When I was a university student, note I am now 75 years old, I procrastinated as long as possible on papers and projects. I found that facing an absolute deadline improved the quality of the end product.
This has been studied and often demonstrably holds true. When we are working to make sense of a great deal of information, our insights change as we absorb it. Rumination can lead to clarity, while a clear deadline makes sure we don't get too bogged down in endless collection of information.
The thing about people who do stuff in a crunch also may be a way to fight against perfectionism - you only have so much time and you can't redo it so what you have is what you end with so there's less second-guessing of every minute choice.
Most of my procrastination during the week is from being too tired at the end of the day to get the drive to do it, or me being too busy with other stuff. It's on the weekends I really truly procrastinate because I think I deserve a break. ha
That's a great point. There are a lot of things that I'll never finish because I can always do more or better. Having to "just get it done" is very helpful for that. 👍
I've noticed that too. A similar alternative strategy for me is to work on stuff very very late at night. Only then I can get in a kind of trance state where my brain just doesn't have room for perfectionism and I can avoid it that way. Life would be so much easier with a switch to just turn the perfectionism off..
I'm not saying we should stop being productive at all, but this society has made productivity a cult and a moral compass beyond all reason or necessity. It is sad that we are judging each other based on the level of anxiety this system triggers in us and how well we manage to suck it up and hide it.
Working long and hard is particularly insidious in North America and Japan. In most of the rest of the world, they take much longer lunches, have shorter work days, take much longer holidays, and stress out over work much less; they have a better work-life balance. (Or at least that used to be the case until American culture spread out and infected other places through media and trade.)
@A Jolly Nurgle Prick You can't rely on bad things dying out with older generations. Revolutionaries (of whatever kind) have always existed. For this particular conversation, working class boomers are more likely to have just died off by now since working class people have lower life expectancies. Bad people will always exist in every generation, and good people/progressive thinkers will also always exist in every generation.
Maybe you're in a constant state of procrastination, so it appears that procrastination/productivity-related videos you get on your feed are often timely.
I'm a person who procrastinates very little.... However, I've noticed that I get very distracted while doing my work. So procrastination might actually help me to relax my brain and work more efficiently later.
Having 5 hours to complete an essay is the greatest motivator ever. Sends my heart into palpitations. I'm one who gets easily distracted too. By sleep, by food, by the clock on the wall. But not a work. It's more at home. At work or school (which I still consider work) I am a machine. Always trying to keep busy and get it done so I can hopefully rest at home.
Taking a conscientious break to mentally recuperate is not the same as procrastinating and is equally as important as the work you are doing. I always complain to my coworkers how I feel bad I’m not more productive on my days off and part of it is definitely procrastinating on my part (though it’s more an issue that I procrastinate on my own home life by finding excuses to work similar to a high school student procrastinating on their essay by doing their math homework which is still procrastinating as he points out) but sometimes you need a reminder it’s okay to just relax as long as you stay on track.
@@Kartagoooo Clearly not a person with this issue this one here. Like it's that easy for those who do! Let me tell you a secret: It's not! If it was, people wouldn't have focusing issues. Sometimes the more you try to concentrate, the less you can think things through cause you're trying too hard, for example. Other people even have things like ADHD and need meds to be able to concentrate.
@@munbun75 Oh I do that all the time. I always do the easy homework before the harder homework (in my case, I'd rather do the essay before the math homework lol). Or I do the quicker tasks first before the chores that take hours (wash the dishes before doing the housework).
I have to wonder how much of the anxiety-procrastination link is actually reverse causation. I have an anxiety disorder, and a large amount of my so-called procrastination is caused by failure to cope with the pressure of something that I need to get done. I failed out of college twice and took 7 years before I finally got my degree because of this; I understood the work, but I missed so many major assignments just because when the pressure of an assignment was too high (i.e. because it was complex, or I had many big assignments due at once, or it was a large percentage of my grade, etc.), I tended to just go on RUclips or Facebook instead. I knew I should be doing other things -- and it nagged at the back of my mind the whole time -- but just the thought of having to do it had me nearly panicking, so I did less productive things instead. Note: I'm definitely not advocating this. I eventually succeeded with persistence, but please do not fail out of university by following my example :D I'm just wondering if the connection between anxiety and procrastination goes both ways :)
I come to a point sometimes where I find myself starring out into space instead of completing a difficult task. Not at school or work cause I just ask questions, but at home when I have no help I get distracted by every little thing. It's so annoying. But I was raised in a family that put pressure on good grades so my anxiety before things like tests are extremely high. On top of that, the distractions and stress add on lack of sleep (I lie awake at night thinking about grades for hours sometimes) and when I'm tired I have trouble getting motivated and well, just keeping my eyes open.
Well, I'm a deadliner. Either there's a deadline and it's burning like hell - or I don't even bother thinking that way. But when there is a deadline... I can't recall ever missing one, except on purpose, which generally means the deadline wasn't good enough to motivate me.
theMoporter tell me more. i go from occasional procrastination in the beginning of a year to like adrenal fatigue by the time i get to my annual leave. like there's no amount of whipping or carrots that can get that dead donkey to stop procrastinating (or even care about really important things)
I had not seen a video hosted by Anthony and I really liked him. Nice to see more hosts on the channel. Welcome to Anthony (if indeed he is a new addition) and good video.
I recently gave up video games and one particular thing I noticed is that even though I stopped procrastinating with gaming, I procrastinated with doing laundry, washing up, showering, making something to eat etc, all before starting my assignment. I brought this up to my therapist and she believes this is not necessarily a bad thing - by getting all of these things done it is clearing my mind and removing distractions from when I actually do sit down to study, and therefore I am more present and focused on the actual task.
Part of my procrastination is social anxiety related if I know I have to call someone I will do everything under the sun to try to put it off, it makes me very anxious even knowing that I have to call someone to the point that it even affects my sleep I also don't sleep well if I know somebody's going to call me and then sitting on the phone talking with someone I Pace the house even on a short conversation around 20 times
I can relate. I've gotten very good at putting off calls until the last possible second (and often just shrugging that it's too late now, so I'll just have to wait until after the weekend or email or something else). There are people I still need to call who died years ago. Now _that's_ procrastination.
snap. but i realise that every time you indulge this procrastination you're putting a brick in that anxiety wall. i think im almost at the point where i have a phobia-level of fear response at the thought of getting started on something that isn't necessarily even such an unpleasant task. practice calling. like even something unimportant like ordering pizza that its fine if you mess up. good lick
I've come to finally embrace my way of working ( = procrastinating). I felt guilty for not studying regularly like my colleagues, but even without doing it, I did way better than the average... If it doesn't get you in trouble, just embrace your style of working! It is okay :)
I have adhd, so I have difficulties with motivation and prioritization. I hate essays which makes it difficult to focus on them, so I actively procrastinate untill I can hyperfocus on my essay and crank it out in a few hours
im like that but got a job that is heavy on report writing. you get better and faster at it the more that you do. next time you wanna put it off think of it as a skill that you're developing like phone etiquette or whatever
I procrastinate everything that doesn't have to be done right away. I don't have any problem at work, because things need to be done, so I do them. At home on the other hand ... Let's just say there is a box of homemade Christmas cookies on my desk, that my mother gave me last Christmas.
I deliberately ignore the calendar to the point that I'm shocked to find out something is due tomorrow(or that very same day) and...I ignore that until I'm punished by someone higher in the hierarchy.
I've been a procrastinator all my life and I've never felt bad about it, despite the best efforts of parents, teachers, and employers to _make_ me feel bad about it. My opinion is, "The work gets done on time and it gets done well. What difference does the scheduling make?"
John Opalko> I've been a procrastinator all my life, despite the best efforts of parents My mother loved getting things done and out of the way, so she never understood my proclivity to put them off. > My opinion is, "The work gets done on time and it gets done well. What difference does the scheduling make?" That's always been my take on it, but unfortunately not all jobs cater to that. :-\
There are certain situations where I feel like I procrastinate actively, and get results. There have still been areas where my procrastination is very maladaptive and I end up with a wall between me and that specific task. Also, your cadence reminds me of Levar Burton. Brings me back to those days of binging PBS on a Saturday while folding laundry with mom.
I don't have trouble with procrastination at school or work. There I just want to get the work done so I get it done. But at home I have more distractions and I just want to zone out or sleep - my energy is easy to tap out and when I walk through the door that signals to me relax time. So I used to spend a lot of time at the school library whether I needed to study or complete an essay, etc. Or I have the TV running in the background at home. Takes longer to complete what I need to do, but the TV actually keeps me going so long as what I'm watching isn't super interesting. Taking a nap before hitting the books helps my motivation too, though I'm sluggish for the half hour after wake up.
This is something I've needed to hear for a long time. I've always been a huge procrastinator. When I was younger it actually made me get bad grades because I had no drive to learn, but I've had very good grades ever since I found my own reasons to love learning and then started college a few years later. However, it takes a huge toll on my mental state. I always process it as passive procrastination which leaves me on a constant roller-coaster of self-doubt and wondering why I can't seem to bring myself to sit down and work, but I always get all my work done on time anyway. The problem is that I always PLAN to do my work right away, but if it's not due for a week then I'll only be able to bring myself to take a glance at it until a couple days before it's due. I know a big part of my learning process is passive thinking, so taking that first look gets the gears turning in my mind so I'm prepared to do the work when I actually decide to do it. The only problem with this system is I've never had an assignment that was longer term than a couple weeks, and I always worry that I'll underestimate the amount of work required for a project and procrastinate myself out of being able to get it done.
I'm the opposite. I was always quick to get my work done as a kid and got great grades. But now in college I struggle with motivation and in most classes I end up passing out of pure luck it feels like a lot of the time. It's all about how difficult it is for me. If it comes to me easy, I've got my homework done as fast as I can write it up. But if it's difficult I delay it for other things, sit down and question my abilities, and delay it some more. If teachers weren't patient with me and gave me hours of guidance, I'd have never made it as far as I have in school. I don't like doing work if I'm not sure of myself and I tend to overthink things. I end up staring at walls when I don't understand over trying to work out a problem, which is in part why I suck at anything beyond basic math.
@@BlueSkies30 That self doubt is a big part of my procrastination too. There have been times where I spent multiple hours on a single math problem, looking up RUclips videos and reading and re-reading the section from the book. Then once I have finally figured out that problem I usually find that I understand the concept a lot better. I usually still get stuck on a few more problems but I make it through. It's taken me a very long time to learn how to accept the fact that when I pick up my math book I'm about to feel like a big dumb worthless idiot for several hours. I've heard all those sayings like "you aren't learning if you aren't making mistakes" but it's still really difficult to sit with that feeling of worthlessness during the struggle. But, every time I manage to complete a difficult assignment like that, it's just one more thing I can look back on the next time I feel like an idiot and remind myself that I've gotten this far so I must not be doing so bad after all even though it feels like I'm a failure. I still struggle a lot with self worth with my schoolwork but I am slowly learning to look back on past successes as a way to keep me going and to remember that failure and struggle is unavoidable in college, I just can't let it halt my progress. I'm really glad you have great professors that take the time to work with you, I've had a couple of them whose help has pulled me back from almost giving up.
Active procrastination is an actual thing to which I can attest. I get to work only when under immense pressure which is why I wrote my entire MA thesis in four days right before the deadline came.
To avoid bad procrastination at the beginning of a semester, I intentionally fake stress to feel the urge to be serious about my homework right at the start of it. It works well for be, because when the finals come, I'm ready, and I feel very less pressure, while relax, that at the beginning of the semester. Generally speaking, my worst enemy is to feel too relax at the beginning of a task. So, 1) fake stress to make sure to work hard right at the start of an important task; and 2) enjoy the feeling of stress relief due to being prepared and ready when the final touch of the task has arrived.
I feel like everything discussed in this video applied to me while I was in school. Needing to feel pressure to work, getting work done probably better than if I did it without a deadline but in a way that impacted my health and my life, feeling constant worry while I was putting it off, putting it off with both busywork and meaningless things. I must be some kind of pancrastinator.
I engage in all of the aforementioned types of procrastination, depending on the context. The most common time and reason for passive procrastination is that I'm tired but won't let myself go to bed until I've gotten certain things done. But I'm tired, so I need to muster up the energy to get it done. Of course, that means I end up staying up later and sleeping less, thus perpetuating the cycle. Not sure how to break out of it. It's hard to make myself do things when I'm tired.
I procrastinate most of my work, but luckily never had a problem with it, because I know what I'm capable of and start just on time. But for things that don't have a deadline it's so bad that it annoys me (like for cleaning up or generally getting any stuff done around the house) or might have negative effects on my life (like always replying "later", i. e. not at all, to friends, not going to the doctor's for general checkups or not looking for job opportunities). It's all those "I can do that tomorrow" things.
I have had those boosts of getting it done in short times because I was too scared having done nothing, but it ended up baaaad I haven't done my re-exam at all because everytime I start my hw I start panicing (even getting angry nowadays) at this stuff and that I won't do good anyway so I'm really really tired of it afther all these years, it's just drowning in panic, tears, heacaches and unregular breathing because my stupid brain has a panic disorder and I don't get any proffessional help anymore, procrasting might make me panic from time to time for I'm not finishing the oh-so-important things but I'm done with it anyway I just think this world puts on to much pressure and never helps enough, and I'm very done caring for their opinon, even when my disorder isn't
I do stuff more like cleaning the house instead of going to the mailbox. Though it's an ADHD thing, I get absurd blocks in being able to do things. One example is for my dad's birthday, recently, I made him a fancy craft thing. I could have had it done in two days, but I didn't want to go buy the $1 item that I needed, so it took me an entire month, a couple hours every single day. I could have just walked down the street to Target
I'm a nonproductive active procrastinator. I do meaningless things until I really need to do the thing I need to do. If I just get started I have no problem to keep going until I'm done with it. Sometimes I manage to trick myself by telling myself to just do it for 5 min and then I can take a break. Often ends up with doing the whole assignment.
Usually, laboratory results procrastinated just like human. They did not even bother coming out until my internship report is about to due. I literally had to wait for 3 months for my plants to grow 1 inch of roots. while I was focusing on writing the reports, nothing happened was worthy to be recorded. Then when the report was about to due, the results finally came out.
I procrastinate when I need entertainment like when I am stressed or sad and such when I do this it ends up making a feedback loop because I get stressed from not doing my work so watch videos which ends up getting me more stressed and so on
One thing he didn't mention was that some problems are complex enough that our subconscious mind can be a real help in finding a workable solution. This is what you're probably doing when you look at the problem from many different angles, then go off and do something else. Very often, you'll have an "aha" moment while doing something unrelated. Other times it just puts you into a bigger time crunch near the deadline, so it doesn't always work. Maybe "Use with caution" can apply to more than just pharmaceuticals.
I’m not sure if I’m an active or passive procrastinator. I leave school assignments for myself to do a day or two before the due date (procrastinate) and hand it in feeling like I could have done way better. I feel terrible about it... but then when I get my grade back it is high above the average. So, I’m not sure if I really need to change my habits.
I was always the kid who would do things last minute and get good grades. Not cause I was being strategic about it. I just lack time management skills and will choose almost anything over what I'm supposed to be doing.
Active procrastination/arousal delay sounds like some form of adrenalin addiction to me. The need to feel that burst of adrenalin to increase one's focus and crunch the task down into the smallest amount of time possible.
I can ignore a task, I can't leave something half done. Procrastinating till I find a comfortable time to fully do a task leaves me satisfied, I can't start something and leave it hanging.
Well I don't think I fall into either field, and I think many people are alike. I procrastinate and still get anxious about it, but spinning the task constantly in my head. So when I actually go to work, I tried many options in my head before, and my idea how to tackle a problem is already quite narrow. Which enables me to get the work done rather quick. The problem with this, is that many people don't particularly like that approach since it might look pretty effortless. Well it's not, it's just less on paper, more in my brain.
Delaying tasks to create stress/pressure is totally a thing that I do. I cannot work on a loose schedule. If something that takes a day to complete is due in two weeks, it might as well not exist. But give me a rapidly approaching deadline and I become super productive and organized. Is it stressful? A bit, yeah - but it also gives me a lot of satisfaction to get things done. And when I have basically nothing important to do, I feel sad, bored, and subdued. I'd rather work a 55 hour work week than relax all day. So is it procrastination? I'd say so, cause I could still be doing something better than watching cat videos. However, it's very hard for me to set goals for myself or do things when I technically don't have to. I get my work done, but it's much harder with personal projects and hobbies. Wish there was a way round it, but I haven't found one yet.
It's funny, but if I felt for some reason required to analyze or respond to this video, or if it was a topic that made me self-conscious, I could easily put off watching it for months.
And what if I have inception lvls procrastination? I'm procrastinating on procrastination. I need to do smth, but I wanna do smth else, but I'm so tired of it all that I don't even do the thing that I wanted to do instead of the thing that I need to do.
Relatable. I more than once have procrastinated homework in order to play my favorite game, figuring hell it's the weekend, I deserve me time, but ended up taking a nap instead cause I had no drive at all anymore to even sit and pay attention to a screen.
i call it plan-crastination... ya know, not doing stuff for not being able to move abstract ideas into executable tasks until i take the time to actually figure it out
Some people really do thrive under pressure, or at the very least, prefer to delay thing until absolutely necessary because they min-max the cost-benefit ratio of doing some task now instead of all the other things they could do now vs doing it later. Personally, there are a lot of things I that I leave until forced to do, and while I'm not happy about having to do them at all, I usually feel extra good after doing them then. It just works for me and always has. 🤷
Well I’m stuck procrastinating cuz I’m not allowed to do the tasks I wanna do forcing me to delay and hopefully don’t forget to do it cuz I gotta wait 3-4 years and probably more to began finally
*adds this to watch later list
My watch later list is 200 videos long. Not even exaggerating.
@@Marco_Onyxheart My friend's watch later is 600 vids long, how, idk. Having ~100 is too much for me, but I'll get to watching them later.
mine is 3556 videos long, because i add a lot off videos i might watch but never have time for
@@lennert2719 Mine is 4960. 5000 is the maximum length.
@@Marco_Onyxheart Marco, my watch later list is over 2,600 videos long. I will Never watch them all, lol. 😂😂
When I was a university student, note I am now 75 years old, I procrastinated as long as possible on papers and projects. I found that facing an absolute deadline improved the quality of the end product.
This has been studied and often demonstrably holds true. When we are working to make sense of a great deal of information, our insights change as we absorb it. Rumination can lead to clarity, while a clear deadline makes sure we don't get too bogged down in endless collection of information.
I’m procrastinating by watching this video.
Same
The thing about people who do stuff in a crunch also may be a way to fight against perfectionism - you only have so much time and you can't redo it so what you have is what you end with so there's less second-guessing of every minute choice.
That's exactly what I do, thanks for putting words on it
Most of my procrastination during the week is from being too tired at the end of the day to get the drive to do it, or me being too busy with other stuff. It's on the weekends I really truly procrastinate because I think I deserve a break. ha
That's a great point. There are a lot of things that I'll never finish because I can always do more or better. Having to "just get it done" is very helpful for that. 👍
I've noticed that too. A similar alternative strategy for me is to work on stuff very very late at night. Only then I can get in a kind of trance state where my brain just doesn't have room for perfectionism and I can avoid it that way. Life would be so much easier with a switch to just turn the perfectionism off..
True
I'm not saying we should stop being productive at all, but this society has made productivity a cult and a moral compass beyond all reason or necessity. It is sad that we are judging each other based on the level of anxiety this system triggers in us and how well we manage to suck it up and hide it.
You can thank capitalism for that
Working long and hard is particularly insidious in North America and Japan. In most of the rest of the world, they take much longer lunches, have shorter work days, take much longer holidays, and stress out over work much less; they have a better work-life balance. (Or at least that used to be the case until American culture spread out and infected other places through media and trade.)
Maybe it's time to change things up a little then? Some socio-political and economic evolution almost seems necessary... y'know?
@A Jolly Nurgle Prick You can't rely on bad things dying out with older generations. Revolutionaries (of whatever kind) have always existed. For this particular conversation, working class boomers are more likely to have just died off by now since working class people have lower life expectancies. Bad people will always exist in every generation, and good people/progressive thinkers will also always exist in every generation.
@@50mt are you suggesting... communism?
Of course this video comes up exactly when I'm procastinating.......
Same. I need to do my workout, but seeing this video pop up in my feed seemed like a sign to wait just a wee bit longer to do that...XD
Maybe you're in a constant state of procrastination, so it appears that procrastination/productivity-related videos you get on your feed are often timely.
@@amber1862 I plead the Fifth. ;)
RUclips knows
I'll think of a good comment tomorrow
*3 days later*
“I’ll think of a good comment next week”
Hee hee hee hee!
I'm a person who procrastinates very little.... However, I've noticed that I get very distracted while doing my work. So procrastination might actually help me to relax my brain and work more efficiently later.
Having 5 hours to complete an essay is the greatest motivator ever. Sends my heart into palpitations. I'm one who gets easily distracted too. By sleep, by food, by the clock on the wall. But not a work. It's more at home. At work or school (which I still consider work) I am a machine. Always trying to keep busy and get it done so I can hopefully rest at home.
Just learn to concentrate better.
Taking a conscientious break to mentally recuperate is not the same as procrastinating and is equally as important as the work you are doing. I always complain to my coworkers how I feel bad I’m not more productive on my days off and part of it is definitely procrastinating on my part (though it’s more an issue that I procrastinate on my own home life by finding excuses to work similar to a high school student procrastinating on their essay by doing their math homework which is still procrastinating as he points out) but sometimes you need a reminder it’s okay to just relax as long as you stay on track.
@@Kartagoooo Clearly not a person with this issue this one here. Like it's that easy for those who do! Let me tell you a secret: It's not! If it was, people wouldn't have focusing issues. Sometimes the more you try to concentrate, the less you can think things through cause you're trying too hard, for example. Other people even have things like ADHD and need meds to be able to concentrate.
@@munbun75 Oh I do that all the time. I always do the easy homework before the harder homework (in my case, I'd rather do the essay before the math homework lol). Or I do the quicker tasks first before the chores that take hours (wash the dishes before doing the housework).
I have to wonder how much of the anxiety-procrastination link is actually reverse causation. I have an anxiety disorder, and a large amount of my so-called procrastination is caused by failure to cope with the pressure of something that I need to get done. I failed out of college twice and took 7 years before I finally got my degree because of this; I understood the work, but I missed so many major assignments just because when the pressure of an assignment was too high (i.e. because it was complex, or I had many big assignments due at once, or it was a large percentage of my grade, etc.), I tended to just go on RUclips or Facebook instead. I knew I should be doing other things -- and it nagged at the back of my mind the whole time -- but just the thought of having to do it had me nearly panicking, so I did less productive things instead.
Note: I'm definitely not advocating this. I eventually succeeded with persistence, but please do not fail out of university by following my example :D I'm just wondering if the connection between anxiety and procrastination goes both ways :)
I come to a point sometimes where I find myself starring out into space instead of completing a difficult task. Not at school or work cause I just ask questions, but at home when I have no help I get distracted by every little thing. It's so annoying. But I was raised in a family that put pressure on good grades so my anxiety before things like tests are extremely high. On top of that, the distractions and stress add on lack of sleep (I lie awake at night thinking about grades for hours sometimes) and when I'm tired I have trouble getting motivated and well, just keeping my eyes open.
My parents always told me I’d never amount to anything.
I told them,”Just wait.”
Well, I'm a deadliner. Either there's a deadline and it's burning like hell - or I don't even bother thinking that way. But when there is a deadline... I can't recall ever missing one, except on purpose, which generally means the deadline wasn't good enough to motivate me.
What I thought was "procrastination" was later revealed to be "executive dysfunction" and "demand avoidance"
theMoporter tell me more. i go from occasional procrastination in the beginning of a year to like adrenal fatigue by the time i get to my annual leave. like there's no amount of whipping or carrots that can get that dead donkey to stop procrastinating (or even care about really important things)
Yo! 🤯
I had not seen a video hosted by Anthony and I really liked him. Nice to see more hosts on the channel. Welcome to Anthony (if indeed he is a new addition) and good video.
I recently gave up video games and one particular thing I noticed is that even though I stopped procrastinating with gaming, I procrastinated with doing laundry, washing up, showering, making something to eat etc, all before starting my assignment.
I brought this up to my therapist and she believes this is not necessarily a bad thing - by getting all of these things done it is clearing my mind and removing distractions from when I actually do sit down to study, and therefore I am more present and focused on the actual task.
Part of my procrastination is social anxiety related if I know I have to call someone I will do everything under the sun to try to put it off, it makes me very anxious even knowing that I have to call someone to the point that it even affects my sleep I also don't sleep well if I know somebody's going to call me and then sitting on the phone talking with someone I Pace the house even on a short conversation around 20 times
I can relate. I've gotten very good at putting off calls until the last possible second (and often just shrugging that it's too late now, so I'll just have to wait until after the weekend or email or something else).
There are people I still need to call who died years ago. Now _that's_ procrastination.
snap. but i realise that every time you indulge this procrastination you're putting a brick in that anxiety wall. i think im almost at the point where i have a phobia-level of fear response at the thought of getting started on something that isn't necessarily even such an unpleasant task. practice calling. like even something unimportant like ordering pizza that its fine if you mess up. good lick
I've come to finally embrace my way of working ( = procrastinating). I felt guilty for not studying regularly like my colleagues, but even without doing it, I did way better than the average...
If it doesn't get you in trouble, just embrace your style of working! It is okay :)
I have adhd, so I have difficulties with motivation and prioritization. I hate essays which makes it difficult to focus on them, so I actively procrastinate untill I can hyperfocus on my essay and crank it out in a few hours
Elias Davalos Same... and of course I’m an English major, so I’m always writing essays 😂
im like that but got a job that is heavy on report writing. you get better and faster at it the more that you do. next time you wanna put it off think of it as a skill that you're developing like phone etiquette or whatever
Have any medications helped your motivation?
Is this a new host? First video I've seen from Anthony, I like his voice and his personality, nice job!
I'm an active procrastinator, without the productive part at the end.
I feel like I'm always hiding from stress or seeking stimulation.
I felt this in my spirit. Active Procrastination is a beautiful thing, and puts me in control of my stress.
I really love this guy, he needs to be in a lot more videos. I do not think he's in enough videos.
I procrastinate buying things I want so much that I save money.
If you got what you want, why would you want to buy more?
Mr. Boomguy thats the thing. I didnt get what i want, but i didnt really need it anyway.
I procrastinate everything that doesn't have to be done right away. I don't have any problem at work, because things need to be done, so I do them. At home on the other hand ... Let's just say there is a box of homemade Christmas cookies on my desk, that my mother gave me last Christmas.
Wtf? You even procrastinate eating?
@Donar OMG hahaha, speaking of Xmas... I'm 25 and my girlfriend doesn't live with me, so I typically don't decorate my house at All. My Mom is a sweetheart and she knows this about me, that I wouldn't bother to put up any decos for myself, so she gave me a homemade stocking. It was Really well made, I actually liked it quite a lot, so I hung it up on a coat hook by the front door so anyone who came over could see it, and also because there is no fireplace (lol), and I haven't taken it down since. It has nothing to do with me just wanting to continue to show off my mother's talents, and Everything to do with me being a lazy procrastinating Fu©ker!.. 😂😂
I deliberately ignore the calendar to the point that I'm shocked to find out something is due tomorrow(or that very same day) and...I ignore that until I'm punished by someone higher in the hierarchy.
I dont know what to call this but it sure ain't procrastination.
@@sohopedeco nah, I love eating, why would I procrastinate that?
I've been a procrastinator all my life and I've never felt bad about it, despite the best efforts of parents, teachers, and employers to _make_ me feel bad about it. My opinion is, "The work gets done on time and it gets done well. What difference does the scheduling make?"
John Opalko> I've been a procrastinator all my life, despite the best efforts of parents
My mother loved getting things done and out of the way, so she never understood my proclivity to put them off.
> My opinion is, "The work gets done on time and it gets done well. What difference does the scheduling make?"
That's always been my take on it, but unfortunately not all jobs cater to that. :-\
Anybody else procrastinate to the point you think "well, it's impossible to get it done now" and then just not do the task at all?
There are certain situations where I feel like I procrastinate actively, and get results. There have still been areas where my procrastination is very maladaptive and I end up with a wall between me and that specific task. Also, your cadence reminds me of Levar Burton. Brings me back to those days of binging PBS on a Saturday while folding laundry with mom.
I don't have trouble with procrastination at school or work. There I just want to get the work done so I get it done. But at home I have more distractions and I just want to zone out or sleep - my energy is easy to tap out and when I walk through the door that signals to me relax time. So I used to spend a lot of time at the school library whether I needed to study or complete an essay, etc. Or I have the TV running in the background at home. Takes longer to complete what I need to do, but the TV actually keeps me going so long as what I'm watching isn't super interesting. Taking a nap before hitting the books helps my motivation too, though I'm sluggish for the half hour after wake up.
This is something I've needed to hear for a long time. I've always been a huge procrastinator. When I was younger it actually made me get bad grades because I had no drive to learn, but I've had very good grades ever since I found my own reasons to love learning and then started college a few years later. However, it takes a huge toll on my mental state.
I always process it as passive procrastination which leaves me on a constant roller-coaster of self-doubt and wondering why I can't seem to bring myself to sit down and work, but I always get all my work done on time anyway. The problem is that I always PLAN to do my work right away, but if it's not due for a week then I'll only be able to bring myself to take a glance at it until a couple days before it's due. I know a big part of my learning process is passive thinking, so taking that first look gets the gears turning in my mind so I'm prepared to do the work when I actually decide to do it. The only problem with this system is I've never had an assignment that was longer term than a couple weeks, and I always worry that I'll underestimate the amount of work required for a project and procrastinate myself out of being able to get it done.
I'm the opposite. I was always quick to get my work done as a kid and got great grades. But now in college I struggle with motivation and in most classes I end up passing out of pure luck it feels like a lot of the time. It's all about how difficult it is for me. If it comes to me easy, I've got my homework done as fast as I can write it up. But if it's difficult I delay it for other things, sit down and question my abilities, and delay it some more. If teachers weren't patient with me and gave me hours of guidance, I'd have never made it as far as I have in school. I don't like doing work if I'm not sure of myself and I tend to overthink things. I end up staring at walls when I don't understand over trying to work out a problem, which is in part why I suck at anything beyond basic math.
@@BlueSkies30 That self doubt is a big part of my procrastination too. There have been times where I spent multiple hours on a single math problem, looking up RUclips videos and reading and re-reading the section from the book. Then once I have finally figured out that problem I usually find that I understand the concept a lot better. I usually still get stuck on a few more problems but I make it through. It's taken me a very long time to learn how to accept the fact that when I pick up my math book I'm about to feel like a big dumb worthless idiot for several hours. I've heard all those sayings like "you aren't learning if you aren't making mistakes" but it's still really difficult to sit with that feeling of worthlessness during the struggle. But, every time I manage to complete a difficult assignment like that, it's just one more thing I can look back on the next time I feel like an idiot and remind myself that I've gotten this far so I must not be doing so bad after all even though it feels like I'm a failure. I still struggle a lot with self worth with my schoolwork but I am slowly learning to look back on past successes as a way to keep me going and to remember that failure and struggle is unavoidable in college, I just can't let it halt my progress. I'm really glad you have great professors that take the time to work with you, I've had a couple of them whose help has pulled me back from almost giving up.
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Active procrastination is an actual thing to which I can attest. I get to work only when under immense pressure which is why I wrote my entire MA thesis in four days right before the deadline came.
To avoid bad procrastination at the beginning of a semester, I intentionally fake stress to feel the urge to be serious about my homework right at the start of it. It works well for be, because when the finals come, I'm ready, and I feel very less pressure, while relax, that at the beginning of the semester. Generally speaking, my worst enemy is to feel too relax at the beginning of a task. So, 1) fake stress to make sure to work hard right at the start of an important task; and 2) enjoy the feeling of stress relief due to being prepared and ready when the final touch of the task has arrived.
I feel like everything discussed in this video applied to me while I was in school. Needing to feel pressure to work, getting work done probably better than if I did it without a deadline but in a way that impacted my health and my life, feeling constant worry while I was putting it off, putting it off with both busywork and meaningless things. I must be some kind of pancrastinator.
I engage in all of the aforementioned types of procrastination, depending on the context. The most common time and reason for passive procrastination is that I'm tired but won't let myself go to bed until I've gotten certain things done. But I'm tired, so I need to muster up the energy to get it done. Of course, that means I end up staying up later and sleeping less, thus perpetuating the cycle. Not sure how to break out of it. It's hard to make myself do things when I'm tired.
That dude’s tiny laundry basket tho
The number of times he said procrastination in this video 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't give me a reason to feed my addiction!
I procrastinate most of my work, but luckily never had a problem with it, because I know what I'm capable of and start just on time. But for things that don't have a deadline it's so bad that it annoys me (like for cleaning up or generally getting any stuff done around the house) or might have negative effects on my life (like always replying "later", i. e. not at all, to friends, not going to the doctor's for general checkups or not looking for job opportunities). It's all those "I can do that tomorrow" things.
I have had those boosts of getting it done in short times because I was too scared having done nothing, but it ended up baaaad
I haven't done my re-exam at all because everytime I start my hw I start panicing (even getting angry nowadays) at this stuff and that I won't do good anyway
so I'm really really tired of it afther all these years, it's just drowning in panic, tears, heacaches and unregular breathing because my stupid brain has a panic disorder and I don't get any proffessional help anymore, procrasting might make me panic from time to time for I'm not finishing the oh-so-important things but I'm done with it anyway
I just think this world puts on to much pressure and never helps enough, and I'm very done caring for their opinon, even when my disorder isn't
They way I see it, doing it now *might* pay off later, but doing it later *always* pays off right now.
Procrastination isn't so bad when I'm learning about science
*I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR YEARS*
I do stuff more like cleaning the house instead of going to the mailbox. Though it's an ADHD thing, I get absurd blocks in being able to do things.
One example is for my dad's birthday, recently, I made him a fancy craft thing. I could have had it done in two days, but I didn't want to go buy the $1 item that I needed, so it took me an entire month, a couple hours every single day. I could have just walked down the street to Target
Says, "Asked 710 procrastinators to take questionaries." Does this include all the procrastinators that just never filled them out?
I'm a nonproductive active procrastinator. I do meaningless things until I really need to do the thing I need to do. If I just get started I have no problem to keep going until I'm done with it. Sometimes I manage to trick myself by telling myself to just do it for 5 min and then I can take a break. Often ends up with doing the whole assignment.
Usually, laboratory results procrastinated just like human. They did not even bother coming out until my internship report is about to due. I literally had to wait for 3 months for my plants to grow 1 inch of roots. while I was focusing on writing the reports, nothing happened was worthy to be recorded. Then when the report was about to due, the results finally came out.
Procrastination is great. You never have anything to do today and you always have something to do tomorrow.
I procrastinate when I need entertainment like when I am stressed or sad and such when I do this it ends up making a feedback loop because I get stressed from not doing my work so watch videos which ends up getting me more stressed and so on
When nothing is done nothing is left undone
One thing he didn't mention was that some problems are complex enough that our subconscious mind can be a real help in finding a workable solution. This is what you're probably doing when you look at the problem from many different angles, then go off and do something else. Very often, you'll have an "aha" moment while doing something unrelated. Other times it just puts you into a bigger time crunch near the deadline, so it doesn't always work. Maybe "Use with caution" can apply to more than just pharmaceuticals.
I use the triage method. I assess how critical a task is and rank them accordingly. This way if I don't get to something it's not a big deal
I’m not sure if I’m an active or passive procrastinator. I leave school assignments for myself to do a day or two before the due date (procrastinate) and hand it in feeling like I could have done way better. I feel terrible about it... but then when I get my grade back it is high above the average. So, I’m not sure if I really need to change my habits.
Solution to procrastination: avoid work altogether.
I was always the kid who would do things last minute and get good grades. Not cause I was being strategic about it. I just lack time management skills and will choose almost anything over what I'm supposed to be doing.
Active procrastination/arousal delay sounds like some form of adrenalin addiction to me. The need to feel that burst of adrenalin to increase one's focus and crunch the task down into the smallest amount of time possible.
I will clean my whole entire house in order to put off doing the dishes 😂🙈 go productive procrastinators!
I can ignore a task, I can't leave something half done. Procrastinating till I find a comfortable time to fully do a task leaves me satisfied, I can't start something and leave it hanging.
I'm like that with home stuff. I don't do housework until I know I have enough hours to complete it, for example. So I have to do it on the weekends.
This looks interesting. I’ll watch it later
Procrastinate on your procrastination, then you'd be procrastinating by not yet procrastinating.
"I'll procrastinate tomorrow."
If only I had a dollar for every word derived form "procrastinate" mentioned in this video.
*too busy right now, will watch later.. 😂😂
Well I don't think I fall into either field, and I think many people are alike. I procrastinate and still get anxious about it, but spinning the task constantly in my head. So when I actually go to work, I tried many options in my head before, and my idea how to tackle a problem is already quite narrow. Which enables me to get the work done rather quick. The problem with this, is that many people don't particularly like that approach since it might look pretty effortless. Well it's not, it's just less on paper, more in my brain.
Thank you for backing me up with my procrastination.
But imma thank you later, feelin a lil lazy today.
video justifies your procrastination in watching it
I'm so good at procrastinating.. that I bounce from passive to active one..
Delaying tasks to create stress/pressure is totally a thing that I do. I cannot work on a loose schedule. If something that takes a day to complete is due in two weeks, it might as well not exist. But give me a rapidly approaching deadline and I become super productive and organized. Is it stressful? A bit, yeah - but it also gives me a lot of satisfaction to get things done. And when I have basically nothing important to do, I feel sad, bored, and subdued. I'd rather work a 55 hour work week than relax all day. So is it procrastination? I'd say so, cause I could still be doing something better than watching cat videos. However, it's very hard for me to set goals for myself or do things when I technically don't have to. I get my work done, but it's much harder with personal projects and hobbies. Wish there was a way round it, but I haven't found one yet.
I think I'll watch this later...
It's funny, but if I felt for some reason required to analyze or respond to this video, or if it was a topic that made me self-conscious, I could easily put off watching it for months.
I like to describe myself as a miserable procrastinator.
And what if I have inception lvls procrastination? I'm procrastinating on procrastination. I need to do smth, but I wanna do smth else, but I'm so tired of it all that I don't even do the thing that I wanted to do instead of the thing that I need to do.
Relatable. I more than once have procrastinated homework in order to play my favorite game, figuring hell it's the weekend, I deserve me time, but ended up taking a nap instead cause I had no drive at all anymore to even sit and pay attention to a screen.
This video is mind-blowingly meta if you really think about it...
I'm a serial procrastinator. I could die any moment, but I put that off in favor of more fun things
Posted on December 23rd, 2 days before Christmas
I actually do need some last minute gifts but that's because I was just sick for like a week
ill watch it tomorrow
i call it plan-crastination... ya know, not doing stuff for not being able to move abstract ideas into executable tasks until i take the time to actually figure it out
Not that I procrastinate, but it took me one month to watch the video hahaha
It was just chilling in my watch later list
Some people really do thrive under pressure, or at the very least, prefer to delay thing until absolutely necessary because they min-max the cost-benefit ratio of doing some task now instead of all the other things they could do now vs doing it later. Personally, there are a lot of things I that I leave until forced to do, and while I'm not happy about having to do them at all, I usually feel extra good after doing them then. It just works for me and always has. 🤷
Why did the chicken cross the road?
TODO: Come up with punchline.
hmm... I fall under all of those categories of procrastination depending on what it is I'm procrastinating and how I feel about it.
Save to watch later👍🏾
Remind me to watch this one, when my exams are due in a month :)
Ironically, watching this whilst i should be doing some work...
I have not yet begun to procrastinate 😂
Well I’m stuck procrastinating cuz I’m not allowed to do the tasks I wanna do forcing me to delay and hopefully don’t forget to do it cuz I gotta wait 3-4 years and probably more to began finally
eventually Ill watch this.
Why is it that everytime I procrastinate I end up watching videos about procastinating...
My cousin neuters animals for a living. He is a procastrator.
Not your best work. :-\
Hey I liked it. A lot of the low hanging joke fruits got snapped up in a hurry on this one.
@@whatelseison8970 Thanks ^_^
@@Master_Therion
My cat us uncircumcised.
My grandfather came to this country to procrastinate in the new world. So, my father put off my birth for 11 months! I come from a long line of...
Never put off 'til tomorrow, what you can do next week.
Sorry, I have to finish this video later. My mom just came by to tell me to stop procrastinating on wrapping my Christmas presents.
My procrastination doesn't help at all and has been my constant struggle my entire life, wish I can make it work for me like this instead x_x
Is Anthony Brown related to Lavar Burton? Their voices sound so similar.
I thought you were going to upload this tomorrow.
ADHD here this is a dilema for us, because we can get stuff done, but only if we are into it
If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.
I agree with this guy.
I wonder how long did the producers of this video procrastinated before releasing it
Yeah, yeah, I'm late to the video.. I knew I'd get around to it eventually...
Yeah same
I’m procrastinating right now watching this 😂
I think I have all 5 types of procrastination...
Oh no, don't give me any excuses.