Introductions and Procrastination Discussion

I've been using this website for about a week now, and I think using the chat box has really helped me focus on minimizing unproductive, non-focused activities. But yesterday I had an argument with my significant other, and it has really been gnawing on me. My significant other is really frustrated with my procrastination to the point of it threatening the continuation of the relationship. Even so, rather than working on anything in particular, today I really wasted time -- watching TV, playing video games, chatting...

Does anyone else do this?

I sometimes get requests to do translation work. And I might have two or three jobs in my "que." It makes sense that I would do the one due first, first, but as a way to procrastinate doing the most important (or most urgent) one, I do the one that isn't due until much later. I don't think it's just because the second one is easier or more interesting. Somehow I am resisting or defying what is the logical order to do the work in.

Hello, it is very nice to meet you all. My name is Brenna and I am new to this site, please welcome me nicely. I am currently a highschool student living in Canada and I hope to get rid of this procrastinating problem of mine. I've never joined a site like this before, so I hope I can quickly learn how PA works and accomplish my goals.

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Hi there! We just had a business meeting today in the chatbox after the recovery meeting, and we want YOUR input on some stuff!

Well, I've been procrastinating for a long time now and nothing that I've tried has worked. But I've just picked up this book recently and it's helped a little but I have a long way to go. My mom doesn't understand me and she lives far away and I don't have much in the way of support. Please help me...

Hello. I've been a member of the site since early summer, and sporadically done check-ins (which are quite helpful, when I do them ;-)). Right now I'm thinking about the relationship between depression and procrastination, and how I use them to excuse one another.

I'm skipping school right now because of this problem. I know thats horrible and I feel guilty and ashamed for having done this. But I couldn't deal with the embarassment of being left behind in my pre-calculus group again and being ignored because I didn't do the homework and I couldn't contribute to the group. I haven't done any homework for economics and there's a test today, so I don't even know what the material is on. I fear even on this website that I won't find someone I can relate to and I'll be looked down on.

Hi everybody!

I'm relatively new to PA, but one thing I'm already starting to realise is that TV - or the 'idiot box', as one of my friends calls it - is one of the pillars of my procrastination problem... I think about the things I need to get done, then I turn on the news  for a minute... and then I get sucked in... before I know it I've lost hours to 'Bones' or 'Lie to Me' or some other rubbish!  So I'm thinking of quitting TV altogether. I'm going to try to leave it turned off completely tomorrow - it will be my first attempt to go 'TV-free' for 24 hours...

A recovering friend once took me through a little exercise. I was in the same self-lacerating mode — mercilessly berating myself for alternating sessions of procrastination and fruitless, obsessively perfectionistic work — that I've been in this week and couldn't get out of that mindset. Called him, overcoming tremendous resistance to doing anything kind for myself.