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Isn't procrastination a way of converting painfully boring tasks into fun adrenaline rushes? It seems like a pretty good evolutionary adaption: I perform better
by cylinder 11y ago
Isn't procrastination a way of converting painfully boring tasks into fun adrenaline rushes? It seems like a pretty good evolutionary adaption: I perform better when all my senses are elevated, so why not?
Problem arises when you don't have a hard deadline (I.e., you are only accountable to yourself).
- otoburb 11y agoAdrenaline junkies injecting excitement into boring tasks makes a lot of intuitive sense for some of my own selectively chronic procrastination.
- thanatropism 11y agoWhich is why on the worst of days I set up timers. "Ok, I'm going to work for 15/20/30 minutes straight and then I'm kicking up my feet". I always keep going after the timer goes off.
- tmrmn 11y ago>Isn't procrastination a way of converting painfully boring tasks into fun adrenaline rushes? must be one of my new favourite quotes. Thanks for this gem
- ljf 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11514937 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11514937