Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I am wondering how long others spend procrastinating. If no one answers then I will have a very strong answer. As for me I should be finishing an essay paper that is due in 20 minutes, but I am typing this and plan to check for updates on Order of the Stick and Erfworld next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I plan homework during school hours. For the average math paper, I've figured out that I can do 2 problems in the 4 minutes on my way to class, 3 if I don't have to go to my locker. English essay's are done on the bus, naturally. When I have study hall (I only have one after the schedule shift of the new quarter ), I plan 3 journal entries, a Spanish assignment, and a DBQ all during 40 minutes. I've yet to figure out my success rate. Been busy. () Research papers take a while to do, so I always make sure that I have the entire Sunday off when I get back to school to do the writing, the tri-board, and the research itself (sometimes in that order, believe it or not.) Chores are usually procrastinated by finding other convenient activities outside to do ("Hey look! It's that dude that text me a minute ago. I better go see how he's doing"), while other times I can sneak on the computer without being noticed. For instance, I was asked to put the dished into the dish washer a few moments ago, before my mom went to go pick up my grandma. It may have already been done, had I not found this topic to conveniently reply to. Appreciate it. Finally, to answer your question, pretty much all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 It's highly dependent on how excited I am about an assignment and how clear a mental picture I have of what I'll do to carry it out. Boring work gets deferred until the last minute, even if it's more important than the other things I work on in the meantime, indeed, this is one of my preferred techniques: pretend that I have no knowledge of actual priorities and delay boring work by spending time on more interesting but less important work. I can't be simply criticized for laziness since I am working on something that must be done. Clarity of a project can be tricky. I often do no (if it's a hobby project of my own) or very little (if it's a project actually required for work or school) work on a project if I either don't know how to proceed or I don't know of a way that I consider elegant enough. There has to be a bit of a challenge, though, or the assignment's interest value falls drastically, and it may be covered under the 'boring work' rule above. Quote: If no one answers then I will have a very strong answer. I assume you mean that you would then assume that we procrastinate a great deal, and so never got around to answering? This wouldn't really be a correct conclusion, as it would be based on the assumption that we intended to answer at all. In addition, the fact that I am answering fairly promptly (as soon as I saw the question) is actually indicative of procrastination, because it means I'm not preparing my presentation for tomorrow afternoon. Perhaps this latter interpretation is what you meant, and so a lack of responses would indicate that we, the potential respondents, procrastinate relatively little, and were all off doing more important things than posting on an internet forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I usually procrastinate freely until after dinner. After that I procrastinate with a guilty conscience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Procrastination isn't something you grow out of. You'll still have lots of time to deal with procrastination later, when you've got a mortgage and a career. So there's no need to worry too much about it now. But I guess the good news is that any progress you make in high school, on either suppressing procrastination or managing to somehow make it work, will be useful lifelong. If you can find even the odd little trick to make it less of a problem, or at least make it lead to less stress, it'll be a keeper. Let me know, okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody waterplant Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Originally Posted By: Niemand I assume you mean that you would then assume that we procrastinate a great deal, and so never got around to answering? This wouldn't really be a correct conclusion It would for me - I'm completely hopeless. My English teacher used to say to me 'procrastination is the time-waster of the Soul'. And I thought he was joking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I'll answer your question once I finish my FT post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Originally Posted By: waterplant Originally Posted By: Niemand I assume you mean that you would then assume that we procrastinate a great deal, and so never got around to answering? This wouldn't really be a correct conclusion It would for me - I'm completely hopeless. My English teacher used to say to me 'procrastination is the time-waster of the Soul'. And I thought he was joking... Boo! You two have gone and ruined the obvious joke. Dikiyoba didn't even get the chance to procrastinate on telling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I'd tell you how long I procrastinate, when I actually get around to figuring it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 It depends on the class for me. I rarely procrastinate with Calculus homework (or Contemporary History for that matter), but I almost always procrastinate on Economics and Literature homework. For me, that means I do it the day before it's due (or the actual due date with Econ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Øther Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Currently, I have forced myself to stop procrastinating on my work as much as I used too. Though, work from certain subjects (mostly English) can still take me a really long time to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I have two categories: things I will do immediately, or at least as soon as I plan to do them, and things I will put off indefinitely. Once something is in the latter category, the longer it is put off the longer it is likely to be put off. —Alorael, who of course excludes the category of things with hard deadlines, which are often done immediately before said deadline. He's working on getting better. He's been working on it for a while. It's in category one, but it has proven difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Originally Posted By: Excalibur I almost always procrastinate on Economics and Literature homework. For me, that means I do it the day before it's due (or the actual due date with Econ). I can't say I blame you for either subject. The only use I've ever seen for economics is as a means to employ economists and economics teachers, and I got virtually nothing out of the study of literature except an aversion to literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Mm, I actually like both classes, but the homework we get isn't that great (except for the reading). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Xelgion Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I find that last minute panic is what gives the best work results with me. So most of my homework is done within an hour before its due. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Originally Posted By: Excalibur Mm, I actually like both classes, but the homework we get isn't that great (except for the reading). Suit yourself, we all have a right to have preferences. Back in the day, my literature homework could be summed up as, "Read this long and boring piece of great literature, and write an equally long and boring essay about it." And truth be told, I never took economics, but have learned enough about it since I ended my formal education to sum up the entire subject in a few sentences. Maybe if I had heard the phrase, "Because the book says so!" a lot less often, then I might not be so cynical towards most subjects. Originally Posted By: Xelgion I find that last minute panic is what gives the best work results with me. Same here, but that attitude nearly got me suspended on more than one occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I procrastinate a lot, especially with housework like doing dishes and cleaning....unless I have someone else there to motivate and help me, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Unplayable Playable Character Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I spend about two and a half months (and counting!) procrastinating. But homework wise I usually decide that I'll do all of it "in a bit", which varies from two to four hours after the given time, and when the time comes I only do half of it, putting the rest off until the class before it's due. Music usually helps me, especially when doing something dreary and repetitive (like math problems). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Archaon Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Deadlines are a hit or miss for me. If it’s not really interesting, I leave it until the last possible moment, upon when the adrenaline of it all might allow me to enter a productive trance and produce some kind of masterpiece. Or it might not… In either case, my sleeping time usually suffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Most of my work is done the night before it has to be handed in, or the day after.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Lets see. I'm here instead of doing the 3 hours of English homework I have and reading the 3 chapters of world history that I was supposed to have annotated. Yesterday. Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Never put off to tomorrow what you can put off even longer. I'll add more after the next purge of General Forum that removes this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody waterplant Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Never do today what can be put off 'til tomorrow. Works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Never do today what should have been done yesterday. It can keep until tomorrow. —Alorael, who firmly believes that the only last minute is the minute before your death. That's a real deadline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 And if you put it off for a minute you never have to worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I am convinced that the phenomena of procrastination is the body's natural response to "essential" work. That said, I have known the pleasures of getting ahead of the curve and not having to worry about upcoming deadlines. Those were sweet times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Every time I feel myself falling behind, I change the finish line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Artemis~ Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I'm a big crammer. I procrastinate on studying, homework, eating, papers, and the likes. They're usually done the day before, unless the assignment is particularly interesting (which is usually a history assignment). And yet I have a 3.9 average. I love life. ~Artemis and homework. I don't like homework. Homework is essential to learning what I need to learn, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 You shouldn't eat your papers, Artemis. I procrastinate by reading message boards, evidently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Spddin Ignis Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I procrastinate, which is exactly why I haven't been on lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Hypnotic Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I procrastinate by coming on here, but not enough to write a more elborate post than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I was going to write something clever here, but then noticed that people don't like reading clever things, so I had to think of something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Well, I certainly like clever things more than useless things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish Archaon Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Clever and useless are not mutually exclusive, though… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Artemis~ Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Quote: You shouldn't eat your papers, Artemis. heh. Eating[COMMA] papers. ha. own. ~Artemis and eating paper. I'm sure that i've done it a couple times, but not that I remember... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 For the record it isn't that bad tasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Unplayable Playable Character Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 There's always edible paper, used to have that when I was a kid. Really, the only practical use I ever got out of it was eating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Spddin Ignis Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I used to chew paper and make sculptures with the remains in 3rd grade...ahhhh, childhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Artemis~ Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Quote: There's always edible paper, used to have that when I was a kid. Really, the only practical use I ever got out of it was eating it. Negative. There was that food coloring ink pen that you could use to write "secret notes" (which really weren't that useful, considering 9 year olds don't have any worthwhile secrets) and eat them afterwards. I didn't like the taste of the ink, so I took stacks of edible paper by the dozens (particularly the blue ones) and crammed them into my mouth. ~Artemis and secrets. Secrets are fun to keep, but even funer to tell. But I don't tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Ever since elementary, I've chewed paper as a nervous habit. Never eaten, just chewed. Heck, I'm chewing some right now. Meh, it's cheaper than gum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I used to chew (and sometimes eat) paper, but stopped as I grew older. I also used to chew pencils and pens. Sure, they ended up looking horrible, but it was a great way to ensure that nobody wanted to borrow them, especially since I rarely got them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Unplayable Playable Character Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I'm supposed to be in school in a few mins, but here I am reading about chewing paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I used to chew pens, until I got an all-metal pen. Then, somehow, I stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Maybe you decided you didn't need that much iron in your diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Someone borrowed my pen today and never gave it back. Is it within my rights to expect a new one, or should I just cut my losses? It should also be noted that it was a good pen. It wrote excellently and had no chew-marks on it whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Monroe Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I used to borrow pens to meet girls. You wouldn't believe how often it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I only chew on pens that I've borrowed. I don't like to buy my own, and I can take the moral high ground of sheepishly offering to return it and getting a hasty demurral. —Alorael, who suggests lending cheap and trivial items that you nonetheless want returned only if you get a quarter as collateral. They're more likely to return your stuff, or you get a quarter. Win-win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 What if someone wants to borrow a quarter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Look on the bright side. What if they want to borrow a dime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Originally Posted By: Sedate and Serious. (!Slarty) —Alorael, who suggests lending cheap and trivial items that you nonetheless want returned only if you get a quarter as collateral. They're more likely to return your stuff, or you get a quarter. Win-win! My trick to do this is that I keep the cap. Capless pens are pretty much useless, so it insures that it is either returned, or the thief goes insane looking for the cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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