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I think procrastination is simply a meachanism to avoid dealing with stressors, and sometimes too goes to far and becomes habitual.
by platz 10y ago
I think procrastination is simply a meachanism to avoid dealing with stressors, and sometimes too goes to far and becomes habitual.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoI think procrastination is something we've be taught to believe is bad, where as I'm with Naht Hanh on this one: we don't need any reason to sit, we can just sit because we enjoy sitting. We don't need to be avoiding anything, or trying to achieve anything. We don't need to always be achieving something or working toward something, or putting something off. That thing we think we should be doing? Well, if you leave it till the last minute it will only take a minute to do. Yeah sure, hand in the assignment on time, fix the leaking roof, but it doesn't all have to be done right now.
- platz 10y agothis sounds like you've not suffered from acute procrastination if it has not negatively affected your life.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoAuto-resolving low grade acute procrastination, for sure. Chronic low grade procrastination, for sure. Severe acute? Probably. It's the severe chronic you need to look out for.
- gohrt 10y agoWhy not do it in a minute now, and then be done?
- Retra 10y agoBecause if you're done in the first minute, you might feel inclined spend the next ten chasing perfection. If you're done in the last minute, you spent the next ten doing something else.