How To Cure Deep Procrastination
July 15, 2011
Found via Hacker News. "...procrastination, in my experience, is not a character flaw, but instead evidence that you don’t have a believable plan for succeeding at what you’re trying to do."
“Why are we going to expend so much precious energy?”, it asks.
The more modern, abstract-reasoning, rational part of the student’s brain is quick to respond: “Because we need to expend this energy to pass the test which we need to earn our degree!”
“What the hell is a ‘degree’ and why do we need one?”, the ancient brain counters.
“Because that’s what you’re supposed to do,” the rational brain responds.
And this is where the problem occurs.
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atropis on Jul. 15, 2011 11:42 PM
ha! and also, totally. yes.
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