You are procrastinating mostly because of

fear of failure
14% (232 votes)
fear of success
5% (79 votes)
overwhelm
19% (316 votes)
perfectionism
11% (190 votes)
not knowing what to do or what to choose
16% (271 votes)
health problems
1% (12 votes)
add, adhd, unable to concentrate
11% (186 votes)
habitually
16% (269 votes)
rebellion
3% (55 votes)
lack of skill or information
4% (67 votes)
Total votes: 1677

Comments

Not Sure

I'm not sure whether my procrastination falls into a specific category. I think I just have a procrastinating attitude.
For instance.
If I do a search on Google or anywhere else, I will see the topic I want but instead of clicking on it I will click on everything else around it and check on those first. It's as if I'm leaving the topic I really want to read to last. As a treat.
Or maybe……..
It could be that I expect too much and when I finally get to the topic I want to read I am worried it won’t actually contain what I want to know so I put off reading it. As long as I think the information is there I am happy enough. So I read all the other topics while I’m in this “happy” state and that gives those topics credence. Perhaps.
Anyway, it’s all about being happy. So once I think I’ve found what I’m looking for I can waste as much time as I want. Until next time that is.
tb

Tired of it all

I recently reaffirmed that I am a procrastinator...it helps me to remind myself of that because then I feel I face the issues more readily. However, I still put things off. Important things. Like right now I am facing my final exam next week in a class I have been struggling with. For the last few weeks, I've been putting off studying, doing assignments, and part of that is because I feel lost. The class is American Sign Language and getting extra help from the teacher isn't easy because she is Deaf and so I can't undertand alot of what she does say to me. Anyway, I HAVE to do some serious studying starting today so I have some hope of passing the final with a decent grade, but I can feel myself putting it off...

Mostly I don't have good study skills and this return to school is after not being in school for many years. I just want to start...I want to sit down, go over all the things I need to study, make a list and take it one step at a time. Why is this so hard for me??

why I procrastinate

I am depressed, flat, unmotivated, and (if I am honest with myself) in rebellion because I do not like my job or my life. And I do not seem to have the energy to face the job of making it better. The combination of work and a needy family seems to take it all out of me. It might be as simple as getting more sleep, but I can't seem to do even this..

i found World of Warcraft

I play World of Warcraft and am so absorbed into it. Living in a simulated reality is so much more satisfying than living in the here now.

I procrastinate because I do

I procrastinate because I do not enjoy the task that I need to do (clean house for guests, pay bills, apply for jobs, etc). Plus, I find that if I do procrastinate then when it comes down to the wire I get this euphoric energy that allows me to be so focused that I get it done in half the amount of time that the task would normally take. I like to say that I work well under pressure, but my life would be so much more calmer and lessed stressed if I would just do things in a timely manner and not wait until the very last possible minute. Maybe I am addicted to this euphoric, rushed, last minute or else feeling.
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

yes buddy, you'e hit the

yes buddy, you'e hit the nail on the head.that last min mad rush of adrenaline is what i live for.but i do some time feel it will be better if i did it on time.i am a TV addict and would like to know if there is anyway to get rid of this habit.

What if...

What if you don't don't procrastinate, as in don't put things off. I am a constructive procrastinator, I make a false chore that is so important that i won't ever do it and to keep myself from doing it I do ALL the other things that need doing(the things I was procrastinating originally), ANYTHING else (even nothing), as long as it keeps me from doing that all important chore. my question, am I still a procrastinator or is it my imagination??

many reasons

I chose habitually but they're all really one big reason as a whole: Fear of failure brings perfectionism, perfectionism brings not knowing what to do or what to choose, not knowing what to do or what to choose brings lack of concentration, lack of concentration brings procrastination as a habit.
I've been diagnosed with ADD and I'm a perfectionist but I'm just doing it out of habit. Procrastination is a horrible thing...

a) Because i'm lazy.

a) Because i'm lazy.
b) because i just dont care.

If you cant start working, reading quotes or buying book on procrastination isn't going to help.

Reasons

For me all of the above apply to some degree for my procastination. I am at a big loss because of this ..

for eg.

a. I did not mail $500 worth of mail-in rebates and by the time i woke up, its too late.
b. I did not encash some of the mail-in checks that i got. (you should do it within 3 months).
c. I never pay bills on time.
d. I generally miss trains \ flights \ loose tickets all the time.
e. I will tend to loose my articles. Recently i moved out of an apt and left behind a bag which has our most valuable home videos and other electronic stuff. (My wife didn't relalize this yet)

After i moved everthing, i wanted to go back and do a final check and didn't do it because of procastination.

f. Most of the time I miss deadlines and cookup stuff in the last minute.

g. I am generally good at coveringup my stuff and robbing other's credit. I know its wrong. But can't help it.

h. Last 2 years, i got paid for doing nothing (i literally sat idle). I delegate most the little work that i had and somehow get the things done.

i. Recently i watched TV for 5 days \ 12hrs a day.

There are 1000s of such incidents in my life.

Don't know if i have ADD or its sheer laziness. Most of my family is hard working and higly successful.

My IQ is above average and don't have health issues. Financially stable.

Any help will be appreciated.

I would say that's ADD.

I would say that's ADD. I've done nearly all those things myself. I've rarely managed to submit an expense report. I always file my taxes on April 15th or 16th (except one year I skipped state taxes entirely). I don't take credit for other's work, but that's probably because I'm so angry at myself I don't feel I deserve it.

I wish I had more suggestions, but here are a few:
* Talk to your wife about it. Ideally, she's the sort that can provide some sturcture, and help you learn how to get things done.
* Find out what you are good at.
* Blaming yourself isn't fixing things.
* Look for an ADD group in your area. I went to a few, and though I didn't relate to most people there (most were the hyperactive sort) a few I talked with that went through the same things made a big difference.
* Research ADD on the net or in books.
* If you have good health insurance, talk to a psychiatrist or psychologist. In my experience, drugs (adderall) help, but it just gets you past that feeling of being frozen, unable to work. You still need to learn the organization. If you meet with a therapist, find one who will provide actual feedback and make suggestions.

I do not know where to

I do not know where to start.

tips to overcome procrastination

hi
Please send me the tips to overcome procrastination

regards
RS

TIPS: do small enjoyable

TIPS: do small enjoyable tasks 1st. Work your way up to the hard gruling work. sort things out and plan what you have to do . think of the consequences. remind yourself about how great it will feel when you finish the job. keep telling yourself this:It'll be great when i get this thing done. ask for help if you need it.

Feel free to take part in

Feel free to take part in the discussion forum at http://www.procrastinationhelp.com/board/index.php, I'll be happy to throw in few tips if I know details of your situation.

I am a very hard working

I am a very hard working individual, I work approximately 50-60 hours a week. But I am still a procrastinator. I do not get my work (paper work) done on time and often get into trouble and get forced to do it at the last minute. It's not that I can't do it or even that I don't want to it, I just for some reason don't do it. I keep putting it off, and putting it off....Then I get stuck and push through it until it's done. I realize that I won't get paid if I don't do my work and I still don't do it.

i'd rather say that it's

i'd rather say that it's boring, and i don't feel like it. i know i should, but i don't get any special rewards from it, it's just that it's compulsory. so the only reward i'd get is not get "punished" for not doing it...

also, anything that's compulsory, makes you not feel like it so much anymore... anyone would rather do something by their own will... have anyone noticed that? how about that being a cause for procrastination?

fear of sucess

i fear that if i suceed i will get a big head and not do as well as i know that i can do good but i fear that that will lead to somethinhg more.... complex? i am a young poet so it is hard to get people to even consider my wrok. and when ever i say young i mean like high school young so you couldnt imagane what it is like! well fear is fear and i jsut have to face it. goodbye and god bless!

Fear of Failure

Inability (unwillingness) to address complex or risky issues or problems that need solutions due to a fear of failure (professional) combined with a self worth problem can lead to a dangerous circular

low self-worth (professional)
avoid issues that might relect badly
preformance decrease
lower self-worth (professional, self perception)
avoid issue that might reflect badly...

Anyone else?

what about "I just don't

what about "I just don't want to!" (i.e. lack of motivation)?

laziness

laziness

Lack of Information

I dont find it a problem??

Laziness, maybe, but...

But a laziness that hides so much deep inside. When you're someone in the flow of working, you can't understand what real procrastinators feel.
So it's easy to say "laziness"...
Besides, they are many different kind of works, and some require that you involve your whole self, that you leave behind everything, to plunge in this cold cold and messy universe of work.
I just want to be myself !!!!!!!!!