Structured Procrastination: Do Less, Deceive Yourself, and Succeed Long-Term
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Structured Procrastination: Do Less, Deceive Yourself, and Succeed Long-Term
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Re: Structured Procrastination: Do Less, Deceive Yourself, and Succeed Long-Term
#2This is all well and good, except when you procrastinate over things you want to do. It also throws discipline into the wind in favor of just procrastinating.
It's true, some things you can put off, and nothing bad happens. Other things, you put off, you lose your job or your house. Ideally you can separate the two, but maybe not.
Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do, or don't feel like doing. And that's life. Rarely do things get better by procrastinating about them, though more often they get worse.
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#3Archive.org mirror from Aug 29th: https://web.archive.org/web/20150829043424/http://www.struct...
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#4You just gave me an excuse for not doing my work and feel good about it by doing something else instead of just reading random posts on HN !
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#5Thus began the Day of Unproductive Hackers, as the number of cat photos on the internet grew by a significant 1%.
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#6There's an old saying:
"If you want something done ask a busy person."
Busy people always come through for you. I used to think this was because they were super efficient, super disciplined.
But maybe your task is a welcome distraction from something even worse?
And besides, everything we do is a distraction from the most looming, vaguest, most intractable deadline of all.
The End.
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#7This sort of strategy has worked quite well for me over the years. It takes a bit of practice to get right, and probably isn't for everyone.
For me, it's mostly about knowing the things that I have to do, and just doing them whenever I feel like it. So long as I feel like it some time before the due date, it works out great! In the case where I never feel like it, then I force myself to start with sufficient time before the deadline and power through in one sitting. I find that so long as you know what I need to get done, and give myself enough lead time to stay ahead of my deadlines, it's a workable strategy.
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#8Maybe I'll read this later.
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#9This is all well and good, except when you procrastinate over things you want to do. It also throws discipline into the wind in favor of just procrastinating. It's true, some things you can put off, and nothing bad happens. Other things, you put off, you lose your job or your house. Ideally you can separate the two, but maybe not. Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do, or don't feel like doing. And tha…
You are apparently not in the target audience of this article.
Re: Structured Procrastination: Do Less, Deceive Yourself, and Succeed Long-Term
#10This is all well and good, except when you procrastinate over things you want to do. It also throws discipline into the wind in favor of just procrastinating. It's true, some things you can put off, and nothing bad happens. Other things, you put off, you lose your job or your house. Ideally you can separate the two, but maybe not. Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do, or don't feel like doing. And tha…
You are apparently not in the target audience of this article.
As someone who battles procrastination and other avoidant behavior, I was under the impression I was.