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This technique by John Perry (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Stanford) actually makes sense: http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/ http://www.structur
by sn41 6y ago
This technique by John Perry (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Stanford) actually makes sense:
http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/ http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/
The idea is that we'd rather be doing something else. For example, currently, I am postponing grading. So I don't mind doing a peer review of a paper. When that's the thing that's due, I'd rather be doing something else, and so on. You get work done by rearranging stuff :)
- tartoran 6y agoI usually procrastsinate till it’s very close to the deadline and have no problem doing it then, with a bit of stress. In general if I work on a couple of projects/tasks simultaneously I find it much easier to build up momentum to start pecking at the least pleasant of the tasks. If there is only one I have a harder time getting started and find myself doing anything but what I should be doing.
- tawtawtaw 6y agoAgreed, I find it quite manageable to make time for a heavy workload, but any time management ability goes out the window when I only have a few small things to do.
- purplecats 6y agoI didn't read the article but I do something similar. I like to cap how long I will probably spend on a project (ranging from minutes to months) and start right before (deadline - expected duration). I find there are no issues with discipline or motivation at that point. There are some downsides to this, but it prevents me "working" on it for months and trying to perfect it. why spend 2 months on something that I could do in a week if I wanted to.
- smallnamespace 6y agoDon't miss the article, it's hilarious.
- codeisawesome 6y agoHahaha I would’ve missed out - thanks for the call out!