work procrastinators please join me

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While I was at school I was dreadful for procrastinating. Homework left til the morning it was due. Revising the night before (if I was super organised, morning of more likely!!!). I thought oh when I go to uni I'll be better. Nope. Stayed up all night to do essays the night before they were due. Did an MA. Same story.

I am now a fully grown adult woman in a fairly senior position. Am I any better now? Am I fuck!!! I leave stuff I don't want to do until I absolutely can't leave it any longer. And yet I have a reputation for being incredibly organised and super fast?! I genuinely don't know how I've got away with it so long. I'm starting to think I just work better under pressure.

Anyone else? Fancy joining my procrastinator's club?

I am terrible for this, exact reason I'm on MN now actually!

Same. I should be typing up board minutes.

Hi!

I think the more you get away with it the more you do it. I find it very difficult to summon the required sense of panic because I know from experience that I'll pull it out of the bag somehow - I mean, I wrote most of my MA dissertation the day it was due and got a distinction, so a minor work task shouldn't in theory be a problem, right?

However I've now reached a point in my career where I'm juggling too many things for this to work and really need to break the habit. I'd love to hear from any ex/recovering procrastinators.

Me! Though I'm a study procrastinator. Spent 2hrs this morning studying statute and equity (law) and for some reason I just can't motivate myself to pick the books back up and study civil and common law sounds riveting doesn't it?

Can I join?! Lol, currently at work, plenty of things to do but I'm not doing them. I always have big ideas, things I would like to get done, but time slips away...

I'm ignoring the 7 piles of papers on the floor, that I have started sorting (it was a 3' high pile that shifted and I HAD to take action and file some ) - but I will finish that later this afternoon.

I am getting better - especially since I made myself accountable to others by having a whiteboard on my wall rather than just lists on paper - as the deadlines now need to be anticipated and things done in advance or others can't do what they need to.

I should also have done a law course this autumn/winter, but I decided to avoid that and do a fun course (navigation for sailing) instead of a course that is "useful" for work purposes.....I'm hoping to get a transfer before next autumn and more pressure to do the law thing....

I have a pile which I've moved 3 times today, it's reducing slowly.

But I get married in 4 weeks and doing things for that are much more fun.

Yup.
Onenote is my friend. I have a to do list and I cross stuff off as I go along.

can I join you?! I’m actually procrastinating right now that’s why I’m on here. I’m supposed to sort out the crapload of paperwork sitting 3 feet away from me and instead I’m on here telling you all about it . Must. Get. Up. OffthisSofa.

I'm exactly the same. Leave it until the very very last minute and then have zero sleep until it's done. Means everything does in a bit half-done and not as good as I could do. Yet I get away with it every time and get praised. So there's no consequence and I do it again next deadline ....

It has become a way of life. I have no idea how to stop doing it. It's now reached the point where my own behaviour means I am really stressed in my job and am considering downgrading/part time/giving up entirely in order to reduce the stress. Stress that is entirely self inflicted through procrastination. Madness, but I don't know how to fix it

I actually did a few productive things this afternoon. Now I'm watching friends

I'm home based which doesn't help!!!

Main pile is down to 6" tall, and 3 boxes of shredding have left the office. But there are now roughly 25 smaller piles as things have been categorized.....but at least I can then file those.....