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Going along with the thread that was started here. When I play a video game, it's the game I want to play at the time I want to play it and with the goal that

by gexla 15y ago

Going along with the thread that was started here. When I play a video game, it's the game I want to play at the time I want to play it and with the goal that I picked for that session. If I have to review a video game then I have all these choices largely made for me. The goal is to review the game rather than go for whatever I might want out of the game. The reality of our lives force us to do things which don't always align with what we really want to do. That's when I procrastinate.

hammock 15y ago
If I have to review a video game then I have all these choices largely made for me. Which plays into the whole "authority figure" thing that OP is talking about. My immediate reaction was to be skeptical, but I am starting to think OP makes quite a bit of sense.
mc32 15y ago
I think, for me, procrastination has to do with projecting complication into things. So, if I want to cook something new, I imagine needing to find the perfect recipe with the perfect ingredients, for example. But, then, there are times when I just decide to do it even if I'm missing ingredients or have not come across a recipe which makes sense to me. Powering thru. I think for the video game tester, if I were them, I'd project difficulty onto it. Finding the bugs, etc. Feeling like I might not be up to finding anything interesting. It's a bit of a fear of failing, in a way, till I felt, "I'm up to the task now."
- jodrellblank 15y ago
  I think, for me, procrastination has to do with projecting complication into things. So, if I want to cook something new, I imagine needing to find the perfect recipe with the perfect ingredients, for example. Need to... or else what? Instead of forcing onwards, ask yourself why you don't want to go forwards...
  - mc32 15y ago
    Else fail. A kind of set up fear of failing, I guess.
    - jodrellblank 15y ago
      That doesn't go far enough to do any good as an answer. What happens after (or during, or because of) failing that you are afraid of. What is it about failing that you are afraid of? (I'm not asking so you can tell me, I'm prodding you to ask yourself. To think "hey, I don't really know the answer to that. I wonder why I do feel this way?)

by gexla 15y ago

hammock 15y ago

If I have to review a video game then I have all these choices largely made for me. Which plays into the whole "authority figure" thing that OP is talking about. My immediate reaction was to be skeptical, but I am starting to think OP makes quite a bit of sense.

mc32 15y ago

I think, for me, procrastination has to do with projecting complication into things. So, if I want to cook something new, I imagine needing to find the perfect recipe with the perfect ingredients, for example. But, then, there are times when I just decide to do it even if I'm missing ingredients or have not come across a recipe which makes sense to me. Powering thru. I think for the video game tester, if I were them, I'd project difficulty onto it. Finding the bugs, etc. Feeling like I might not be up to finding anything interesting. It's a bit of a fear of failing, in a way, till I felt, "I'm up to the task now."

jodrellblank 15y ago
I think, for me, procrastination has to do with projecting complication into things. So, if I want to cook something new, I imagine needing to find the perfect recipe with the perfect ingredients, for example. Need to... or else what? Instead of forcing onwards, ask yourself why you don't want to go forwards...
- mc32 15y ago
  Else fail. A kind of set up fear of failing, I guess.
  - jodrellblank 15y ago
    That doesn't go far enough to do any good as an answer. What happens after (or during, or because of) failing that you are afraid of. What is it about failing that you are afraid of? (I'm not asking so you can tell me, I'm prodding you to ask yourself. To think "hey, I don't really know the answer to that. I wonder why I do feel this way?)