> I've still no clue why humans procastrinate
http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/mkwf2/why_do_hum...
At the End of a Procrastinated Day
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are a million sites on the Internet about procrastination and you found your solution in a mediocre (at best) 15 line blog post? Google. Seriously.
The solution is not on the post, is in the comments. So you think that the solution for procrastination is google for it? I see this approach going all way around, and making people procrastinate more. Here in hn we can listen to other peers, that have the same problem and have good solutions.
sheldon wonders why a lazy few lines post "hey, my day today was a lazy day, why is it so? I dunno, lol" is considered valuable enough to be upvoted, and submitted in the first place. how is it insightful in any way?
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#63Lot of posts about procrastination past days here on HN. This confirms my feeling that this is a real and widespread issue. Even for startuppers.
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#64For me, procrastination always come from a lack of having a digestible plan of attack. When you find yourself procrastinating, figure out a single next step for your project, one single feature, or one single task in that feature that needs to be done. If you know what your next step in the project is, you'll have this urge to jump back in and do that task. If you can't find that task, then you need to step back and…
Since monday my home internet hasn't been working. Was told by tech support to call them if it didn't work two hours after rebooting it. My internet is important to me (and using an iPad with 3g wasn't a great solution). The tech call wouldn't have taken more than 15 minutes. I had the time. Yet I procrastinated making the call. I might have made it, but the connection started working today so I didn't. The plan was…
Having to wash socks is incredibly depressing. Not sure what can be done about it - perhaps move to a country where you wouldn't need socks, which would probably also have more sunshine :-/
Or get floor heating, or a household hand? Maybe some bearable solution could be found.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't mean to come off as a dick, but switch projects. I procrastinated for a month straight on something, as soon as I dropped the project the code flowed.
I did twice already. Both times because competitors beat me due to my chronic procrastination.
Talk to a doctor, it seems like you suffer from something along the lines of ADD. I have a friend that drastically improved his condition through medication.
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#66A very sad post. Even sadder when to know it represents my exact thoughts... most of the time.
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#67The Hemingway Trick: Stop in the middle. Never stop working at the natural barriers. They next time you start working, the barrier will be the first thing you encounter, and you won't have the momentum to overcome it. Try to stop writing mid-chapter, or mid-sentence (or mid function). Know how to finish, but stop working. The next time you start, you know exactly what needs to be done. There will even be the urge to…
Actually actionable useful advice for people like us. I like it. Going to try it.
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#68I don't get why stories like this make it to the first page of HN. Seriously.
Upvoting it allowed me to put off something more productive.
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#69> I've still no clue why humans procrastinate.
I do - it's a sign you need a rest and a sign you've been doing too much of the same and some variety is required. Take a day off, do something different, get some fresh input.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Since monday my home internet hasn't been working. Was told by tech support to call them if it didn't work two hours after rebooting it. My internet is important to me (and using an iPad with 3g wasn't a great solution). The tech call wouldn't have taken more than 15 minutes. I had the time. Yet I procrastinated making the call. I might have made it, but the connection started working today so I didn't. The plan was…
Having to wash socks is incredibly depressing. Not sure what can be done about it - perhaps move to a country where you wouldn't need socks, which would probably also have more sunshine :-/ Or get floor heating, or a household hand? Maybe some bearable solution could be found.
Washing machines are a common workaround.