Tips for fighting procrastination.

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This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
tips ?

-Moa Dragon


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Words to the wise, "Mils Michael" <mickmils@hotmail.com> wrote:

>This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
>procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
>tips ?

I would like to help you but at the moment I am having dinner and then
I have to rest.

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"Mils Michael" <mickmils@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
> procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
> tips ?

What the hell is "procrastinating"?

LVD

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"Tormod Haugen" <tormodh@GOOGLES_POPULAR_EMAIL.com> wrote in message
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> Lord Vashnu Dragon wrote:
>> "Mils Michael" <mickmils@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news99j06$1n5$1@news.tiscali.fr...
>>
>>>This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
>>>procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
>>>tips ?
>>
>>
>> What the hell is "procrastinating"?
>>
>
> 'Tis when you do something else when you really should be doing something
> else... (doh)
>
Ah, I see. 'Tis a horrible word if you ask me. Which you're not, but
anyway.
I brief look at that word makes me think of urinating, or some sort of
prostate cancer...

LVD

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Moa Dragon wrote:
>This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
>procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
>tips ?

Hire someone to beat you up if you do not meet your deadlines, I think
that is the one sure fire way to do it.

I find that when I can make myself do something before doing anything
else that helps me get to work on it. That only works if you can break
up your work into manageble bits.

Lots of people make a list or schedule that might help.

Cutting off your usenet access might help.

Good luck.
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:47:07 -0400, "Lord Vashnu Dragon"
<lordv@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>
>"Mils Michael" <mickmils@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news99j06$1n5$1@news.tiscali.fr...
>> This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
>> procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
>> tips ?
>
>What the hell is "procrastinating"?
>
>LVD
>
Look it up later.
-=UDIC=-
Optician Dragon
"Life Is Like A Can Of Tuna Fish - Sometimes It's Good, Sometimes It's Not So Good"
-Alfred E. Neumann

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Eek! Lord Vashnu Dragon wrote:
> "Tormod Haugen" wrote...
<snip>
>>> What the hell is "procrastinating"?

That's something it can't happen to you when you are on the bed. You know
you should refrain but it just goes off anyways. The opposite of that is
procrastination.

>> 'Tis when you do something else when you really should be doing something
>> else... (doh)
>>
> Ah, I see. 'Tis a horrible word if you ask me. Which you're not, but
> anyway.
> I brief look at that word makes me think of urinating, or some sort of
> prostate cancer...

For some reason I think you have a much higher rate to get prostate cancer
than us.... Go seek a doctor to do a probe for you. Don't procrastinate.
Do it NOW!

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"Polychromic" <macecil@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:47:07 -0400, "Lord Vashnu Dragon"
> <lordv@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mils Michael" <mickmils@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news99j06$1n5$1@news.tiscali.fr...
>>> This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
>>> procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
>>> tips ?
>>
>>What the hell is "procrastinating"?
>
> It's like Amateur Crastinating but you get paid to do it.
> You know being crass? Now imagine making a living by being that way.
> Sheeesh. Obvious.

Thanks for clearing everything up. Heh!

LVD

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> This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
> procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
> tips ?

Yes. Break projects up into smaller achievable goals. Work on those
*daily* until the entire project is complete - then move on to a new
project.


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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:32:55 +0200, "Mils Michael"
<mickmils@hotmail.com> wrote:

>This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
>procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
>tips ?

I have a little booklet called "Stop Procrastinating. Do It!" Except
I never finished reading it.


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Ashikaga wrote:
> Eek! Mils Michael wrote:
>
>>This is getting serious. I'm willing to stop
>>procrastinating.... tomorrow. Anyone have decent
>>tips ?
>
>
> Whenever you have the urge to search the Internet for silly links, just say
> no.

Now where's the fun in that?

-Lumina Dragon

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Lumina Dragon wrote:
> ERIMESS!!!!!
>
> Where ya been? Haven't seen you lately. Plan on returning Weyrside?
>
> -Lumina Dragon

I smell reply day.

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Words to the wise, Lumina Dragon <kewhitte@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Comes outta Latin. "pro" being one of their prepositions, and I can no
>longer remember which one. "cras" being "tomorrow".

"pro" roughly means "for".

>Incidentally, in addition to being the Typo King, I am the patron saint
>of procrastination.

Yeah, move your hard disk around, finally

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Helgraf Dragon wrote:
> Lumina Dragon wrote:
>
>> ERIMESS!!!!!
>>
>> Where ya been? Haven't seen you lately. Plan on returning Weyrside?
>
> I smell reply day.

Yeah, I have become rather erratic in my appearances. I fondly remember
the days when I had enough free time to do this every day.

As long as I don't vanish again, all will be well.

And maybe I can eventually clear my backlog. Then I'd have less posts to
worry about in general, and could be here more often.

Alas, it is that very procrastination Moa speaks of that stymies my
efforts. I see how much remains, and so put much of it off for another day.

-Lumina Dragon

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Words to the wise, Lumina Dragon <kewhitte@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>Incidentally, in addition to being the Typo King, I am the patron saint
>>>of procrastination.
>>
>> Yeah, move your hard disk around, finally
>
>Without any of the stuff we said I'd need, it's hardly feasible.

Its just a cable?

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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:33:45 -0500, Lumina Dragon
<kewhitte@hotmail.com> wrote:

>erimess wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 20:40:53 -0500, Lumina Dragon
>> <kewhitte@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>ERIMESS!!!!!
>>>
>>>Where ya been?
>>
>> I have been off bemoaning the fact that I disappeared again right
>> before Ultimate Jeapardy that I missed! :-) (I've been off slowly
>> playing on my own and have only gotten two things so far anyway.)
>
>Heh. Let me know how you did when you finish?

I got a big four of them. :-) I got Pits of Carnage, Tower of
Knowledge, Dorna Ironfist and lizardmen. And I thought I must've been
wrong on the lizardmen cause I thought it was way too easy, but that
was worth 1600 points!! I also would've gotten the 3rd card in Exodus
except I misread my own hint file that I wrote. :-) And of course, I
would've taken advantage of the situation and asked Who was Brion.
LOL.

BTW, two years ago you said I should've been able to play through U5
by the next one. I haven't even played U4 yet. <blush> But you just
wait, some day I will get through all of them and then beat the pants
off everyone! :-)


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are, in best sense, ever present because immortal.
~William Penn
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Help with Procrastination – Read the Cases!
Procrastination can be what makes the difference between a successful you and a typical you. I mean, we all have stuff to do all the time, and we do things that we hate doing and sometimes we delay the things that we truly dislike hoping that they will take care by themselves. The thing is, once this happens with just about everything in your life, you should really start worrying since procrastination may be knocking on your door. Procrastination is what makes life stressful and annoying, it what takes your free time away, and sends your opportunities out the door. Now you understand why it is so important to stop procrastination at once. Since procrastination presents itself in numerous forms, within this article we shall discuss about some of the most common types of procrastination, and how to overcome them. However, before we start, understand that in order to stop procrastination you have to really want to get ahead, you should want to really have your life organized in a way that will allow you to do the things you need to do and want to do.
• Dealing with the little things
In order to stop procrastination you have to understand why the little things should be dealt with at the appropriate time. You see, often when we have a huge project, we only take care of that and forget the little chores. The unfortunate part is that even if we forget about them, we still have to do them at one point or another - meaning that these will remain similar to some little irritants that will constantly prick on you. Soon, the little thing you delayed doing in the first place will increase your stress levels, will become bigger than it was due to the short time span remaining, not to mention the rest of the side effects such as goofing off on your big project and so on. The truth is, as soon as you start working on that little thing you realize it was not was bad as you thought it was in the first place. The easy solution for this case is never to leave the little things behind – in order to stop procrastination, it is easier to do the little things before you start the huge project, because after you actually finish them, you can take of whatever is important for you in peace and quiet.
Another way to stop procrastination with these types of situations is by adopting the “Do It Now!” habit – doing it right will add to a sense of righteousness, not to mention that it will improve your morale along the way. Oppressive, useless weight will be lifted from your shoulders, and you will finally be able to focus on the really important things in your life.
I will suggest you really good site which will really boost your self to overcome so called Procrastination

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It is a long post, maybe he started in 2005.