Why Do We Procrastinate?

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  • Опубликовано: 17 май 2016
  • You know that thing you've been putting off for awhile, that could probably be done now but instead not doing 'cause it doesn't sound like fun' right now? Well here's an explanation as to why you probably feel that way.
    So stop procrastinating and get back to work!
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Комментарии • 4,3 тыс.

  • @GR-kt4le
    @GR-kt4le 8 лет назад +5634

    added to 'watch later' playlist

    • @QuadLiveNet
      @QuadLiveNet 8 лет назад +84

      +Gabe Reich Oh damn, this video was in my "watch later" playlist for 3 days XD

    • @PlagueBunny
      @PlagueBunny 8 лет назад +38

      We're you... procrastinating maybe?

    • @itsneuro
      @itsneuro 8 лет назад +53

      +None of Your Business Congratulations, you got the joke.

    • @antoniotavares4653
      @antoniotavares4653 8 лет назад +6

      Golden!

    • @keokiracerhalsteren
      @keokiracerhalsteren 8 лет назад +13

      I'm just watching this now after it has been in my watch later playlist for a week XD

  • @2ndbrid801
    @2ndbrid801 8 лет назад +1803

    "...and if you're watching this video to procrastinate working on something..."
    *Fuck.*

  • @getrekm8993
    @getrekm8993 7 лет назад +1756

    I don't procrastinate, I just wait until the last minute because I'm gonna be wiser since I'm older

    • @YohanesMarioChandra
      @YohanesMarioChandra 7 лет назад +41

      getrekm8 so, procrastination is a form of auto-optimization process that we instinctively do?

    • @TheCamper-zu3sk
      @TheCamper-zu3sk 6 лет назад +5

      getrekm8 lol

    • @zelleh8847
      @zelleh8847 5 лет назад +2

      Lol

    • @lepetitchat123
      @lepetitchat123 5 лет назад +30

      sometimes if you wait long enough the assignment might be cancelled. Or you get more information that helps you complete the assignment better. Procrastination isn't all bad.

    • @sangwaninbox
      @sangwaninbox 5 лет назад +2

      whoaaaaaaa

  • @graceyang7213
    @graceyang7213 7 лет назад +1991

    who else is procrastinating right now?

    • @marcogarcia3023
      @marcogarcia3023 7 лет назад +7

      me, i have to find a book

    • @lepetitchat123
      @lepetitchat123 5 лет назад +42

      We all procrastinate because we're forced to do stuff against our will. Life is an imposition and a curse ! The stuff we actually wanna do in life is actually very little.

    • @shorelockhomes943
      @shorelockhomes943 5 лет назад +6

      true. yes.

    • @Name_760
      @Name_760 5 лет назад +2

      Me

    • @lalbiakzualachhakchhuak9958
      @lalbiakzualachhakchhuak9958 5 лет назад +1

      Done watching it?

  • @samkupper
    @samkupper 8 лет назад +1404

    im procrastinating right now as i watch a video about it

  • @mrd9534
    @mrd9534 8 лет назад +499

    I've been meaning to write this comment for 3 days

    • @alvinsward6351
      @alvinsward6351 8 лет назад +4

      i love this

    • @pixelmaniac8534
      @pixelmaniac8534 8 лет назад +2

      +Gabe Newell
      Your username fits the topic pretty well. Nice.

    • @MiguelAngel-kz5ku
      @MiguelAngel-kz5ku 8 лет назад +2

      how did you plan a comment days before the video it would go on came out?

    • @cenonya4967
      @cenonya4967 8 лет назад +7

      I'll reply to this tomorrow

    • @InitializedLights
      @InitializedLights 8 лет назад

      +Dominic Bradley but the video is not even a day old

  • @codinginflow
    @codinginflow 5 лет назад +140

    [generic comment on how I am watching this video to procrastinate]

  • @rodburden2725
    @rodburden2725 7 лет назад +296

    As a chronic procrastinater, and a sufferer of depression, I can tell you that you can procrastinate due to fear to the point that you completely break down, and require professional help before you go back to school/work. And I still suffer from both, even though I'm now retired. The professional advice that I got from cognitive behavioral therapy was to do something - anything! - and you will feel better. and when you feel even a little bit better, you can go on to another task, the completion of which will make you feel a bit better, and so on. Every completed task makes getting to the next one just a bit easier.

    • @jaya243
      @jaya243 5 лет назад +5

      Awesome. True

    • @sonja0707
      @sonja0707 3 года назад +3

      Sounds adhd to me

    • @nillythelich688
      @nillythelich688 3 года назад +7

      damn at least u got proffesional help i have asian parents and they call me lazy and i will never go far in life :( and its just making it somewhat worse

    • @rpraveenshan9828
      @rpraveenshan9828 3 года назад +2

      thanks for changing my life mr Rod burden
      thank you very much

    • @NguyenVo2011
      @NguyenVo2011 2 года назад +2

      @Rob: Thanks for voicing it out. True indeed. Been there done that.

  • @WorriedBubble
    @WorriedBubble 8 лет назад +1345

    I am procrastinating by watching this video on procrastination

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 8 лет назад +2

      Ironic, no?

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 8 лет назад +5

      This is why they told you at the end to go get started. They knew people like you (and me) were inevitable.
      ...damn phys ed...it can wait another few days...I've put it off too long already, will more hurt?

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 8 лет назад +1

      ThePCguy17 Why do today what can be put off til tomorrow?

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 8 лет назад

      ThePCguy17 I had not expected such a stimulating and engaging response.

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 8 лет назад

      soslothful I hate how much I procrastinate, just as much as I hate the world for making procrastination the wrong choice. What can I say? I'm more than a little bit conflicted.
      Not that any of the conflict is ever very successful against the procrastination. Procrastination is fun.

  • @thetessellation
    @thetessellation 8 лет назад +1771

    I'll finish writing my paper after I watch this video on procrastination.

    • @Doomroar
      @Doomroar 8 лет назад +24

      Dude.. i haven't even started writing mine...

    • @Twosocks42
      @Twosocks42 8 лет назад +1

      +xmanprodigy99 Saaaame

    • @KiLLeRNaSTYY
      @KiLLeRNaSTYY 8 лет назад +3

      +xmanprodigy99 8:14 ;D

    • @DarKnightofCydonia
      @DarKnightofCydonia 8 лет назад +7

      +xmanprodigy99 Exact same boat my friend.

    • @felicitas206
      @felicitas206 8 лет назад +6

      +xmanprodigy99 same over here....

  • @SE-xg2pi
    @SE-xg2pi 7 лет назад +167

    "Know what you're gonna do with your life before you're 18!"
    got real.

  • @lootjunior
    @lootjunior 7 лет назад +228

    fun fact: at this point I have procrastinated over 2 whole hours while watching videos about procrastination and how to avoid it. I call it META-procrastination

  • @garrettlee9511
    @garrettlee9511 8 лет назад +779

    Thank you for helping me procrastinate.

    • @kevindt100
      @kevindt100 8 лет назад +7

      +Garrett TotallyNOTCrona Same

    • @patrickbourne3819
      @patrickbourne3819 8 лет назад +3

      +Garrett TotallyNOTCrona ah but it this a positive effect of procrastinating because wear learning how to regulate our own procrastinating so that we don't do it as much- I am going to leave now and evaluate my graded unit

    • @dawnwayfinder
      @dawnwayfinder 8 лет назад +2

      +Garrett TotallyNOTCrona
      My homework that's due tomorrow is already half complete.
      And the only reason I even started it is because I did it on the morning I THOUGHT it was due. Xp
      Aaaand right now, I'm procrastinating on going to sleep. : /

    • @nichloasprzano8964
      @nichloasprzano8964 8 лет назад

      I was procrastinating too lol I started laughing when he called me out lol

  • @quarteracreadventures855
    @quarteracreadventures855 8 лет назад +855

    Perhaps I'll finish watching this later...

    • @IamRanJos
      @IamRanJos 8 лет назад

      Lol

    • @balls-tc3ip
      @balls-tc3ip 6 лет назад

      Hah

    • @jasoninanmandh5609
      @jasoninanmandh5609 6 лет назад

      Sandra Noneofyourbusiness iii

    • @bopatog
      @bopatog 6 лет назад +6

      Perhaps Ill finish reading this comment la- Perhaps I will finish typing this reply later

    • @celifresh9615
      @celifresh9615 6 лет назад

      Sandra Noneofyourbusiness me rn

  • @thatone8432
    @thatone8432 6 лет назад +83

    For most of my life I struggled with extreme suicidal ideation, along with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and ADHD. Because of this, I assumed I wouldn’t live past 18. And with that idea in mind, I couldn’t care less because “Oh who cares I’ll be dead soon anyway.” I’m still am struggling with these procrastination and other mental health problems but they’re getting better.

    • @breadpilled2587
      @breadpilled2587 6 лет назад +6

      That One I have similar issues with depression, anxiety and ADD/autism. I have the same problem when it comes to "nothing matters" attitudes.

    • @reillyy04
      @reillyy04 3 года назад +6

      I hope everything continues to get better. Stay alive, the world needs you! :)

    • @JatPhenshllem
      @JatPhenshllem Год назад

      How are things going on?

    • @ems7623
      @ems7623 Год назад

      My story is nearly identical to yours. This society is not designed to help people like you and I. It's incredibly unforgiving. Sometimes I think it was profoundly selfish for my parents to have me. Why would anyone with psyxh problems want to pass them on to offspring? I certainly won't be doing that.
      I don't see a way out of my situation yet. This world likes to trap us into long term career and life trajectiries that can become very punishing as you are.

  • @SavagedBlade
    @SavagedBlade 7 лет назад +195

    The scientists probably procrastinated while researching

    • @adrianpeirson5027
      @adrianpeirson5027 6 лет назад +10

      Yea, they were probably told to research something else.

    • @SS-qs4dp
      @SS-qs4dp 6 лет назад +3

      they procrastinated for research

    • @AlldaylongRock
      @AlldaylongRock 5 лет назад +3

      For a passionate scientist procrastinating is watching SciShow...

    • @AlldaylongRock
      @AlldaylongRock 5 лет назад

      For a passionate scientist procrastinating is watching SciShow...

    • @RC-md2yx
      @RC-md2yx 2 года назад

      They never because they know all the tricks

  • @awaken6760
    @awaken6760 8 лет назад +323

    Procrastinator's Unite! ... Tomorrow.

    • @thatoneguy_exe2123
      @thatoneguy_exe2123 8 лет назад +16

      nah more like next week

    • @iamsobanned
      @iamsobanned 8 лет назад +9

      +Awaken the Evil Tomorrow is not good for me, can we reschedule for next week?

    • @nexus3101
      @nexus3101 8 лет назад +2

      I will do it tomorrow, I hope

    • @mous759
      @mous759 8 лет назад +2

      +Nexus42 nah we will do it in a month no difference bro

    • @dawnwayfinder
      @dawnwayfinder 8 лет назад +4

      +Awaken the Evil
      Huh? Wha? I slept in, what did I miss?

  • @evil1knight
    @evil1knight 8 лет назад +245

    ah that exam is future me's problem

    • @loganmw
      @loganmw 8 лет назад

      😂

    • @PerrinPansy
      @PerrinPansy 8 лет назад +18

      Future Me: "Well, shit."

    • @natanoj16
      @natanoj16 8 лет назад

      +Nick Here The only one I hate more than future me is past me... He is a dick...

    • @TheBgsbgsbgsbgs
      @TheBgsbgsbgsbgs 8 лет назад

      +Nick Here literally me rn, lol i have a gcse 2morrow and i'm watching SciShow

  • @Hyperb2002
    @Hyperb2002 7 лет назад +54

    I'm procrastinating right now.

  • @syafaatnento267
    @syafaatnento267 7 лет назад +21

    "Know what you're going to do for your whole life by the time you're eighteen!" This is too real.

  • @BethanyGraceMusic
    @BethanyGraceMusic 8 лет назад +566

    Legit refreshed my subscription box like 20 times avoiding studying and this came up lmao

    • @chandler3570
      @chandler3570 8 лет назад +1

      +BethanyGraceMusic It's a sign.

    • @elianal6726
      @elianal6726 8 лет назад +4

      +BethanyGraceMusic lol you sound like me, except in this particular case, the only thing im avoiding is sleep :P

    • @mattlm64
      @mattlm64 8 лет назад +1

      +BethanyGraceMusic Get your arse in gear.

    • @adamlreid
      @adamlreid 8 лет назад +1

      Omg same I need to start now!

    • @Youlovejosh
      @Youlovejosh 8 лет назад

      Same!

  • @connorbosley798
    @connorbosley798 7 лет назад +658

    Him - "if you're watching this video to procrastinate working on something, go get started"
    Me - "I mean I should but.... hey look a shiny"

    • @joedempseysr.3376
      @joedempseysr.3376 7 лет назад +5

      Connor Bosley Write down shiny to do later. Now you can do the urgent and important things now and shiny will not be forgotten but saved till later as a reward for doing what really needs to be done now.
      That said, the distraction caused by seeing shiny is often caused by an overabundance of a certain neurotransmitter on the brain. It prevents you from focusing on the now by switching your attention constantly. It is not a psychological problem but a medical one called HAD. Hyperactivity Attention Disorder and can be treated with drugs. Please see a doctor.

    • @joedempseysr.3376
      @joedempseysr.3376 7 лет назад

      Connor Bosley Write down shiny to do later. Now you can do the urgent and important things now and shiny will not be forgotten but saved till later as a reward for doing what really needs to be done now.
      That said, the distraction caused by seeing shiny is often caused by an overabundance of a certain neurotransmitter on the brain. It prevents you from focusing on the now by switching your attention constantly. It is not a psychological problem but a medical one called HAD. Hyperactivity Attention Disorder and can be treated with drugs. Please see a doctor.

    • @guilhermesfk
      @guilhermesfk 7 лет назад +8

      Is there a study done on not getting a joke?

    • @andreaannunziata8268
      @andreaannunziata8268 6 лет назад

      I should be studying Hesiod's "Work and Days" itself.

    • @mzamethodman7134
      @mzamethodman7134 6 лет назад +2

      Joe Dempsey, Sr. You mean either ADD or ADHD, never heard of HAD, i have been tested for a variety of things since was 3, but i aint ever heard of HAD

  • @fubblenugsmcnubblefugs811
    @fubblenugsmcnubblefugs811 7 лет назад +17

    Anybody else use this video as motivation?

  • @LivinGreat
    @LivinGreat 5 лет назад +7

    A quote l like to remember about motivation is "You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going."
    I forgot who's it by but it's a really wise saying for me.

  • @bluesnote1
    @bluesnote1 8 лет назад +1152

    I have a math final tomorrow. Better watch videos about procrastination.

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 8 лет назад +1

      Saaame

    • @aidanlam5336
      @aidanlam5336 8 лет назад +1

      +bluesnote1 Ahaha don't we all!

    • @thebestfamilyalexander1771
      @thebestfamilyalexander1771 8 лет назад +5

      So true and so sad. This show is my biggest procrastinator. I think because I tell myself I am learning something so it's not really putting off learning, right?

    • @grimmcreole44
      @grimmcreole44 8 лет назад

      We all do

    • @marinojakimoski1763
      @marinojakimoski1763 8 лет назад

      +Debra Alexander Boom! How to really procrastinate on learning!

  • @sebfleebee
    @sebfleebee 7 лет назад +502

    Past me is useless, present me is pretty lazy, but future me is a real champ. He's always happy to do shit

    • @miguelchacon2717
      @miguelchacon2717 5 лет назад

      Noob

    • @eezhan2579
      @eezhan2579 5 лет назад +12

      And future me will never come rip

    • @lepetitchat123
      @lepetitchat123 5 лет назад +7

      Future me is ashes under a grave. How is that going to motivate me...

    • @TheBoiMario
      @TheBoiMario 3 года назад +3

      S A M E

    • @Yougotcaged102
      @Yougotcaged102 3 года назад +2

      Have you reached to the useful version of yourself yet?

  • @lyn1114
    @lyn1114 6 лет назад +11

    Scishow host: "Go get started."
    Me: "You don't know me!"

  • @PuppetPlaysMC
    @PuppetPlaysMC 7 лет назад +21

    Me: *watching this video*
    Me: *remembers homework*
    Also me: Shit.

  • @lilacosmanthus
    @lilacosmanthus 8 лет назад +245

    Hard work pays off later. Procrastination pays off now.

    • @Bob-yp9wt
      @Bob-yp9wt 8 лет назад

      😂

    • @edsoderlind7568
      @edsoderlind7568 8 лет назад

      what?

    • @meitang1438
      @meitang1438 8 лет назад

      +ceffydriver that would be saddness, maybe I might be productive, RUclips is my unproductive time machine

    • @zebedeesummers4413
      @zebedeesummers4413 8 лет назад

      +ceffydriver we would have another thing to distract us

    • @meitang1438
      @meitang1438 8 лет назад

      +Zebedee Summers but a world without ze frank, vlogbrothers, wheezy waiter, sounds really bad. Especially since I can only put off work with Facebook for only an hour when with RUclips I can do eight

  • @AndrewKnesse1
    @AndrewKnesse1 7 лет назад +1344

    Im putting off doing my work whatching a video about putting off your work how meta is that?

    • @StupidArtOnlineGaming
      @StupidArtOnlineGaming 7 лет назад +8

      Me too!

    • @ff-cr9ym
      @ff-cr9ym 7 лет назад +5

      me too ._.

    • @erquilt
      @erquilt 7 лет назад +5

      me too DX

    • @lootjunior
      @lootjunior 7 лет назад +7

      dammit, should'Ve read this before making my comment, but yes me too

    • @ucid5363
      @ucid5363 6 лет назад +3

      Andrew Knesse OMG same im supposed to be completeing 5 pages in a text book😂😂

  • @ale_hondra
    @ale_hondra 7 лет назад +20

    this video has been on my watch later playlist for like 5 months now.... lol

  • @MrEdwardhartmann
    @MrEdwardhartmann 4 года назад +5

    found this three years ago - finally got around to watching it - really good!

  • @ElectrumHD
    @ElectrumHD 8 лет назад +567

    Finals week: the best moment to release this video.
    DAMN YOU, SciShow!!!

    • @Zeldur
      @Zeldur 8 лет назад +3

      +ElectrumHD Where are finals going on? I've been out of school for over 2 weeks now.

    • @ElectrumHD
      @ElectrumHD 8 лет назад

      In Quebec, Canada, but my program finishes a bit later than others

    • @hellothing
      @hellothing 8 лет назад +1

      IKR LOL

    • @seabb
      @seabb 8 лет назад

      Ugh, I have them in two weeks

    • @hellothere4858
      @hellothere4858 8 лет назад +2

      first exam in two days
      dont make me realise im procrastinating

  • @maddiie4737
    @maddiie4737 8 лет назад +696

    I'm procrastinating by watching a video about procrastination

    • @a.f.2330
      @a.f.2330 8 лет назад +4

      same here

    • @PerrinPansy
      @PerrinPansy 8 лет назад

      I procrastinated watching the vid.. I got the notif and now it's 11PM and I have school in the morning..

    • @MinecraftVideoHunter
      @MinecraftVideoHunter 8 лет назад +1

      +Lovesick Poison I'm procrastinating by commenting on a procrastination comment under a procrastination video I just watched

    • @Efreeti
      @Efreeti 8 лет назад +1

      +Lovesick Poison Go get started!

    • @Nalijay
      @Nalijay 8 лет назад +1

      +Lovesick Poison Damn, he's onto us!

  • @CrabOnABeach
    @CrabOnABeach 4 года назад +6

    I like the
    "future you
    ...is also you". The way you said it made me laugh

  • @user-pn9zf2lj4c
    @user-pn9zf2lj4c 4 года назад +17

    Every time I procrastinate something important, i always get through it and get it done last minute
    Which is why I don’t think I’ll ever stop procrastinating

  • @ianm.5631
    @ianm.5631 7 лет назад +373

    One time I needed to do a essay but instead I was learning French

  • @elviswjr
    @elviswjr 8 лет назад +153

    I have to admit, I've been putting off watching this video.

  • @NJ-wb1cz
    @NJ-wb1cz 7 лет назад +42

    I'm just an amateur crastinator, so this doesn't concern me.

    • @toonedin
      @toonedin 4 года назад +6

      You mean i-am-crastrinator? That sounds like a crazy invention of Doofenschmirtz, lol.

  • @Drizby
    @Drizby 7 лет назад +7

    this has been in my watch later playlist since it was uploaded. finally watching now

  • @vixxcelacea2778
    @vixxcelacea2778 8 лет назад +165

    Chronic procrastination is often correlated with depression. This is a long rant about how much procrastination sucks, it's not really light hearted with jokes about procrastination. But I wanted people who are here who have an issue beyond the joke to know you are not alone and to maybe explain how serious it can actually be.
    Also, procrastination just fucking sucks. There is no use for it, everyone thinks you are undisciplined, lazy, useless etc.
    I've often met people who are procrastinators who have been abused, who often have a incentive to avoid negative feelings.
    It's less about realizing that it will go away, procrastinators know it will not go away. They are scared of failing or succeeding.
    1.) You write a difficult paper. It was the best you've done, you worked so hard and yet only got a C-. For once you didn't procrastinate. The day it was assigned, you studied, researched and did you absolute best. That C- means you don't pass, likely due to procrastinating in the past. You feel everything was for naught and wish you hadn't wasted time trying and stressing. --- Fear of failure
    2.) Same as above, but this time, you got a B, allowing you to pass and actually do pretty well, as well as boosting your self confidence. But you remember how incredibly difficult it was to do that paper at all, and now you must keep up that level or go higher to stay where you are or to even improve and if you can't, you will drop down to where you were, despite the work you put in. If you fail, you're either back to square one, or took two steps back, because then people saw that you can do it, and this time you didn't --- Fear of success.
    You're damned if you do and damned if you don't if you fear both scenarios.
    I wish there was some serious in-depth study on this to FIX it. Because this shit ruins peoples lives. Some are on the street because of depression mixed with chronic procrastination. A fear to try because you may fail, and/or a fear to try because you'll succeed and may fail in the future.
    There are countless instances when people have ruined their lives because of procrastination. lost relationships, jobs, even things they want to do. This isn't some pass off of people not having will power (which clearly if the functions in the brain are not doing what they should, the person has no control anyway. If it's genetic or having to do with brain function, neither are in your control.)
    The ONLY thing I've found to help if you procrastinate at all, or have chronic procrastination is not the usual BS of make a plan (that rarely works for people with procrastination that damages their life quality) is to do ANY little thing you can. Need to get some food? Do it now. Need to grab a blanket? Do it now. Really small things people think is easy, but for many with this basically brain malfunction, it's hard to retrain the mind to function semi-normally. After you get used to a habit of just doing things when needed (only small insignificant stuff) it can help. Also, encouragement from others does too. And fuck anyone who tells you something is not progress. Celebrate the little stuff, no matter who you are or what your issues maybe. Progress is still progress, even if after you take a step or two back, you still went forward, you CAN do it again.
    Oh and easier said than done. My biggest bane in life is keeping up with any habitual pattern.
    All I can really say, is good luck and find people who are happy for you moving forward, no matter how small a step it maybe and remember to push yourself in turn to get better.

    •  8 лет назад +9

      Thank you for these words! Even if not procrastrination is the main problem in my (or anyone's) life, you wrote great things that can be useful for everybody.

    •  8 лет назад

      +György Mohl *-r

    • @MaggoTDiluteD
      @MaggoTDiluteD 8 лет назад +7

      +Vixx Celacea "And fuck anyone who tells you something is not progress."
      A health worker told me that something I did was very small and insignificant. I stopped talking to that guy real fast.

    • @vixxcelacea2778
      @vixxcelacea2778 8 лет назад +8

      +MaggoTDiluteD That's so incredibly rude of them. It's not their call to judge what progress and success are because they are not you and neither of those are linear nor universal. Anything you do, that pushes you forward to a better you or just making things better is a success in my book. And not to get too sappy, but everyone would be better off if we just acknowledged that people trying at all, even when they fail, is amazing. And failure is actually not terrible. We all fail. Learn from it, not put others or yourself down, ya know? And even if you don't get the lesson the first time, that's also part of the process.
      We spend so much time putting others and ourselves down and it doesn't help. In fact, it makes things worse.
      Good for you for cutting them out of your life. Even if they meant well like most do, it still was not okay to say that.
      Anyway, I'll stop ranting. I'm just glad to hear people can relate to all this.

    • @radozvan
      @radozvan 8 лет назад +6

      +Vixx Celacea This comment has more content and meaning than the fucking video above.
      +1

  • @TheOriginalEviltech
    @TheOriginalEviltech 8 лет назад +143

    Procas... propras... oh fuck it, i'm just going to nap for a bit.

    • @TheOriginalEviltech
      @TheOriginalEviltech 8 лет назад +1

      +Eviltech Procrastinate? There i copy pasted it!

    • @Warm_Ice0
      @Warm_Ice0 8 лет назад +2

      did you just...replied to yourself?

    • @TheOriginalEviltech
      @TheOriginalEviltech 8 лет назад +13

      +Daniel Esen J. Oliviėr Yes. Yes i did. Too lazy to remove my name from the answer.

    • @Warm_Ice0
      @Warm_Ice0 8 лет назад +1

      Eviltech 😂😂

    • @clowntrooper61
      @clowntrooper61 8 лет назад +1

      You're lazier than me

  • @retroruin4917
    @retroruin4917 4 года назад +5

    RUclips utilizes passive aggression to get me to do homework

  • @dancecarlos
    @dancecarlos 4 года назад +2

    Procrastination is also a sign of deep sadness that has not healed yet. In other words, sadness or grief can hold back someone from doing things she/he needs.

  • @TheRandomvideos10000
    @TheRandomvideos10000 8 лет назад +53

    Was I the only one procrastinating by watching this video instead of doing my schoolwork?

    • @TheRandomvideos10000
      @TheRandomvideos10000 8 лет назад +1

      +Ethan Winsborrow never mind I just looked at the comments and a bunch of people did procrastinated! XD

    • @brcha
      @brcha 8 лет назад

      +Ethan Winsborrow Yeah, I think I'll search the interwebz on how to cure procrastination now that I've seen this video. It is important to know all the different methods :)

    • @zoggeris
      @zoggeris 8 лет назад +2

      +Филип Брчић I bet you do that instead of doing something productive. Countering procrastination can be productive though... :P

  • @IsaiahHollins
    @IsaiahHollins 8 лет назад +213

    Nara Shikamaru
    Laziness is the mother of all bad habits. But ultimately she is a mother and we should respect her.

  • @lelap.1486
    @lelap.1486 6 лет назад +15

    I need to do my social studies homework, but hey, look, a video on procrastination!

  • @superacion-personalcom4533
    @superacion-personalcom4533 5 лет назад +4

    Hahaha, " and if you're watching this video to procrastinate on something"... GO GET STARTED!!! . Loved it. ,,,,,👏👏👏

  • @AndyWelsh94
    @AndyWelsh94 8 лет назад +191

    I'll watch this later..

    • @nandoginkaku7610
      @nandoginkaku7610 8 лет назад +2

      i saved the video for today. just watched it

    • @emelycastellanos4467
      @emelycastellanos4467 7 лет назад +13

      Bruh, this has been in my watch later list for so long

    • @nandoginkaku7610
      @nandoginkaku7610 7 лет назад +7

      Cant beat that. Your lvl of procrastinaton is unreal

    • @wristogon7998
      @wristogon7998 6 лет назад

      Why would you procrastinate something not stressful, unless you’re lying

  • @lucaromani2168
    @lucaromani2168 8 лет назад +345

    I'll watch this video later

  • @findyourpassion8722
    @findyourpassion8722 Год назад +3

    I feel that procrastination is an addiction. Overcoming an addiction is always hard.

  • @ncheerleader
    @ncheerleader 3 года назад

    I'm getting started! Thank you!

  • @gol.drodger5261
    @gol.drodger5261 8 лет назад +88

    watching as i procrastinate...

  • @origamikatakana
    @origamikatakana 8 лет назад +133

    [insert original joke about currently procrastinating here]

    • @0pinion8ted
      @0pinion8ted 8 лет назад +29

      +origami katakana Maybe later

    • @vossboss220
      @vossboss220 8 лет назад

      +David Levey XD

    • @DontezMorristez
      @DontezMorristez 8 лет назад +1

      +David Levey you won this comment section

    • @MrMamfbr
      @MrMamfbr 8 лет назад

      +origami katakana jokeception

    • @loganmw
      @loganmw 8 лет назад

      I was going to type a joke... Eh, maybe later.

  • @Vanagandr99
    @Vanagandr99 7 лет назад +62

    All I do is procrastinate, I have severe anxiety and depression..and ADHD Q_Q But I am working on it so I can always say well I have a reason to be that way and I am working on it which is procrastination in it self..But I am realizing the problem..

    • @cmcculloch1
      @cmcculloch1 7 лет назад +1

      same here exactly

    • @Vanagandr99
      @Vanagandr99 7 лет назад

      Well, we are on a good way I guess :3

    • @RandyKalff
      @RandyKalff 7 лет назад +1

      Acknowledging the problem is the first step to solving it.

    • @Vanagandr99
      @Vanagandr99 7 лет назад +1

      Randy Kalff True, first you have to realize you have one and than make steps to solve it. I am in therapy and work therefor on getting better because I want to.

    • @iggyt6666
      @iggyt6666 7 лет назад +1

      Fuchs aus dem Wald use the 2 minute rule. It made wonders for me.

  • @baranorak4080
    @baranorak4080 6 лет назад +6

    "I never procrastinate!" *watches video while supposed to be studying*

  • @cremist7921
    @cremist7921 8 лет назад +60

    I'm procrastinating by watching this video. I could fail my class if I don't finish this project, but oh well. It's not me, it's an evolutionary trait!

    • @exielawestcotthale7732
      @exielawestcotthale7732 8 лет назад +5

      I'm Procrastinating too. let's stop it together. Although.... we could also just watch one more video. Or two.

    • @cremist7921
      @cremist7921 8 лет назад +5

      Exiela Greengrass
      or twenty.

    • @exielawestcotthale7732
      @exielawestcotthale7732 8 лет назад +1

      ***** ... u do understand, that that was a joke right?

    • @kawaiiblu3517
      @kawaiiblu3517 2 года назад +1

      so… howd the project go

    • @cremist7921
      @cremist7921 2 года назад +1

      @@kawaiiblu3517 I'm about to start on it in a few minutes

  • @CrazyCristof
    @CrazyCristof 8 лет назад +131

    I have a project due in 2 days...
    BETTER WATCH SOME SCI-SHOW HURR-DURR

    • @Super900k
      @Super900k 8 лет назад

      +LeCristof same

    • @andrewmcbride88
      @andrewmcbride88 8 лет назад

      +LeCristof you might learn something to assist with the project. you might.

    • @Super900k
      @Super900k 8 лет назад

      lol what is your project about?

    • @CrazyCristof
      @CrazyCristof 8 лет назад

      Super900k It's a research paper on juveniles in prison.

    • @chefd4498
      @chefd4498 8 лет назад

      +LeCristof you got this buddy were pulling for you!!

  • @BerryCran420
    @BerryCran420 7 лет назад

    f you haven't it heard it yet today, Michael Aranda you are awesome!! Thanks for being that way!!

  • @youthfulchristianenergymot1460
    @youthfulchristianenergymot1460 5 лет назад

    This was a great video man thank you guys so much

  • @icantthinkofaname1483
    @icantthinkofaname1483 8 лет назад +197

    Got 2 finals tomorrow, I better go watch a SciShow video about procrastination

    • @MrDelord39
      @MrDelord39 8 лет назад

      lmfao

    • @MollyM2
      @MollyM2 8 лет назад +5

      Same fam

    • @JohnDoe-rd4nv
      @JohnDoe-rd4nv 8 лет назад +1

      +Molly Moriarty are you Jim Moriarty's sister or something (if you know what I mean)!! ;)

    • @MollyM2
      @MollyM2 8 лет назад

      +Felipe Marinho challenge accepted

    • @sleep3417
      @sleep3417 8 лет назад

      +Felipe Marinho i'll prove that i can!

  • @susanherbert4151
    @susanherbert4151 7 лет назад +226

    Did this guy procrastinate highlighting the left side of his hair?

    • @robertornx
      @robertornx 5 лет назад +10

      Yes. And he is procrastinating by letting his beard just partially shaved.

  • @susannarin
    @susannarin 5 лет назад

    Glad I found this. I really needed it right now

  • @wallpapereye
    @wallpapereye 3 года назад

    Great video! :) love you guys!

  • @SpartaSpartan117
    @SpartaSpartan117 8 лет назад +9

    Watching this instead of doing a physics problem set.

  • @ReasonMakes
    @ReasonMakes 8 лет назад +91

    You present this kind of stuff so clearly and without bias. Really well done guys

    • @matthewanderson2231
      @matthewanderson2231 8 лет назад +1

      +Vaysm Couldn't be better said!

    • @Felix-lv1ub
      @Felix-lv1ub 8 лет назад

      ...How can you be bias in this subject?

    • @Felix-lv1ub
      @Felix-lv1ub 8 лет назад

      ...How can you be bias in this subject?

    • @Felix-lv1ub
      @Felix-lv1ub 8 лет назад

      ...How can you be bias in this subject?

    • @ReasonMakes
      @ReasonMakes 8 лет назад +9

      +h3h3Productions I was mainly referring to the fact that Michael Aranda referenced three different sub-fields instead of accepting one as the best. SciShow is recognizing that it's a complex study, and they're being very honest in their communication of that fact by describing what we know in this way. Submission to authority (of a particular field) would be an easy mistake here.

  • @AyodejiAwosikaCreates
    @AyodejiAwosikaCreates 4 года назад

    Love the video and use of illustrations!

  • @Ewr42
    @Ewr42 6 лет назад +1

    I added it to my watch later playlist 30min after the video came out, still gonna procrastinate watching it. see you guys next year or the next

  • @Zigby_
    @Zigby_ 7 лет назад +154

    What if future me also doesn't give a shit

  • @KristenMiner3
    @KristenMiner3 7 лет назад +600

    did anyone else save this video to watch later? 😂

    • @laartje24
      @laartje24 6 лет назад

      Kristen Miner Yes I did to not procrastinate my school assignment.

    • @Becca_Lynn
      @Becca_Lynn 6 лет назад

      Kristen Miner yes 😂😂

    • @froyo0007
      @froyo0007 5 лет назад +2

      @Student i have 888 videos to watch later

    • @lalbiakzualachhakchhuak9958
      @lalbiakzualachhakchhuak9958 5 лет назад +1

      Have you watched it?

    • @viincentlim
      @viincentlim 5 лет назад +3

      4300+ videos not watched on watch later

  • @middleearth8809
    @middleearth8809 4 года назад

    This was the best explanation of procrastination I have viewed yet. Thanks guys.

  • @axeljoly3553
    @axeljoly3553 6 лет назад

    i have had this video in my tabs for 3 months. I'll watch it some day.

  • @Eleziea
    @Eleziea 8 лет назад +64

    I procrastinate because thinking about the things I have to do brings me a lot of stress.

    • @288theabe
      @288theabe 8 лет назад +1

      +eleziea Me too!

    • @xirkoon
      @xirkoon 8 лет назад

      +eleziea please can I interview you? I am researching procrastination... if you agree please message me on facebook.com/xirkoon

    • @phil0x2e
      @phil0x2e 7 лет назад +1

      Exactly the same here..
      I don't want to think about it because of the stress, what brings even more stress in the end.. It's a circle, that only stops after failing that exam, what brings a lot of relief, even though I feel bad about it for a time, that I didn't learn enough to do it.

    • @Dantick09
      @Dantick09 7 лет назад +2

      Yup, me too. The more I think about it the less I want to get started

  • @johng7410
    @johng7410 8 лет назад +59

    Had this video in my "watch later' playlist for a while now I should probably actually watch it.

  • @davecullins1606
    @davecullins1606 5 лет назад

    I'm proud to say I planned to watch this video after I finished my work period, and I did actually follow through on that!

  • @Cabalex
    @Cabalex 5 лет назад

    thanks, everyone on earth needed this

  • @augustinetoth8715
    @augustinetoth8715 8 лет назад +76

    I should do homework. I just finished the video. *starts terraria*

    • @Zeldur
      @Zeldur 8 лет назад +1

      +Augustine Toth At least it's not Stardew Valley. I've already got 119 hours in it and most of it was this past week. *Looks at my Terraria hours* oh... right... I got 408 hours on that.

    • @augustinetoth8715
      @augustinetoth8715 8 лет назад

      +ZeldaInuYashalover 523 hours in terraria...

    • @alvinsward6351
      @alvinsward6351 8 лет назад

      I have over 600+ hours on Payday 2

    • @augustinetoth8715
      @augustinetoth8715 8 лет назад

      +Gabe Newell damn

    • @alvinsward6351
      @alvinsward6351 8 лет назад +2

      Augustine Toth its an addiction
      *the voices must be satisfied*

  • @pramitbanerjee
    @pramitbanerjee 8 лет назад +66

    my problem is that i procrastinate when the deadline is coming. I dislike deadlines. When i have a deadline, i feel pressured to do that job, and that pressure gives rise to stress, and stress gives rise to procrastination. This happens till the stress builds up so much that i am forced to do the work (which is at a time 1 hour before deadline usually). When i don't have deadline, i don't show procrastination or show it much less frequently.

    • @pushkarbhargiri498
      @pushkarbhargiri498 8 лет назад +14

      The opposite happens to me. When I have a deadline I think "Shoot I need to finish these papers." If there is no deadline I will procrastinate until I give up.

    • @ChiragNinave
      @ChiragNinave 8 лет назад +6

      I have the same problem. Deadline causes me procrastinate more in general. Especially my end-semester submissions. :v

    • @vmwindustries
      @vmwindustries 8 лет назад

      Nobody likes deadlines, but you have to do it, and if you start earlier. The better the outcome is. Building things for example, you always find unexpected problems along the way.

  • @LennyThroughParadise
    @LennyThroughParadise 6 лет назад

    Thanks, I’m gonna get started.

  • @ricardasj4503
    @ricardasj4503 7 лет назад

    Very helpful episode. Made me think and see myself in a different light.

  • @wayinlove
    @wayinlove 8 лет назад +33

    Here comes all the jokes about everybody Procrastinating while watching this video

    • @xehP
      @xehP 8 лет назад +1

      +wayin love legit, that's most of the comments above and below yours. hahaha

    • @Ubeogesh
      @Ubeogesh 8 лет назад +1

      *not eve watching

  • @PtaszekZPtasiegoMleczka
    @PtaszekZPtasiegoMleczka 8 лет назад +40

    EIGHT MINUTES?! I'll watch this later...

  • @bananaZn
    @bananaZn 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video, just watching this helps me already. I feel less alone with my procrastination problems, knowing that there are other people who deal with the same problems.
    In my time at uni it often got pretty serious, I often put exam preprarations off until the very last days, sometimes even only 1-2 days before the exam, so I had to study the whole semester within that time, which is actually crazy now that I think about it again xD
    So unite my fellow procrastinators, let's defeat our inner demons and get to work! Best of luck to all of us! :)

  • @mehganl5202
    @mehganl5202 6 лет назад

    Procrastinating right now by watching this then scrolled down and added several other videos to my watch later playlist. Uhh trying to revise for a exam but apparently, to me knowing how pi can explain everything and the 5 greatest hacks of all time is more important than that. Congrats to you guys, have such a great channel that's a great place to procrastinate. Bye (for now) I'm now gonna try and revise/study.

  • @andrewb1870
    @andrewb1870 8 лет назад +98

    i have finals now but wut ever

  • @mvemjsunp8
    @mvemjsunp8 8 лет назад +11

    I'm NOT procrastinating while watching this.

  • @anansii9140
    @anansii9140 Год назад

    this was actually so useful and easy to understand
    thank youuu

  • @Samantha-gm8kv
    @Samantha-gm8kv 7 лет назад

    thank you this video was so informative and helpful

  • @BiggWhyte
    @BiggWhyte 8 лет назад +20

    I'm a master procrastinator. I'll tell you why later.

  • @psammiad
    @psammiad 8 лет назад +74

    In a sense future you isn't you...

    • @GelidGanef
      @GelidGanef 8 лет назад +4

      +psammiad You can never step into the same river twice...

    • @lucasg.5534
      @lucasg.5534 8 лет назад +6

      +GelidGanef yes you can

    • @lucasg.5534
      @lucasg.5534 8 лет назад +2

      +AmracX ahh, I get it now! Thanks! 😊

    • @youmaycallmeken
      @youmaycallmeken 8 лет назад

      +psammiad That's true but at the same time, everything in the universe exists for a time, so we all have changes but for everyone, our timeline (with all its changes) is what comprises each person's life.

    • @GelidGanef
      @GelidGanef 8 лет назад

      Lucas G.
      It's a buddhist saying. I think it also implies that, by the time you step into the river the second time, you're not the same person anymore either. Everything is always changing.

  • @AnirbanChatterjeeIndia
    @AnirbanChatterjeeIndia 6 лет назад

    Excellent as usual.

  • @BrentE79
    @BrentE79 6 лет назад +1

    I'll have to add this one to my Watch Later playlist. Thanks. I'll be back eventually to sort through what you want to teach me.

  • @codywolfe6498
    @codywolfe6498 8 лет назад +34

    I'm watching this while I'm neglecting math homework

    • @BBBuilds12
      @BBBuilds12 8 лет назад +2

      But math is great

    • @adamrunyon4091
      @adamrunyon4091 8 лет назад

      +BenCubed nerd

    • @BBBuilds12
      @BBBuilds12 8 лет назад

      +Adam Runyon true I love math

    • @danielbody6051
      @danielbody6051 8 лет назад

      +BenCubed Maths is one thing I will never neglect. Unless its analyzing a statistical report. Then I'll procrastinate all you like...

    • @knightingshadows5474
      @knightingshadows5474 8 лет назад +2

      +vincent roosmalen Math is awesome. To be honest, I procrastinate with other subjects, but Math is the subject that I procrastinate the least on

  • @kal3n87
    @kal3n87 8 лет назад +172

    2:14 that's a sexy cave-woman

    • @NickPapagiorgio777
      @NickPapagiorgio777 8 лет назад +7

      +Kalen Wilson -_-

    • @latchkeyTK
      @latchkeyTK 8 лет назад +18

      agreed

    • @kal3n87
      @kal3n87 8 лет назад +6

      +Shithead McDipshit #NiceShirt oh i know what you mean sir ;)

    • @GreywardenRimu
      @GreywardenRimu 8 лет назад +1

      ikr LOL

    • @ZombieDragQueen
      @ZombieDragQueen 8 лет назад +12

      +Kalen Wilson
      That's not a cave-woman, but an avatar of a goddess manifesting herself as a combination of Sophia Myles and Amanda Seyfried to teach men about the power of boobs and femininity. Look how the men to her right are exalted in her presence, while the child to her left is unmoved, blasé like "Yeah she's pretty I guess? I just don't see what the fuss is all about." And the other men telling him "wait till you hit puberty".

  • @athanasiosdourouklis8913
    @athanasiosdourouklis8913 6 лет назад

    Brilliant video!

  • @Mrclingerful
    @Mrclingerful 5 лет назад

    Excellent video!

  • @Miranox2
    @Miranox2 8 лет назад +41

    Every time one of these videos appears, it's filled with comments about people procrastinating by watching the video. I thought maybe SciShow would be less affected, but it seems I was wrong. I overestimated you people.

    • @Lorenzo_631
      @Lorenzo_631 8 лет назад

      its underestimated not overestimated sorry i just had to

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 8 лет назад +13

      Jordan J
      Actually not, I clearly meant overestimated as in *I expected better and you let me down*. hence I *over*estimated.

    • @tungstenivoxide2407
      @tungstenivoxide2407 8 лет назад +15

      I'll write a cunning and witty response to this later.

    • @Lorenzo_631
      @Lorenzo_631 8 лет назад +1

      +Miranox oohh you're pretty high up there on that horse aren't you

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 8 лет назад

      Jordan J
      Apparently not following the flock now gets me accused of arrogance. That says more about you than it does about me.

  • @EvelynNdenial
    @EvelynNdenial 8 лет назад +5

    "you have trouble with procrastination? try not procrastinating" what i got out of this video

  • @apozvoice
    @apozvoice 7 лет назад

    the "go get started" at the end actually worked.Thanks SciShow! xD

  • @FishGuts92
    @FishGuts92 6 лет назад

    I added this video to my life advice list. Yes I watched it. Pretty eye opening.