This seems like such a silly write up, but I’m noticing that it’s not as easy for me to complete a task unless I’m at the absolute limit of time to where it needs to get done. For example, I needed to study for an exam over the course of a week…I just started today, and the exam is tomorrow 💀. I have 4 chapters to read to and just finished the 1st :').
On one hand, I think having that kind of sense of urgency is good when you’re dealing with an “emergency”, but like…its not really ideal to constantly be in “emergency” mode. Besides the obvious answer of doing stuff early, how do I stop doing this 😦…
I used to be that way back school, I ended up procrastining so much that I write my entire grad school thesis in the last two-three months of my final year. I got it done, and done surprisingly well, but it was a miserable experience.
I have since learned myself better, and I know that when I have a task that pops into my head just to do it immediately. “Oh, I will do it at X time later today” isn’t going to happen, and I know now I am just lying to myself if I try to do that. If I get started right away, I have no real issue finishing it.
Personally, things like “to-do” lists are just an excuse to not do things right away for me, so I don’t typically use them outside of a “waiting to hear back from another person” type of pending task. I just do everything as soon as I possibly can; it has the weird effect of me having a lot of idle time at work now because I tend to finish things very early on.