Why? You may ask.
I don’t know. I just am. It seems to be an essential part of my masochistic being…I seem to feel OBLIGATED to put off important things until the final minute so I can drown myself in stress and self-hate. Thank God I don’t have a whip on me, or I’d be using that on myself too. Then I’d need a blood tranfusion and THEN where would I be?
Why is procrastination so inviting? What makes you want to put off something you *know* you’re perfectly capable of doing a week beforehand but you do it the night before anyways? What the hell, I say. What…the…hell?
Ugh.
October 27, 2006 at 12:32 pm
GUH.
I know what you mean… Procrastination is a filthy temptress. I have so much work to do, but I just can’t seem to get myself to do it. What’s that? A rerun of Dawson’s Creek? I’ve never watched it, and it’s not my type of thing, but maybe I should give it a chance. Yes. Definitely. *Later, when up at three in the morning finishing a paper* @&#$% idiot!
So, yeah, I know what you mean. (Only, it wasn’t Dawson’s Creek. It was a documentary, which is my sort of thing, but still. No excuse).
Honestly, I think procrastination comes from being afraid of the work. Whenever I find myself faced with a really difficult reading or essay, I put it off much more than I would otherwise because I’m stressed and don’t want to make it worse by doing something long and difficult and that I really have no interest in. Take last weekend, for example. I had to study for an English Lit exam, and I was hoping to read some philosophy or King Lear, both of which are difficult books (and send me into convulsions of confusion-induced panic). Instead, I watched seasons one and two of The Office, which, stupidly, I had just bought. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now I am kicking myself quite brutally.
Anyway, yes, you definitely need some sort operant conditioning. (You know how madly in love with conditioning I am, Jubne. You knew I would mention it. So don’t pretend to be shocked for the sake of later sarcasm, because I am tired of you and your condescension. Just listen!). Yes, so. Operant conditioning. You should hire someone to follow you around with a whip or other such adverse stimuli so that whenever you start to procrastinate, he or she can inflict pain upon you and break you of your habit, forever freeing you from the vile, yet oh-so-addictive clutches of Procrastination. And, perhaps, sarcasm, too, because I think that would rather work to your advantage; prolong your lifespan. By decades. Indeed.
(Maybe they cold chew gum like a cow? Or…dare I say it, *whisper*?)
Well. I have nothing more to say on the subject, and my TA has just come in to stare mindlessly at us for twenty minutes, after which he will ask questions that no one will answer, and it will all be horribly awkward, and I wish I had a rebellious streak so that I could just skip this darned conference. It’s not even worth marks…Grrr.
November 3, 2006 at 2:34 am
What’s with all the hate?
Bonjour, Bonjour!
So, i’ve just checked out your journal and it is so you! I love it! And yes, procrastination is a sneaky little bugger, but i’ve learned to embrace it! It totally makes up who i am! Sersiously, would i be me and would you be you if we were punctual? Please! No, seriously, with age and wisdom i’ve come to see my serious procrastination as the source of my genious! Some of my best work comes out of panicked 15 page essays finished in the wee hours of the morning! It’s fantastic! Plus, you’ve got to love the perks of being able to get an A and say, oh yeah, i started and finsished this paper the morning i handed it in…hehe suckers!
So, that’s about it! At the moment i am totally puting off finishing my essay and even contemplating watching the OC which i really don’t like but it’s just something to do until i really have to write this thing (there should totally have been some commas put in there!). So, incase you don’t know who this is, which you probably don’t unless you can tell by my writing, since i don’t see a place to say who this mesage is from (i’ve never left a comment on a livejournal, or read one for that matter…i am so ancient!)it’s Gen! So that’s it for now! Stay happy!
November 3, 2006 at 9:53 am
GEN!
Hehe, I knew it was you! You are a procrastination buddy! We are horrible, indeed. But I know what you mean, it’s like, you do your best work when you’re half-asleep, half-panicked and it’s five in the morning. What kind of crazy world are we living in?
Here is the ultimate kind of procrastination, and I’m doing it right now: I have my SAT I test tomorrow. Tomorrow! And guess what? I haven’t studied worth jack squat! I am SO gonna flunk the Math portion, I swear, I’m not kidding. And where am I? On LiveJournal leaving a comment on my OWN journal. What kind of sick &^*(&%$ am I?
*Sigh*…