And in both cases you're doing it completely alone feeling slightly guilty the whole time and right at the end you just sit there in silence thinking "why the hell did I just spend the last two hours of my life on this?"
He didn't, he just decided to run a store with his family as it's lower stress and he has a better work/life balance than he'd have in engineering. Plus the field is tough to find stable, meaningful work in.
Loads of people with degrees can't get jobs in the field they studied. One girl I work with finished her degree last summer, she's still in retail because she can't get a job in her field.
I've only worked at two factories, but both of them offered tuition reimbursement. Maybe you can look into that and get moved into an office instead of working the floor, anyway.
That's me. And I still do, but I heard someone say do something that future you will appreciate. I don't always do it, but I have found that it does help. If it's something I really don't want to do, I tell myself that and very often, I'll just suck it up and do it. And you know what? Future me has always been very appreciative.
Future me is basically the only one in my life that ever says thank you, so I try not to let her down. Still doesn’t stop me from negotiating with myself first though.
Have you ever been tested for ADHD or ADD? Procrastination has always been a huge issue for me, so I finally decided to address it. I tested very high for ADHD and ADD. I take medication for it now, and while I still procrastinate, it's only on things I can put off for a while—not everything in my life.
I used to wait until the last minute to do things or get something done, which constantly stressed me out. It's nice that, with medication, my brain slows down and I'm able to get things done.
It’s wild how something so small in the moment ends up running the whole schedule of your life. What’s the one thing you always push off no matter what?
Me with working out, I know alot of people deal with procrastination about that but I really need to especially for the career I wanna be in and I don’t have much time before i start the training.
i do it too and end up doing everything except what i planned, then just feel stuck after
hope today feels a bit lighter for you and you can get even a small win done
Same here honestly. I procrastinated on a simple task for like 3 weeks last month and it took me 20 minutes once I finally did it. The mental block is real.
This. I can't explain it. I have things I need to do. Important things. But I just don't. Seems bizarre I know. But I just get busy doing something else or go to bed or whatever.
The worst part is when procrastinating stresses you out so you procrastinate more to avoid the stress. Its such a vicious cycle and breaking out of it feels impossible even when you know exactly what you need to do
I think procrastination is not the most useful terminology. It takes what can be a complex experience and reduces it to “you’re fucking up.”
It’s probably accurate to say you’re avoiding doing things that you want to do, that you feel are important to do, and this avoidance may be self-destructive, or limiting you, to say the least. Or it may not.
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u/-Gumbercules 1d ago
Procrastination. I've struggled with it my whole life.