Comments on: Why Procrastination Sucks (explained in pictures) http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/ Making personal development fun Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Interesting, Useful, or Neither? — Fun Life Development http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-2227 Interesting, Useful, or Neither? — Fun Life Development Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:04:21 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-2227 [...] mean interesting-only information is bad. It just means it falls firmly in the Fun zone of my Work-Fun-Procrastination model. If having fun is all you want at the time, “interesting” is very good [...] [...] mean interesting-only information is bad. It just means it falls firmly in the Fun zone of my Work-Fun-Procrastination model. If having fun is all you want at the time, “interesting” is very good [...]

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Vlad Dolezal Wed, 20 May 2009 09:58:20 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1508 @Piranha: You're welcome! Always glad to bring straying piranhas back on the right path ;) @Piranha:

You’re welcome! Always glad to bring straying piranhas back on the right path ;)

]]> By: Ze Piranha http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Ze Piranha Tue, 19 May 2009 16:17:25 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1506 Wow! Your blog is very useful and truly inspiring! I WAS procrastinating, but now I've decided that there are so many other fun things I could be doing! Like studying for exams in two weeks' time to make sure I get a good grade and then having a break that I really will deserve! :) And also, I chose my subjects - so studying should be fun, right? Thanks, Vlad! :D Wow! Your blog is very useful and truly inspiring! I WAS procrastinating, but now I’ve decided that there are so many other fun things I could be doing! Like studying for exams in two weeks’ time to make sure I get a good grade and then having a break that I really will deserve! :) And also, I chose my subjects – so studying should be fun, right?

Thanks, Vlad! :D

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Vlad Dolezal Wed, 13 May 2009 11:21:54 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1473 @Mongoose: Okay, I gave the (10+2)*5 technique a try. It sounds like a great idea in principle, and I can see why. It nicely leverages <a href="http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/activation-energy/" rel="nofollow">activation energy</a> to make starting a task much easier. After all, if you're only going to do 10 minutes, it's much easier to get started than if you're going to do a whole hour. But it doesn't work too well in practice. When you stop-start your tasks, it takes you several minutes to re-focus. And if you work in 10-minute bursts, you'll end up wasting half of your time on re-focusing. So, thanks for the tip, but I'm going to stick with my method of working for roughly one hour, and then taking a 20-minute break. @Mongoose:
Okay, I gave the (10+2)*5 technique a try.

It sounds like a great idea in principle, and I can see why. It nicely leverages activation energy to make starting a task much easier. After all, if you’re only going to do 10 minutes, it’s much easier to get started than if you’re going to do a whole hour.

But it doesn’t work too well in practice. When you stop-start your tasks, it takes you several minutes to re-focus. And if you work in 10-minute bursts, you’ll end up wasting half of your time on re-focusing.

So, thanks for the tip, but I’m going to stick with my method of working for roughly one hour, and then taking a 20-minute break.

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1467 Vlad Dolezal Tue, 12 May 2009 03:01:11 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1467 @Alok: I guess you randomly posted the comment a few minutes before I decided to check my e-mails. Maybe I'm not the only mind-reader around here ;) Do I get tired from writing blog posts? Hell yeah! :D But it's totally worth it. Not only does it help other people, it also helps myself! For some reason, once you try explaining something to somebody else, you understand it much better yourself. Try it. I consider the time spent blogging very well spent indeed. There's a ton of less useful stuff I do that I still consider productive. @Alok:
I guess you randomly posted the comment a few minutes before I decided to check my e-mails. Maybe I’m not the only mind-reader around here ;)

Do I get tired from writing blog posts? Hell yeah! :D But it’s totally worth it. Not only does it help other people, it also helps myself! For some reason, once you try explaining something to somebody else, you understand it much better yourself. Try it.

I consider the time spent blogging very well spent indeed. There’s a ton of less useful stuff I do that I still consider productive.

]]> By: ALok http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 ALok Tue, 12 May 2009 02:49:12 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1466 @Vlad: That was quick!!....ok great....which brings me to the more pertinent question> Doesnt writing blogs(like for couple of hours..whew...) sap the energy outta you? I am also inclined to writing;not in blogs though....but nevertheless having the same idea in mind to convince someone on something...(usually to boss for an alternative solution in the software code i write or explaining business on why a particular functionality shd be there or not..aah..dont guess my proffession :P )....BUT the point i am driving home is that this activity, while it takes few minutes to couple of hours, it saps the energy out of me.....and yes i do rejuvinate myself with a coffee break or something.....but lately i realized its not the energy level that is bothering....it is the satisfaction that i get after doing this convincing writing; the satisfaction level is so high and i feel so happy that i feel i have done enough already!! So in a way it is not the procrastination for things to be done yet ....but it is Procrastination alright!!! (me a wierdo??...maybe!) @Vlad:
That was quick!!….ok great….which brings me to the more pertinent question>

Doesnt writing blogs(like for couple of hours..whew…) sap the energy outta you? I am also inclined to writing;not in blogs though….but nevertheless having the same idea in mind to convince someone on something…(usually to boss for an alternative solution in the software code i write or explaining business on why a particular functionality shd be there or not..aah..dont guess my proffession :P )….BUT the point i am driving home is that this activity, while it takes few minutes to couple of hours, it saps the energy out of me…..and yes i do rejuvinate myself with a coffee break or something…..but lately i realized its not the energy level that is bothering….it is the satisfaction that i get after doing this convincing writing; the satisfaction level is so high and i feel so happy that i feel i have done enough already!!
So in a way it is not the procrastination for things to be done yet ….but it is Procrastination alright!!! (me a wierdo??…maybe!)

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 Vlad Dolezal Tue, 12 May 2009 02:35:09 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1465 @Alok: Good question. On some days, just a few minutes, spent approving new comments and replying to them. On other days, if I have a lot of great ideas running through my head, I might spend a couple of hours, and write like 3 posts all in one go. So... it depends ;) @Alok:
Good question. On some days, just a few minutes, spent approving new comments and replying to them.

On other days, if I have a lot of great ideas running through my head, I might spend a couple of hours, and write like 3 posts all in one go. So… it depends ;)

]]> By: ALok http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 ALok Tue, 12 May 2009 01:51:53 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1464 Ok Vlad....you may feel this might be totally unrelated.....but i had to ask you....so here it is...How much of your time in the day are you devoting to your blogs (and others)? Your reply would really help me broaden my perception of procrastination in a different light!!... Ok Vlad….you may feel this might be totally unrelated…..but i had to ask you….so here it is…How much of your time in the day are you devoting to your blogs (and others)? Your reply would really help me broaden my perception of procrastination in a different light!!…

]]> By: mongoose http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1462 mongoose Mon, 11 May 2009 00:13:36 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1462 woohoo, I'm helping! woohoo, I’m helping!

]]> By: Vlad Dolezal http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2009/why-procrastination-sucks-explained-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 Vlad Dolezal Sun, 10 May 2009 23:19:40 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1461 @Mongoose: Yes, I know you're onto me... I can read your mind! (dum dum DUM dum!) By the way, that's a really cool link. I'll implement it immediately tomorrow, and see how it goes! @Mongoose:
Yes, I know you’re onto me… I can read your mind! (dum dum DUM dum!)

By the way, that’s a really cool link. I’ll implement it immediately tomorrow, and see how it goes!

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