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iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:46 am	Post subject: How often do you procrastinate? How often do you procrastinate?


Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:33 pm	Post subject: On a daily....nay, hourly.... basis! I'm Master of the Art.

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:54 pm	Post subject: BTW, what's really the definition of procrastination? For example, I start thinking, "Monsanto's Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone has been approved by FDA. This means much of milk in US has been contaminated, and it can cause cancer. I'm holding Latte I bought at StarBucks, but this might contain Monsanto's contaminated milk. Who knows? If I keep drinking this, I might be increasing my chances of getting cancer by the factor of 10." Is this procrastination?

Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:29 am	Post subject: iRuleThisForum wrote: BTW, what's really the definition of procrastination? For example, I start thinking, "Monsanto's Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone has been approved by FDA. This means much of milk in US has been contaminated, and it can cause cancer. I'm holding Latte I bought at StarBucks, but this might contain Monsanto's contaminated milk. Who knows? If I keep drinking this, I might be increasing my chances of getting cancer by the factor of 10." Is this procrastination? The procrastination only comes into it there if you keep on drinking said milk, telling yourself that the next milk you buy will be organic, but then carrying on drinking that same milk. Procrastination is putting off what you ought to be doing NOW until another time...tomorrow perhaps...or next week.

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:40 am	Post subject: Thais wrote: Procrastination is putting off what you ought to be doing NOW until another time...tomorrow perhaps...or next week. So what? Is posting in forums like this one a form of procrastination ... ?

Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:51 pm	Post subject: Yes - and just about everything else you do if it's not what you're supposed to be doing!! Talking about that....I got out my tax forms today....I managed a page & a half then decided that, as the sun was out, there were definitely more pressing things to do!! So they're still sitting on the table

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:05 pm	Post subject: Re: How often do you procrastinate? iRuleThisForum wrote: How often do you procrastinate? I'll let you know tomorrow. Aaron

adigaskell Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:48 am	Post subject: I don't procastinate. Better to fail trying than not know.

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:07 am	Post subject: adigaskell wrote: I don't procastinate. Better to fail trying than not know. Procrastination is not just about knowing, not knowing, trying or not trying, right? (... according to the definition)

adigaskell Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:30 am	Post subject: I always thought it was thinking instead of doing.

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:37 am	Post subject: adigaskell wrote: I always thought it was thinking instead of doing. This is when we want to check Wikipedia: Procrastination is the deferment or putting-off of an action or task, usually by focusing on some other distraction (compare temporisation). It is Latin for "foremorrowsing," or making some such of tomorrow. The allure of putting off an unpleasant task is pervasive in our society, a fact which has given rise to jokes and clichés such as "never put off until tomorrow that which you can put off until the day after tomorrow". Procrastination can be as benign as waiting until the last minute to file one's taxes, or never cleaning out the garage. But procrastination can be a persistent trait in some people, known as chronic procrastinators. In these people, it can be a self-destructive state where the procrastinator can get nothing accomplished on time, resulting in serious career struggles, persistent financial problems, and diminished quality of life. Traditionally, procrastination has been associated with perfectionism, a tendency to negatively evaluate outcomes and one's own performance, intense fear and avoidance of evaluation of one's abilities by others, heightened social self-consciousness and anxiety, recurrent low mood, and workaholism. However, research indicates that perfectionists are not any more likely to procrastinate, though they do feel worse about it when they do put things off. It may cause significant psychological disability and dysfunction in many dimensions of life over time. Procrastinators typically have significantly lower academic grades, worse health, and make less money than non-procrastinators. There is, unfortunately, widespread ignorance about this problem, even amongst mental health professionals, where procrastination is often trivially thought of in its simplest and most benign forms. In fact, many individuals who consider themselves to be "chronic procrastinators" are actually suffering from an underlying mental health problem such as depression or ADD. These individuals frequently do not understand why they cannot "get it together", and can become resigned to a life of shame, underachievement, and constant struggle. Often these disorders can be treated with medication and psychotherapy, whereby the individual can learn new behaviors and achieve a greatly improved quality of life. Thus it is important for people who chronically struggle with debilitating procrastination to see a trained therapist or psychiatrist to see if an underlying mental health issue may present. Procrastination is also common in students of all ages. Academic procrastination, as it is known, can simply be a symptom of Senioritis (an imaginary syndrome seen in students nearing the end of high school and college). However some students struggle with serious procrastination problems as a result of poor study skills, feeling overwhelmed in a new school, or a learning disorder such as dyslexia or ADD. Teachers, guidance counselors, and others in school administration should be trained to help with these issues when they arise, and many colleges and universities offer classes, coaching, and tutoring in study skills for students who are struggling with procrastination or a learning disorder. Severe procrastination or ADD can also cross over into computer addiction. In this instance the individual has a compulsion to surf the web or play video games. Although internet addiction is a relatively new phenomenon, it is already being considered as a valid psychiatric diagnosis by mental health professionals. The term is referenced as a proverb: "Procrastination is the thief of time." This conveys the meaning that deferment is both negative and wasteful of the time on which the action could properly be completed. Don Marquis neatly parodied this adage with the following: "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." Procrastination is considered a virtue by some groups such as slackers and the Church of the SubGenius. The document was originally published at Wikipedia and the document is licensed under GNU Free Document License. If you'd like to find out more about procrastination, you might be interested in visiting this page in Wikipedia.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:03 am	Post subject: iRuleThisForum wrote: adigaskell wrote: I always thought it was thinking instead of doing. This is when we want to check Wikipedia: Procrastination is the deferment or putting-off of an action or task. Which is why I said I would let you know tomorrow. As it turns out, I'm a bit busy today, so I'll let you know next week. Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:36 am	Post subject: Do what you can do today next week or next month, or even next year. No reason to finish it up. Secret ingredient to happiness and prosperity.

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:42 pm	Post subject: Re: How often do you procrastinate? iRuleThisForum wrote: How often do you procrastinate? I'll have to get back to you on that one...

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:51 pm	Post subject: Oh, I see Aaron actually beat me to that one then! I think one contributing factor to procrastination is piling up on things you don't enjoy. I was once a student of procrastination, and I really didn't enjoy it. I got to the point where I hated having to put off doing all the things I hated doing! Now I just don't even think about doing what I hate, unless I really have to, and then I just try to get that done and out of the way as fast as possible so I can rather busy myself with more enjoyable and interesting tasks. However, having said that, I am still stuck with queues! I despise them! And there's no way of speeding them up. In fact, I have noticed that standing in any queue causes it to slow down considerably in comparison to all the queues around you. There's no escaping it!

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iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:46 am

Post subject: How often do you procrastinate?

How often do you procrastinate?

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:33 pm

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On a daily....nay, hourly.... basis! Rolling Eyes I'm Master of the Art. Sad

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:54 pm

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BTW, what's really the definition of procrastination? For example, I start thinking, "Monsanto's Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone has been approved by FDA. This means much of milk in US has been contaminated, and it can cause cancer. I'm holding Latte I bought at StarBucks, but this might contain Monsanto's contaminated milk. Who knows? If I keep drinking this, I might be increasing my chances of getting cancer by the factor of 10." Is this procrastination?

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:29 am

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iRuleThisForum wrote:

The procrastination only comes into it there if you keep on drinking said milk, telling yourself that the next milk you buy will be organic, but then carrying on drinking that same milk.

Procrastination is putting off what you ought to be doing NOW until another time...tomorrow perhaps...or next week.

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:40 am

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Thais wrote:

Procrastination is putting off what you ought to be doing NOW until another time...tomorrow perhaps...or next week.

So what? Is posting in forums like this one a form of procrastination ... Rolling Eyes

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:51 pm

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Yes - and just about everything else you do if it's not what you're supposed to be doing!! Razz

Talking about that....I got out my tax forms today....I managed a page & a half then decided that, as the sun was out, there were definitely more pressing things to do!! So they're still sitting on the table Embarassed

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:05 pm

Post subject: Re: How often do you procrastinate?

iRuleThisForum wrote:

How often do you procrastinate?

I'll let you know tomorrow. Wink

Aaron

adigaskell

Joined: 04 Nov 2004

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:48 am

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I don't procastinate. Better to fail trying than not know.

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:07 am

Post subject:

adigaskell wrote:

I don't procastinate. Better to fail trying than not know.

Procrastination is not just about knowing, not knowing, trying or not trying, right? (... according to the definition)

adigaskell

Joined: 04 Nov 2004

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:30 am

Post subject:

I always thought it was thinking instead of doing.

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:37 am

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adigaskell wrote:

I always thought it was thinking instead of doing.

This is when we want to check Wikipedia:

Procrastination is the deferment or putting-off of an action or task, usually by focusing on some other distraction (compare temporisation). It is Latin for "foremorrowsing," or making some such of tomorrow.

The allure of putting off an unpleasant task is pervasive in our society, a fact which has given rise to jokes and clichés such as "never put off until tomorrow that which you can put off until the day after tomorrow". Procrastination can be as benign as waiting until the last minute to file one's taxes, or never cleaning out the garage. But procrastination can be a persistent trait in some people, known as chronic procrastinators. In these people, it can be a self-destructive state where the procrastinator can get nothing accomplished on time, resulting in serious career struggles, persistent financial problems, and diminished quality of life.

Traditionally, procrastination has been associated with perfectionism, a tendency to negatively evaluate outcomes and one's own performance, intense fear and avoidance of evaluation of one's abilities by others, heightened social self-consciousness and anxiety, recurrent low mood, and workaholism. However, research indicates that perfectionists are not any more likely to procrastinate, though they do feel worse about it when they do put things off. It may cause significant psychological disability and dysfunction in many dimensions of life over time. Procrastinators typically have significantly lower academic grades, worse health, and make less money than non-procrastinators. There is, unfortunately, widespread ignorance about this problem, even amongst mental health professionals, where procrastination is often trivially thought of in its simplest and most benign forms. In fact, many individuals who consider themselves to be "chronic procrastinators" are actually suffering from an underlying mental health problem such as depression or ADD. These individuals frequently do not understand why they cannot "get it together", and can become resigned to a life of shame, underachievement, and constant struggle. Often these disorders can be treated with medication and psychotherapy, whereby the individual can learn new behaviors and achieve a greatly improved quality of life. Thus it is important for people who chronically struggle with debilitating procrastination to see a trained therapist or psychiatrist to see if an underlying mental health issue may present.

Procrastination is also common in students of all ages. Academic procrastination, as it is known, can simply be a symptom of Senioritis (an imaginary syndrome seen in students nearing the end of high school and college). However some students struggle with serious procrastination problems as a result of poor study skills, feeling overwhelmed in a new school, or a learning disorder such as dyslexia or ADD. Teachers, guidance counselors, and others in school administration should be trained to help with these issues when they arise, and many colleges and universities offer classes, coaching, and tutoring in study skills for students who are struggling with procrastination or a learning disorder.

Severe procrastination or ADD can also cross over into computer addiction. In this instance the individual has a compulsion to surf the web or play video games. Although internet addiction is a relatively new phenomenon, it is already being considered as a valid psychiatric diagnosis by mental health professionals.

The term is referenced as a proverb: "Procrastination is the thief of time." This conveys the meaning that deferment is both negative and wasteful of the time on which the action could properly be completed. Don Marquis neatly parodied this adage with the following: "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

Procrastination is considered a virtue by some groups such as slackers and the Church of the SubGenius.

The document was originally published at Wikipedia and the document is licensed under GNU Free Document License. If you'd like to find out more about procrastination, you might be interested in visiting this page in Wikipedia.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:03 am

Post subject:

iRuleThisForum wrote:

adigaskell wrote:

I always thought it was thinking instead of doing.

This is when we want to check Wikipedia:

Procrastination is the deferment or putting-off of an action or task.

Which is why I said I would let you know tomorrow.

As it turns out, I'm a bit busy today, so I'll let you know next week. Razz

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:36 am

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Do what you can do today next week or next month, or even next year. No reason to finish it up. Secret ingredient to happiness and prosperity.

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:42 pm

Post subject: Re: How often do you procrastinate?

iRuleThisForum wrote:

How often do you procrastinate?

I'll have to get back to you on that one... Razz

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:51 pm

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Oh, I see Aaron actually beat me to that one then! Laughing

I think one contributing factor to procrastination is piling up on things you don't enjoy.

I was once a student of procrastination, and I really didn't enjoy it. I got to the point where I hated having to put off doing all the things I hated doing!

Now I just don't even think about doing what I hate, unless I really have to, and then I just try to get that done and out of the way as fast as possible so I can rather busy myself with more enjoyable and interesting tasks.

However, having said that, I am still stuck with queues! I despise them! And there's no way of speeding them up. In fact, I have noticed that standing in any queue causes it to slow down considerably in comparison to all the queues around you. There's no escaping it!