Procrastinators Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from chronic procrastination.

Introductions and Procrastination Discussion

If you're just joining, please introduce yourself here. This is also the section for general discussion about procrastination topics - articles you've read, questions, thoughts, insights, etc.

Fear of failure fear of sucess fear of dissapointment

28 April, 2009 - 6:10pm - simonm

It is often imformative to think of self discovery as like peeling back layers on an onion.

When I started to look at my procrastination it went somthing like this.

Procrastination -> ill feeling about completing urgent tasks -> Avoidance -> facing fears

At this point I started to face many fears in my life and started investigating my childhood and shooting down fears I had had like ducks in a row.

Did this stop my procrastination, hell no, but it was the most useful procrastination activity I had ever had.

Hi I am new (Simonm)

28 April, 2009 - 5:23pm - simonm

I am a chronic procrastinator, I have also made alot of bad decisions in my life. Currently I feel like my life is falling apart.

In one sense I feel that all the bad things that are happening to me at the moment are like a test of my courage to start to face my fears and most importantly my fear of failure.

I have come to the conclusion that my procrastination derives from the fact that I have never really known what I want. In a sense I have never been my own person so I have just drifted along anyway the wind blows.

ADDICTION!

28 April, 2009 - 5:38am - simonm

The fact that Procrastination is an addiction is a revalation to me. Yet interstingly just before finding this site I started to feel an attraction towards 12 step programs I guess somewhere in myself I knew it was a psychological addiction all along.

In one of the articles I read that the core of all addictions is that we feel we do not have any idea what we really want to do in life. Right now I am trying to find my rudder in life and I am now sure it is based on helping others some how.

Hi I am new

26 April, 2009 - 9:03pm - trinitygrace

Hello everyone! I am new and a chronic procrastinator. I am trying to break this horrible habit. It has definitely affected all aspects of my life. Does anybody have any tips/tricks to overcome this horrible habit? Any good sites/books to read? I would greatly appreciate any and all advice you guys have. Thanks!

Hi everyone

24 April, 2009 - 6:12pm - rainflowermoon

Hi everyone, I'm lousy at introductions, but I'm glad I found this place.

I live in the US, and I am a college student with a disability.  

I'm here because I want to get a handle on things BEFORE they go nuts...

I'm a procrastinator, BIG TIME!

Am I in the right place?

I'm dissatisfied with this totally imperfect subject line

24 April, 2009 - 9:07am - h.perfecto

First I'm having a lot of trouble even writing this introduction. 
I've been lurking on the sight for a few days now and have been
planning on introducing myself since I discovered it.  I just took
forever composing the subject and editing as I go to get to this
point, of course!  I'm actually finally not procrastinating because I want to do
this right now.

encouragement slides

23 April, 2009 - 4:49pm - siouxzqueue

 i would love to have a group of PA locally, so i could attend weekly (or daily) for support...

Slips of paper?

22 April, 2009 - 2:55am - domani

Maybe encouraged by entering this forum, this morning I chopped slips of paper of different colours and wrote some tasks on them. I read somewhere that this can help. Did someone here try it and found it beneficial in some ways?

I divided the colours into: green- important for me, personal goal, priority. Red: house - keeping priorities blue- less important day - to day tasks yellow- gratification (e.g. have a walk, buy yourself something you need etc..)

Cycle of Diappointment

21 April, 2009 - 9:36pm - ktgato64

Introduction

21 April, 2009 - 4:59pm - domani

I want to say hello to everyone here. I've got tears in my eyes, because finally, it feels good.

Introduction

21 April, 2009 - 4:06am - Deej

Hello. As you'd have guessed this is my first post having just come across this site. Before I go on I want to applaud the site's creator and all those that contribute - thankyou.

So I figure I've always been a procrastinator, or at least since high school. Back then as I recall, I would start an assignment enthusiastically but soon loose interest and end up rushing it the night before resulting in crappy work. I guess this is not an uncommon experience here.

future orientation

20 April, 2009 - 1:18pm - siouxzqueue

 in my research on procrastination, it seems that we procrastinators have a high 'past-orientation' and a low 'future orientation,' i.e. we tend to ruminate on past events (either positively or negatively, it doesn't matter) and have trouble being 'forward thinking' or visualising things in the future....this is certainly true of me.

how/where to find a good coach?

19 April, 2009 - 1:13pm - siouxzqueue

hi everyone,

does anyone have suggestions for how to find a good coach? ideally, i'd like to find someone who is part therapist/part organizational consultant. i think i need someone who has an understanding of compulsive avoidance behavior, but also someone who can give me some practical tools, specific suggestions given the particulars of my life (children, graduate school, etc.)...and most of all, i think i need some kind of face-to-face accountability/cheerleading.

Newbie

18 April, 2009 - 3:11pm - siouxzqueue

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the site, and like some of you, I am a chronic procrastinator...in fact, even right now I'm procrastinating and not doing an assignment that is a week late...:( 

Hello

17 April, 2009 - 4:04pm - ktgato64

 

Introduction

16 April, 2009 - 4:02pm - sorciere

 

Hi all:

I've just joined this site a few minutes ago, and that only within a half hour or so of finding and exploring it...just about the only thing I haven't procrastinated about this week!

Hi Fellow Procrastinators!

15 April, 2009 - 8:17pm - ProcrastWriter

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to post this message to say Hi, it's nice to "meet" you all and I look forward to giving--and getting--all kinds of ideas and advice for overcoming procrastination.

I'm an up-and-coming fiction writer...but my procrastination usually gets the best of me when it comes to fiction. So I'm hoping this forum will help me with that.

jen

Wrestler says hi !

13 April, 2009 - 3:22pm - wrestler

For those on PA and other programs - how do you handle feeling paraylzed between them?

13 April, 2009 - 11:20am - tramseyer

I have other habits besides procrastination that I'm working on changing. Underearning is one of them.  Being codependent is another. 

This morning as I'm chugging along, the phone rings. Answering machine picks up, and it's the temporary agency I work the most for.  

Introduction, and a cry for help

12 April, 2009 - 6:11am - AmberUK

Hi

My name is Amber. I
procrastinated my way through my degree, back in the 90's. At the time I didn't
realise what I was doing, I just thought it was part of me being a poor
student. So after my degree I managed to avoid any form of exams and stress.

 

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