if you’re aprocrastinator, you may have asked questions like “why do I procrastinate so much?” or “why do I keep procrastinating even though I know that it’s bad for me?”. Likewise, if you’re trying to help someone else stop procrastinating, you may ...
While benefits of laziness are many, laziness itself is neutral. The specific context in which we feel lazy, the particular task at hand, the length of time we procrastinate for… All have an impact on how useful or not laziness can be. When manipulated as a tool — with caution, control...
This is like scientists toiling over how that kid who sits next to them in class is so smart and keeps doing so well on the tests, and even though they keep studying diligently, they can’t do nearly as well as that kid, and then they finally decide “k fuck it I’m just gonna c...
Does he also procrastinate a lot? ime you see this in people who want everybody to like them and don't ever want to say, 'actually I don't want to help you with that' - but don't want to do it either. I bet he grew up in a home where the sky fell down if anyon...
We’re all busy, which means even for something as simple as a three-minute self-gratitude exercise, we can easily get distracted or procrastinate. And one of the biggest causes I’ve seen of people not sticking with their self-gratitude exercise is that they can’t find their notebook!
The subtleties of work ethic, like a knack for deep focus or a propensity to procrastinate, should also be a major part of the discussion, as should natural abilities beyond talent, like savvy and likability. Qualities related to persistence, like resilience and determination and patience, should...
I’m bringing it up, if you must know, because writers who procrastinate so often create characters that procrastinate. Seriously, it’s one of Millicent the agency screener’s most frequent complaints about how novelists and memoirists plot books: characters irk her by sitting around and thinki...
C.Say Goodbye to Procrastination.D.Want to feel good now? Procrastinate. 4. What should David do if he wants to stop procrastinating on a writing task? A.Put on some soft music to help think actively. B.Switch off the light before he goes to bed at night. ...
”“I can’t think of anything to paint.”“My brother is moving out.”“I’m overtired from sleeping on the floor.”“My art teacher died.”“I had to help Dad with his walk-in bath.”“I couldn’t find my sketches from last year.”“My brushes are in too poor shape.”“My ...
(classic cook traits) important weaknesses. The subtleties of work ethic, like a knack for deep focus or a propensity to procrastinate, should also be a major part of the discussion, as should natural abilities beyond talent, like savvy and likability. Qualities related to persistence, like ...