Right! So let's talk procrastination!
Day 1 of my Spring Break began just like any other day, 21+. I started with coming online and checking out my daily websites, one of which is Cracked. One of today's articles on the sight happens to be 5 Ways 'Common Sense' Lies To You Everyday and it was number 4, "The Nirvana Fallacy" that caught my attention in particular.
From the article:
Quote:
The Nirvana Fallacy is when you dismiss anything in the real world because you compare it to an unrealistic, perfect alternative, by which it pales in comparison. It wouldn't be a problem, except it keeps us from getting anything done.
For instance, procrastination can happen for a lot of reasons--you drank too much the night before, or you're feeling uninspired, or it's your first time doing gay porn and you're having second thoughts--but one of the most common reasons we procrastinate is fear that the end result won't live up to the "perfect" idea in our heads. Think about the writer friend of yours who has never actually written anything, because they're "waiting for the right idea" for a book to come along.
This is why people wind up living in their parents' basement, waiting for the perfect job, the perfect girl, the perfect friendship before committing to anything.
For instance, procrastination can happen for a lot of reasons--you drank too much the night before, or you're feeling uninspired, or it's your first time doing gay porn and you're having second thoughts--but one of the most common reasons we procrastinate is fear that the end result won't live up to the "perfect" idea in our heads. Think about the writer friend of yours who has never actually written anything, because they're "waiting for the right idea" for a book to come along.
This is why people wind up living in their parents' basement, waiting for the perfect job, the perfect girl, the perfect friendship before committing to anything.
Now I don't know about the rest of you, but Headhunter procrastinates ALOT. In fact, the reason I'm up now is because I should be:
a.) Looking for a new job (because I want to quit mine for lack of hours)
b.) Putting a dent in school assignments
c.) Putting a dent in one of the 5 story outlines I have in progress.
Instead, I'm surfing the net and leaving this for all you to read and I tell myself this because:
a.) Job hunting is mind numbing and hours of work can ultimately be for naught.
b.) I have a week of spring break
c.) No inspiration.
So instead, the minute this message is posted I'll probably do more web surfing before I go play a game or something until I get tired of it enough where I'll have no choice but to do at least one of these three things. Thing is, this happens often and I have no clue what to do about it sad
What about you good people?
Discuss, now or later:
1.) Procrastination and how you've done it before and will probably do it some time in the next 24 hours
2.) Why do you procrastinate?
3.) What do you do to try and combat it?
4.) Correlation vs Causation
5.) How Headhunter should be at the beach for Spring break, but isn't because of he fears Sharks and Atlanteans. But not pirates. Never pirates.
6.) Battlestar Galactica and how, after this week, Headhunter'll have to find something else to do on Fridays gonk
