Friday, April 28, 2006

you talking to me?

I found an interesting article while surfing instead of reconfiguring investment strategy. It all sounds very familiar:
Procrastination is not just an issue of time management or laziness. It's about feeling paralyzed and guilty as you channel surf, knowing you should be cracking the books or reconfiguring your investment strategy. ...

"The main reason people procrastinate is fear," says Neil Fiore, Ph.D.. ... "Procrastinators fear they'll fall short because they don't have the requisite talent or skills. "They get overwhelmed and they're afraid they'll look stupid." ...

Children of authoritarian parents are prone to procrastinate. Pychyl speculates that children with such parents postpone choices because their decisions are so frequently criticized--or made for them. Alternatively, the child may procrastinate as a form of rebellion. Refusing to study can be an angry--if self-defeating--message to Mom and Dad. ...

Several symptoms of depression feed procrastination. Decision-making is another problem. Because depressed people can't feel much pleasure, all options seem equally bleak, which makes getting started difficult and pointless.


I looked in vain for the second page telling you how to stop being a procrastinator :-(

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I read Neil Fiore's book, The Now Habit, which has some ideas on how to stop procrastinating. But mainly I ended up needing to go to my school's counseling service to talk out what I was feeling and why with one of the therapists there. Not sure if that's an option for you, but as a pathological procrastinator myself (hopefully recovering), I wish you luck...