Monday, June 05, 2006

Procrastination?!

Oh me?! Yeah, yeah, yeeeeah... I hate procrastination, yet i am not sure who can do better job at procrastinating than me. I always put off stuff that i have to do. In college and in life. I wanted to procrastinate so much that i googled procrastinator and i found this article: Structured Procrastination It talks about putting off more important things (procrastinating) and do the less important things. Keep in mind that the level of importance is determine not by "actual importance" but rather by your perception of its importance. So in another sense, it feels like deception. You just have to fool your mind into believing that this particular project is not as important as the next, so while you are putting off this "very important" thing that you have to do, you will procrastinate and do the "not as important" thing. I am not saying that this really works, since i haven't tried it yet, but this is just want i do when i am procrastinating. I put off doing certain things by cooking myself a couple of meals a day, making desserts, baking things, cleaning the apartment, watching lots and lots of video, read a book, make a bunch of to-do lists, write on my blog, write emails, check out other people's blogs, google random stuffs.. the list goes on and on.
Currently, i am procrastinating on my cover letter for applications. I have been putting it off for months, seriously months. I don't know why it's so hard to do it. I mean, i did manage to write my thesis in less time...lol. But it's the IDEA of it, and the more i put it off, the harder it is to start writing it. AI, hopeless. I told myself that i have to get it out today! TONIGHT!!anyway, i am going to check on my dinner now.

3 Comments:

Blogger iheartcamels said...

Fiona...YOU CRACK ME UP GIRL!

hahha you posted the scene.

Okay i think we need some delayed rewards here...we both need to set goals so we don't procrastinate!

how about no Kdramas until we finish XY and Z. (I was going to say no you tube...but I think we'd just die!)

7:48 PM PDT  
Blogger fifistorm said...

but you see.. me being the queen of procrastination will find ways to entertain myself even if i am not "allowed" to watch kdrama. Which i have managed to do for the past couple of days. I think i watched at least three movies at this point. hai.. hopeless i say.

7:52 PM PDT  
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6:07 AM PDT  

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