MeadowArab Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Do you procrastinate? How? I'm really bad for procrastinating and need advice on how to beat it. Fwiw I'm procrastinating right now. PnB is one of my favourite procrastination activities. Alongside Ted Talks, eating, cleaning, showering and looking at houses I'll never afford online. Also, my dissertation is due in on Friday at noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I'll get back to you on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 You just need to withhold rewards from yourself until you've done some work. Make a particularly good phone call? Have a w**k. Update figures in an incredibly boring spreadsheet? Have a w**k. Complete a run of your one-man onanist performance art at the Fringe? You get the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Oh great. My favourite subject. I wrote a paper on this - or I plan to. Let me explain. .. but not right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 hours ago, MeadowArab said: Also, my dissertation is due in on Friday at noon. Get it done ffs, you doss c**t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: . Make a particularly good phone call? Have a w**k. I usuallly save time and do both at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I’m terrible at it, the wheels on the top shelf of our dishwasher were broke and the rail kept coming off and would hang down at weird angles all the time and rather than just order new wheels I just carried on using it in the hopes that it would fix itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 What's a Ted Talk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Do you procrastinate? How? I'm really bad for procrastinating and need advice on how to beat it. Fwiw I'm procrastinating right now. PnB is one of my favourite procrastination activities. Alongside Ted Talks, eating, cleaning, showering and looking at houses I'll never afford online. Also, my dissertation is due in on Friday at noon. Get a moaning wife.Doing the job is easier than getting nagged at for not doing it.Men would never do anything if it wasn’t for women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 5 hours ago, MeadowArab said: Do you procrastinate? How? I'm really bad for procrastinating and need advice on how to beat it. Fwiw I'm procrastinating right now. PnB is one of my favourite procrastination activities. Alongside Ted Talks, eating, cleaning, showering and looking at houses I'll never afford online. Also, my dissertation is due in on Friday at noon. I recognise the issue with your dissertation. You have been so much time to do it that there is no sense of urgency and only when there is will you do it. I had the same thing with TMAs when I did an Open University credit. Often the deadline for 2 months later and yet it was often submitted with only hours to go. I presume it is something intensely boring. The only solution is to create a new sense of urgency called "do it immediately". Every time you are asked to do a dissertation, forget about the deadline and simply do it immediately. Soon it will stop being something you dread doing and you'll enjoy not having to think about it. For me, that is certainly the case with some boring stuff - although I admit not all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 5 hours ago, MeadowArab said: Do you procrastinate? How? I'm really bad for procrastinating and need advice on how to beat it. Fwiw I'm procrastinating right now. PnB is one of my favourite procrastination activities. Alongside Ted Talks, eating, cleaning, showering and looking at houses I'll never afford online. Also, my dissertation is due in on Friday at noon. If it is any consolation, it sounds like you might have a bright future as a manager in a large company. Some will do anything to avoid making a bad decision and the best way to do that is never to make a decision. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 5 hours ago, Zen Archer said: I'll get back to you on that. You stole my line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 5 hours ago, MeadowArab said: Do you procrastinate? How? Yes, I do. I work on the basis that (sometimes) doing nothing is better than doing something just for the sake of doing something. I suppose it depends on your job, too, some are more procrastinatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, throbber said: I’m terrible at it, the wheels on the top shelf of our dishwasher were broke and the rail kept coming off and would hang down at weird angles all the time and rather than just order new wheels I just carried on using it in the hopes that it would fix itself. And did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: You stole my line! Ah. You weren't quick enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 And did it?Nah I ordered new wheels off amazon. I’d urge anyone who’s going through the same thing to do the same.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Qualtex-Compatible-Electrolux-Zanussi-Dishwashers/dp/B00OV1XACY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534064041&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=dishwasher+wheels&dpPl=1&dpID=41fhe-v1DoL&ref=plSrch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I don't believe in procrastination. I think that when you are dead, that is it. Eternal nothingness. Which is an equally lovely and terrifying thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Cerberus said: Get a moaning wife. Doing the job is easier than getting nagged at for not doing it. Men would never do anything if it wasn’t for women. Short sighted view. Let her moan, do nothing or do it wrong, the moaning increases short term. But she'll either do it herself or get someone competent to do it in future. Meantime, I watch the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 6 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: You just need to withhold rewards from yourself until you've done some work. Make a particularly good phone call? Have a w**k. Update figures in an incredibly boring spreadsheet? Have a w**k. Complete a run of your one-man onanist performance art at the Fringe? You get the picture. I take it you're referencing this?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 35 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: I take it you're referencing this?! Err...yeah. Exactly. I don't really do that, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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