Procrastination

[LifeLine]

Do you procrastinate? When I have a paper to write or a job to do, I put it off to the very last minute. The work is usually so boring and time-consuming. Do you procrastinate and can it be a good thing to procrastinate?

 

[s0nystyle]

well since i AM here and not doing my work.............. does that count as procrastinating?

 

[LifeLine]

Let me get back to you on that one...

 

[Fallenman]

I procrastinate. All the time.

But I'm beginning to think that procrastination is just a quality that goes across the board.

 

[intuitivet]

I do in my own way. I get work done really fast so I have more time to play (sadly work is never ending for a biology student ;__; )

 

[Philosophyking87]

I have a huge problem with procrastination. In fact, it interferes with my ability to live a normal life, it's so bad. I am super lazy, leisurely, and always put everything off until the last moment. In fact, I'm supposed to be busy right now!

 

[Thread Killer]

I procrastinate therefore I am.

 

[WorkInProgress]

It's really bad. I tell myself it's all in my head and anyone with a hint of willpower can conquer it, yet my id continues to whoop my superego's ass every time!

Blame faulty parenting. (yeah, that's it -_- )

 

[Toad]

This topic has been done to death! TO DEATH I SAY!!! arrrrghhh matey!

 

[Red Devil]

Aye. The question here should be : Is there anyone on here who DOESN'T indulge in this evil?

 

[citrusbreath95]

I do essays in the class before the class it's due , yep, major procrastinator here.
Procrastination seems to be highly frowned upon, but I think it depends on the individual. For me, and I'm sure many of you, I do best when I procrastinate as I don't have time to second guess my work, and I get better, more creative ideas when working close to deadlines. Yet, for others, they may get mindblocks when working this late. Mild stress usually brings out my best work

 

[Saeros]

I'll procrastinate later...

 

[Cogwulf]

I'm struggling at the moment because up until recently I've been able to procrastinate and still succeed, at now I'm at a level where I need to work to succeed

 

[Philosophyking87]

I'll procrastinate later...

LOL

 

[Midus]

Why do now what I can hastily finish an hour before its due. This and attendance are the two biggest reasons for my horrible grades in college now.

 

[The Lurker]

I procrastinate because I work more efficiently and sometimes more creatively under the pressure, though this isn't always necessarily the case. Some of my best and worst work was done at the last second. It's gotten to the point where I find it extremely difficult to will myself to get most things done earlier.

 

[Ska]

I must say, this MBTI stuff is not very helpful when trying to get stuff done

 

[Puffy]

I think the very nature of this thread is an act of procrastination

 

[Keary]

I alway leave things until the last...


...minute

 

[walfin]

It's a matter of priorities, that is all.

System Idle Process is at the top of the list.

 

[Moocow]

I don't procrastinate. That's right.

In fact, I enjoy myself a lot these days because I've learned to simply remove work from the picture as soon as possible, so there's no stress degrading enjoyment of my free time.
I've never pulled an all-nighter, and I sleep heavily.
The energy I regain from sleeping well helps me complete my work quickly and effectively. Procrastination is a downward spiral of wasting time and needlessly stressing yourself out. It contributes to depression, generalized anxiety, and laziness.

 

[Dogod]

Sometimes.
Sometimes, I have an urge to just not work.
Other times, I have an urge to just get it done so that I don't have to work later.
It depends on what I feel like doing at the time. I generally get it done either way, the question is do I relax before or after. Sometimes, I go on a work spree, and I just want to get everything done, and I finish up almost everything for the week, other times I go on a relaxing spree and finish everything last second.

 

[Mary]

If I'm given the work in school/class, I try to finish it there. If I don't finish it at school I do it the next day at school before class. I only work at home if it's a large project/something that requires the computer. If I need to do it at home I procrastinate a LOT.

 

[durentu]

willful procrastination can be a good thing, but in the general sense, it's not. Time management is life management. Procrastination is a mark of some sort of irresponsibility and if harbored too long, becomes some sort of mental illness.

 

[Thoughtful]

I do... and a few days ago I think I figured out why. My mind works quickly, and I tend to hop from one Idea to the next. I focus on my current thoughts, and while I may get back to an unfinished task eventually, Once I start something new, It's unlikely.

The funny thing about the INTP mind is that you can have a tab explosion without a computer. Once I get homework for instance, I can either do it all right there, or I can let my mind wander, If I let my mind wander, I won't get back to it until it becomes urgent.

The trick to accomplishing anything as an INTP is to start something and stay at it until it's done. If I take a break, especially if I'm on the internet or reading a book for that break, I'm screwed.

 

[bloozie]

There's this article about two different types of procrastinators... Read it!

Are You A Procrastinator Or An Incubator?

I would say that I could fall under Incubator.

 

[Ska]

There's this article about two different types of procrastinators... Read it!

Are You A Procrastinator Or An Incubator?

I would say that I could fall under Incubator.

I would say I definitely fall under this category...I don't often miss deadlines, but I do wait until the last possible minute to start working. Often times I will think about a project I'm putting off several times before I actually get around to starting it. My work always is thorough and consistent, though - I couldn't have it any other way. But yea, a looming deadline is the ultimate motivator. Perhaps we know subconsciously that nothing will motivate us like a deadline and that's why we push it off?

 

[chuhulil]

Procrastination. I do too much of it. I'm doing it as I wite this message, and chances are, I"m doing it 23/24 hours a day.

I'm really making an effort to try and not do this anymore. It's really difficult to do schoolwork by putting it off until the last minute. I've learned my lesson doing that and I'm really making an effort. I think it's been working, seeing as I've been slowly improving.

 

[DesertSmeagle]

I procrastinate until the last minute, then i explode and get the work done..did it all through highschool, and got A's on every project and report i did....homeworks a different story..homework is the reason i only had a 3.1 gpa...college now and everythings online..submit all my papers online by midnight the day they are due...works beautifally with procrastination....gotta spam that inuition.

 

[zink2040]

I definately procrastinate, at work and school. I trick myself at work by trying to find a better way to do something, but just doing it the old way would get it done sooner. At school I dont start work on my homework because usually its somewhat tedious. I have better results by completing my homework at work before I go home. I also noticed that I have a complex about my homework, because I make a lot of mistakes by overlooking 'insignificant' details, also, there are a lot of things to figure out that I may not be particularly interested in at the time, or I dont feel adequate to solve it in a timely manner, so again I go back to this self-doubt and self-hatred, "If only I was smarter!". So those feelings made me avoid my homework. I have been doing better recently though by understanding my type, and hearing similar experiences I am beginning to be more accepting. So, as a result, so far its been working better. The other thing that helps, I give myself a deliberate reward for just getting stuff done. I take less time to do my homework by admitting sooner when I am stuck, and yes, getting help, which somehow seems shameful.

 

[Farion]

Did I already post here? I could swear that I did.

Anyways, the short answer is yes, and the long answer is hahahahahahaha yes. Honestly I should stop, but I have some sort of crazy luck, so I can't. Well, I won't. Or I can't, I've never really tried (seriously tried, I mean, not that little "Oh, I'll do this when I get home so I'm not up till 2. I don't need to watch TV right away. It can wait. Oh, but I need to eat really quick. It'll just take a second. Might as well watch some TV while I'm eating.") to bring out my inner INTJ.

 

[Mota]

I'm pro procrastinating. And i've always been proud of it. Being able to write a paper off the top of your mind and turn it in with out proof reading and still recieve an 80% or better was always good for me. But sometimes the procrastination, is not a good thing when it comes to paying bills or doing laundry...Having to wash 100lbs a laundry at one time is a real pain in the ass.

 

[Chewy]

I've heard other types say that the 'P' in INTP stands for procrastination.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

I thought it stood for prodigy.

 

[Farion]

I think both.

 

[CoryJames]

I do procrastinate, badly, but I do not labor under the impression that it is okay or that it helps, as someone naively said before. The ability to rethink and revise your work directly affects its quality. Any work apart from multiple choice benefits from additional time to think it over and edit it.

I admit, many times I have been pressed for time on say, a paper (the example most suitable for my argument), and come up with a great idea, a fabulous idea on it, and perhaps the realization of that great idea did somewhat come as a result of its impending necessity. However, pressure for time does not, has not, and will never (and yes, I choose to argue in absolutes here) help someone write a paper. Clarity and persuasiveness of one's expression of their idea is tantamount in importance to the idea itself. A brilliant idea that is expressed in a manner that is unclear will usually earn a grade (which I realize is not of the utmost importance to all people, especially not INTPs) that is equal to or worse than a shit idea covered in gold leaf and wrapped in silk with lace frills (which is what kids today call "bullshitting", something I am sure every procrastinator is familiar with).

 

[Coolydudey60]

I do very badly, to the point of not having enough time to finish something properly... Now I'm procrastinating cause I need to get to bed...

 

[quietgirl]

The reason that INTP's have no sense of serial time is because we are intelligent enough to realise that time is

a) not universal despite the insistence of giant clocks plastered around every city and every form of media drummed into us second by second.If it was the drumming would not be neccessary

b) non linear

c) able to be traversed depending on how strongly we are able to control all of our senses, not just the five that are labelled by common language . Hence why many INTP's feel convinced that if they try hard enough, they can move objects. It is also why INTP's detest pretention. We know that power is within us and see no reason to look to shallow external carrot/sticks.

d) multi dimensional, and that two dimensions can be experienced simultaneously. INTP minds are excellent at doing this. Our brains operate on very different planes to our bodies.

http://www.imranhosein.org/books/78-surah-al-kahf-and-the-modern-age.html

Download the ebook at the bottom of the page.

Then realise why the clock drummers do not want people reading The Qur'an. And why there are so many athiest trolls on every INTP site.

It is why some of the worlds top neuroscientists are being tortured day in, day out by clock drummers in the name of "security".

http://www.draafia.org/

I've had enough of this bs. The answers are all here.

It just takes scientific minds to see. Hence why true scientific minds never feel at peace being fed bs make believe science in pop institutions.

Read between the lines. Get with the programme "intellectuals".

The "take over the world" syndrome is there for a reason. It is because INTP's are the closest to understanding reality.

 

[Glordag]

Rest assured, my procrastination has NOTHING to do with my understanding of space and time. Though, if I put off going to bed to read about such a thing, I might make some progress...

 

[quietgirl]

There is order to everything. The fact that so many people with the same abilities enounter the same experience is not down to knowing that everything is too easy, although our egos would have us believe it.

It is actually down to knowing that everything that we already know through pop education/ culture is not worth persuing.

If we encounter knowledge of any genuine value, INTP's can rarely turn away from it.

 

[SQ_Minion]

The reason that INTP's have no sense of serial time is because we are intelligent enough to realise that time is

a) not universal despite the insistence of giant clocks plastered around every city and every form of media drummed into us second by second.If it was universal, the drumming would not be neccessary

b) non linear

c) able to be traversed depending on how strongly we are able to control all of our senses, not just the five that are labelled by common language. Hence why many INTP's feel convinced that if they try hard enough, they can move objects. It is also why INTP's detest pretention. We know that power is within us and see no reason to look to shallow external sources.

d) multi dimensional, and that two dimensions can be experienced simultaneously. INTP minds are excellent at doing this. Our brains operate on very different planes to our bodies.

http://www.imranhosein.org/books/78-surah-al-kahf-and-the-modern-age.html

Download the ebook at the bottom of the page.

Then realise why the clock drummers do not want people reading The Qur'an. And why there are so many athiest trolls on every INTP site.

It is why some of the worlds top neuroscientists are being tortured day in, day out by clock drummers in the name of "security".

http://www.draafia.org/

I've had enough of this bs. The answers are all here.

It just takes scientific minds to see. Hence why true scientific minds never feel at peace being fed bs make believe science in pop institutions.

Read between the lines. Get with the programme intellectuals.

The "take over the world" syndrome is there for a reason. It is because INTP's are the closest to understanding reality.

You seem to me schizotypal.

 

[quietgirl]

Me and a billion other human beings...

 

[quietgirl]

*cue onslaught from trolls and people who have never seen the inside cover of a Qur'an*

A philosophical perspective can only be questioned by those who understand* it.

*Understanding is not comprised of reading newspaper articles written by philosophically defunct journalists, watching mockumentaries counting on sensationlist ratings or reading best selling "based on a true story" books.

 

[Anthile]

*cue onslaught from trolls and people who have never seen the inside cover of a Qur'an*

A philosophical perspective can only be questioned by those who understand* it.

*Understanding is not comprised of reading newspaper articles written by philosophically defunct journalists, watching mockumentaries counting on sensationlist ratings or reading best selling "based on a true story" books.

Yes, yes. Everyone who disagrees with you is dumb and evil, I get it. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Next customer, please.

 

[Glordag]

Yes, yes. Everyone who disagrees with you is dumb and evil, I get it. Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Next customer, please.

Ohhh! I want one! Do they come in forest green? I need a medium, please.

Actually, it's holiday season. I'll take 10.

 

[Amor Anti]

My only motivation for not procrastinating is the possibility of sleep.
ie "If I start now instead of at 11:00, I might get six hours of sleep instead of three...."
But now it doesn't seem to be working...I just procrastinate anyway, then eventually decide it's not worth doing at all, and go to bed. Or take a nap when I get home and still don't feel like working when I get up.

Yeah. Pretty bad.
/failure.

 

[snafupants]

^ And on the eighth day, god invented naps. Problem solved, temporary pain beforehand, not so much. Procrastination is a defense mechanism for me: when an activity is beyond my abilities, the ego kicks in and says worry about it later. Confidence retained.

 

[SkyWalker]

I think the reason for procrastination is:
we are avoiding the pain of losing our precious processing time on the wrong task.

others that are able to do mundane stuff feel the pleasure of task completion, but we dont feel that, we only avoid the pain of the wrong task.

our task scheduling mechanism is avoiding the wrong task, while that of finishers is pursuing the right task. although finishers finish faster, they can get trapped in the wrong task, we cant get trapped in that because we constantly question why (not) to finish it.

sometimes, when the pain (how wrong the task is) is low then it is indicating to us that this particular task is not that bad (since it is never good), then we are able to hyperfocus on it like no one else

 

[BigApplePi]

Do you procrastinate? When I have a paper to write or a job to do, I put it off to the very last minute. The work is usually so boring and time-consuming. Do you procrastinate and can it be a good thing to procrastinate?

I procrastinate because I try too hard to get it just right. I haven't learned being too late ain't quite right.

 

[DannyBoy]

Yeh guilty