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TM875 · 04-07-2005, 08:15 PM

I agree with a lot of you. Right now, I'm procrastinating by being on the TFP.

Anyway, I don't procrastinate because I'm afraid of failure - success is what I live every second of my life for. I'm just really lazy.

I do, however, have some mental justification for it. I work much better under pressure. In 11th grade, my English teacher purposefully (didn't know this until later) deleted a 20-some slide Powerpoint off of my hard drive in order to make me redo it. Oh, did I mention this was 2 days before I was supposed to present? Of course, the final presentation was far better than the original.

In college, I quickly found that the less time and effort that I placed into a paper, the better my grade was. I still remember my freshmen seminar class - the first paper I spent 10 hours researching and writing in the library, and recieved an 85%. On future papers, I spent 45 minutes and used simple Internet resources. I beat the class average with mostly 95's.

Procrastination is an art - an art that will allow you to do many more things if you just practice it long enough.

EDIT: And I ALWAYS get everything done on time. I just usually wait until the last available chunk of time (Read: half hour before) to complete a project or proposal.

04-07-2005, 08:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
TM875 Addict Location: Amish-land, PA	I agree with a lot of you. Right now, I'm procrastinating by being on the TFP. Anyway, I don't procrastinate because I'm afraid of failure - success is what I live every second of my life for. I'm just really lazy. I do, however, have some mental justification for it. I work much better under pressure. In 11th grade, my English teacher purposefully (didn't know this until later) deleted a 20-some slide Powerpoint off of my hard drive in order to make me redo it. Oh, did I mention this was 2 days before I was supposed to present? Of course, the final presentation was far better than the original. In college, I quickly found that the less time and effort that I placed into a paper, the better my grade was. I still remember my freshmen seminar class - the first paper I spent 10 hours researching and writing in the library, and recieved an 85%. On future papers, I spent 45 minutes and used simple Internet resources. I beat the class average with mostly 95's. Procrastination is an art - an art that will allow you to do many more things if you just practice it long enough. EDIT: And I ALWAYS get everything done on time. I just usually wait until the last available chunk of time (Read: half hour before) to complete a project or proposal. __________________ "I've made only one mistake in my life. But I made it over and over and over. That was saying 'yes' when I meant 'no'. Forgive me."