I have realized (or I am just restating for the record) why I procrastinate so much.
there is nothing more motivational like a deadline.
I work better when I focus.
I focus when something needs to be done.
Things tend to need to be done closer to when they are supposed to be done.
But the intelligent person would get it done as soon as possible, leaving time for contingency, and if everything is cool, it is done early and there is extra time to relax.
Experience dictates that you can only go as fast as your slowest person, so if the slowest person takes your early completion to the end of the deadline and then it is discovered that the "complete" document needs to be revised and then you are rushing at the end anyways...
but at that point at least you caught the error before it gets migrated to the next stage and you saved money because then you do not have to take it back for rework...
but where is my point?
oh.
I do not think I have one.
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In any case... I think that maybe procrastinating is not the best method to motivate one's self.
I will begin administering shock treatments to myself in hopes that negative reinforcement will cure me of this dreaded character trait...
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but I will do that later....
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"Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now"
-despair.com
Monday, July 12, 2004
motivation...
posted @ 10:11 by ryan in [ A journey into the mind... ]
