Why Do You Procrastinate?

I procrastinate because everyone around me keeps changing the definition of the deliverable — or doesn’t think abou it until after I have worked hard to try ot meet my understanding of what they wanted. I really hate wasting my time and my work.

ALso, sometimes I look like I am procrastinating while I am actually processing in background — whe I get started, I have already worked it out in my mind — even when it looked like I was doind nothing — thinking IS a real task!

I often procrastinate because I build up the task in my head to be more than it actually is. It’s like creating a self-made barrier by imagining the task is going to require an unaccomplishable amount of additional work. In reality the task is often very doable in a relatively short amount of time. I often do this with household and home-repair sorta tasks. I have created for myself a to-do list which has at this time become a stress-point for me because of the sheer size of it! I feel motivated though today, so I’m going to see how many items I can knock off the list. I always feel better after getting things done rather than procrastinating about them.

I procrastinate because I put too much things on my to-do list and then realize that I can’t do them all. So I many time to reschedule tasks and think about what to do first. and then the working day is over…

The unit in which I work is not a controlled environment. Interuptions by staff and patients (health care setting, laboring and delivery) alway supercede what is in front of you.

I looked at the poll choices and realized there is one specific activity that I procrastinate with, and I chose other since all of the above applied. My job requires that I do cold calling to generate sales.

There is something about waiting until the last minute that makes me more energized to do my work…I always feel like I work better/harder under pressure. Not a very good excuse…but it works for me.

I am not sure if it really is procrastination, but given that the day is not long enough, with the things I have get done each day, I prioritise, and some things just get left behind, as they are not as time-critical or risk-bound as others. They get done, but later when I can spare time.

I agree with (6) Lynn — when I am under pressure to perform, I am much more creative. Maybe it is because I worked in print/advertising for so long that I am more accustomed to meeting hard deadlines than I have to deal with in my career now.

I proscratinate for another reason, also — and that is boredom.

I procrastinate when I cannot visualize the project, meaning I cannot determine what the end result should look like nor the path to get there.

It’s a combination of many reasons for me, too. Peter Stockland, Editor-In-Chief of Reader’s Digest, wrote in an editorial in the Canadian edition a few months ago that, “[it is] my conviction that procrastination is the unsung parent of impeccable timing.” Don’t you love it? … But I must admit that procrastinating does weigh me down; I suspect I’d be better off with less of it.

#6 and 8 have it right
its the greatest excuse and it works- i do so much better

After giving it much thought, I realized I procrastinate because its the only way to control all of the tasks I have to do on a daily basis! I guess I just feel like I have little control over my life at this point……. Most Iimportantly Old Habits Die Hard!!!!!