Procrastination

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kestrelcry said:
Not that it's useful for this particular paper, but you'd be surprised at how big a difference a 1.1/1.2 margin all around can make. Not a difference visible to the naked eye, but can totally boost you to that page length you need. Or so I've heard. Not that I've ever done anything of the sort. 😀
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Not that I've done anything like that either😉 but I think she had to submit it electronically...makes it a little more difficult.
 
Lol, yeah there was no way of cheating...she said she's going to check to make sure margins are 1" every side
But in response to Marissa -- yes, I'm an undergrad ; but a busy undergrad. *SIGH*
A) I have a project from last sem that I have to finish for this sem
B) I have to finish up an article for publication with J at a hospital
C) I have to finish up a research project from last sem for this sem
D) I am going to be working with a person in the summer, and he wants me to send him a lit review of the thing we're going to be talking about
E) I want to get ahead during this break for next sem
I think I'm addicted to school.
 
my excuses for procrastination...

1) sick
2) jetlag

actually, i talk to my advisor about it, he says he has 3 pages of to-do, and he doesn't ever get through it, so he just does what is the most important and blows off/just barely gets the rest done. So, he basically told me research is more important than classes, and if I get all Bs, that is fine 😛

p.s. i hate classes. research is better because I don't have to do anything until the day before my meeting with my prof where I spend 3 hours looking for research articles/making up questions to present to my prof. It looks like I did the research in the past week.

yes, this probably means I'll be in grad school for 6-7 years, but actually, I really don't care because people don't care how long you've been in school (unless it is like 10+ years) but how many pubs you get out. and you have to do a post-doc anyway regardless. so why not take it slow in grad school? It's only going to be a race to get tenured after.
 
I suck. I said I was NOT going to procrastinate, yet I just spent 7 hours on this forum reading all the posts by a few posters. *SIGH*

Tomorrow shall be better. I need to get my "crazy isn't crazy really" essay done.
 
I've decided this forum is a bad influence. This whole semester I got everything done on time and ever since I read this thread I've been unable to finish my last client report. I don't even know what to write.

I wish I could un-read this thread, haha.
 
I swear; I've tried everything. This procrastination is ruinin my life. Essay due in 2 days. I have no time. I had the whole entire day today; I spent it researching grad school. I have to finish my crazy isn't crazy essay by the 4th.
ARUGH.
 
...that i avoid, when i am at the keyboard i am rock'n!

its that roof that needs to be sanded so can be painted, the backyard tended to so it doesn't look like Beirut, the dogs to be run-fence fixed so they stop getting out, and my jelly belly! when will i make th time!!!

*MOD NOTE: link to website removed. Please don't refer people to your site. -t *
 
I am not going to get distracted;
I am not going to get distracted
I am not going to get distracted
I am not going to get distracted
I am not going to get distracted
I am not going to get distracted
I am not going to get distracted
I am not going to get distracted
I am not going to get distracted

🙁 Essay is due on the 4th. MUST FINISH. MUST FINISH.
 
WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
WHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY
WHYY
do I cause myself such MISERY? WHY? This damned essay is due on the friggen 4th and I'm sitting here like a buttface. ARUGH. I WANT TO BE A GOOD KID AND DO MY ASSIGNMENT nicely.
It's buckling under the pressure of needing to do well. I'm so sure it must me that. It has to be.
Thats why I so messed up my cognitive neurosci essay and why I'm in the process of messing up this essay. SO SAD.
I wish I wish I weren't so arughh riddled with anxiety(it must be that -- it can't be lack of motivation, it can't be no ideas, it can't be a number of things therefore it must be that)

AUGHH why do I procrastinate so much ? It's saddening me to an extreme. 🙁
 
scienceisbeauty said:
WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
WHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY
WHYY
do I cause myself such MISERY? WHY? This damned essay is due on the friggen 4th and I'm sitting here like a buttface. ARUGH. I WANT TO BE A GOOD KID AND DO MY ASSIGNMENT nicely.
It's buckling under the pressure of needing to do well. I'm so sure it must me that. It has to be.
Thats why I so messed up my cognitive neurosci essay and why I'm in the process of messing up this essay. SO SAD.
I wish I wish I weren't so arughh riddled with anxiety(it must be that -- it can't be lack of motivation, it can't be no ideas, it can't be a number of things therefore it must be that)

AUGHH why do I procrastinate so much ? It's saddening me to an extreme. 🙁
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Procrastination is easy because if you don't do something you can't be evaluated on it. If you do something, people can always tell you it sucks.

But at this point you need to start coming up with solutions. There is no shame in having anxiety problems, but there are things you could do about it. Talk to someone, or do some soul-searching and figure out why you don't want to do whatever it is you need to do.

I say this because I really want you to do well when you get into grad school. It won't get easier to get your work done, there will be even more reasons not to do it. Maybe your frustration is sounding amplified since it's online, but you sound like you're experiencing a lot of distress. Just take a few deep breaths, disconnect your internet for a few hours, and write the best essay you can.
 
*takes deep breath* It's the pressure of wanting to get into a wonderful grad school and knowing how important this mark is.
I had a 96 going into my Cog Neuro thing before my essay. Now I'm afraid,so afraid. Because I procrastinated so much on the essay which was worth 35%. Probably I messed up my mark so terribly. 🙁
The same with this essay. I have a 92 in the course currently. I am seriously ruining my life. I don't understand myself. But *It has to be done*
*so many things are riding on getting good grades and I think it's freaking me out*
 
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