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A researcher has now found a mathematical formula for procrastination It's a pretty interesting article. I can say that I'm a procrastinator. I've been trying to convince myself that I work best under pressure, but the article states that if that is ur excuse for not doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done then u r definitely a procrastinator. Thinking back to the times when I did wait until the last minute to type a paper or doing something productive I can say that it never turned out to be the best. I went back to read some of the papers that i did at the last minute. Most were horrible. The article also breaks down the difference between procrastination and perfectionist. Most perfectionist aren't true procrastinators, so if that is ur excuse for sitting around flipping channels instead of getting work done it won't fly. Many procrastinators value today rather than tomorrow. This is quite interesting to me because on a grand scale I'm always thinking futuristic. I'm always thinking about tomorrow and next week and next month and next year, but I can't seem to make myself grade this stack of papers that I just got. I do agree that in order to combat procrastination one must have a plan. For example, because I know these papers will sit and sit and sit, I usually have to have another person with me to keep me motivated. This is the same way with cleaning. Sometimes I can't get up enough motivation to clean up unless I have another person present. He didn't say anything the article about pure laziness. I think sometimes I just don't feel like it. Is that the same thing as procrastinating?

Labels: grading papers, ugh

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