of walking, but start walking, that is the hardest part!

@Ryan
At college there are indeed always distractions. When I am going to study, I like that to do on my own, but I don’t need an empty room, as long as the people who are in that room leaving me alone. I have spend a year with hours between classes when nobody else was free. These hours I used for working on school, in a room especially created for that use. It was full with other students, but they didn’t distract me, and I could work, on my own, and made the most of those hours!

Thanks for the comments guys!

By: Ryan Freed

Ryan Freed — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:11:45 +0000

Looking forward to hearing your view.

By: Ryan Freed

Ryan Freed — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:11:26 +0000

Agreed with VTAMETHODMAN. Once I start a task I go until im finished. However the process of starting is the hardest especially at college because there is always something more appealing and distracting going on around you.

By: VTAMethodman

VTAMethodman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:28:37 +0000

Just Start is by far the most useful piece of advice here. Once you get over that initial hump ‘in my opinion’ everything is gravy.