Introductions and Procrastination Discussion

Hi! 

As I write this I'm 'procrastinating' from something else..  namely, I'm in the supposedly-last year of my degree program and the work has become largely self-paced.  ..Terrible for me!!  Not sure what else to say, but I did want to post in the intro forums before posting elsewhere.

25 yo, California, USA

Hello, fellow comrades:

 I'm very happy to be here. I was just accepted in the forums :D. Thanks a lot to Pro for the service :).

Hello,

Just joined so perhaps a little introduction is in place.

I'm expecting an important health-related email from my mum this week, and she'll be very upset indeed if I don't reply.

 I have a huge amount of resistance to interacting with my parents - email is the only contact we have at the moment, and I often don't reply to emails for weeks or months. Probably goes without saying on this forum, but please could I ask that you don't try to make me feel more guilty about this than I already do, because it'll make it even harder for me to face dealing with it.

Hello, 

I am another person born on planet procastination.  I have ADD so I get distracted easily.  I'm getting down to the extreme wire on getting my grad school applications in.  I have so much to do and it just keeps happening.

My biggest trap is procrastinating getting started for the day until the last possible minute.  Once I get started, I'm usually good to go, but in the morning I often end up finding distractions and so I am often not even dressed until afternoon, even though most weekdays I'm up decently early.

So, I graduated. I did this, by procrastinating like there was no tomorrow, and pulled through so last minute that I did not get into the Masters-Programme, simply because bureaucracy is not adjusted to procrastinators and I didn't get a verification on time.

Sadly, that was so devastating and dissappointing I completely forgot to be happy about having managed to graduate, but then Procrastination tends to eat away happiness in achievements.

O.k., so I know the way resolutions normally work is that one makes a change STARTING on New Year's Day. 

But I have a resolution that I need to make UNTIL New Year's Day!  From now till then, I have the holidays, a trip and a new job to get ready for.  So, my resolution is to go off of web surfing through Jan. 1.

Ground rules:

I came to a realization today.

I'm a college student... a graphic design major. This means I get a lot of big, long-term projects. I often have 4-5 weeks, or even more, to work on things. This should be plenty of time, if I pace myself right. But, of course, I do little to nothing until the last minute.... usually (ok, ALWAYS) staying up all night the day before a project is due. 

The reason I don't start sooner is that I get really anxious about the projects... And not starting them means (temporarily) that I don't have to deal with that anxiety.

Hi,

I've signed up here 2 years ago, posted a few times in the daily check-ins, but overall haven't done much. :/
I try getting more organized, try setting up schedules, try staying away from the internet at work, but whatever I do, I still fail over and over again.

I try to set up rules like not staying up all night, but in moments like right now, when I have to finish something (or feel like I have to finish something), I bend them and try to force myself to get things done, despite it rarely working and me ending up either not doing the job or doing it last minute or late again...

I am a 44 years old guy from Germany, so I am not a native English speaker.

Three years ago, I lost my job as a web developer, which I was able to hold for nearly eight years, constantly battling procrastination. Finally procrastination won. I was not able to start new projects any more. This state persisted, so my boss had no other choice than to fire me. I have been unemployed since then, partly because I procrastinated on job search, partly because it is nearly impossible here in Germany to get another job if your resume shows that you failed in one.