Survey #289—Full Response from Gabriella
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe a day on which you were busy, but you still felt as if you didn’t accomplish what mattered most. | I'm a master procrastinator. Some years ago I had a job that required actions that I really don't like doing (my strengths and talents lie elsewhere). On some days when I sat at my desk procrastinating, I felt this almost irresistible urge to go through two or three of my already decluttered and organized drawers or shelves. Each time I was able to declutter a few more items - which in itself felt somewhat satisfying. At least I got SOMETHING done. After a few weeks of avoidance facilitated by structured procrastination, I decided to quit the job. |
| What challenges keep you from getting things done? | Most often it is my tendecy to procrastinate with respect to a lot of little random things on my to do list that I feel are tedious or annoying (but in reality would'nt take much time). ------------------------- I keep making plans to do the same 3 - 4 specific activities for a limited amount of time every day. It sounds good, but instead I tend to concentrate on one activity for several days,, neglecting the others. This certainly is counter productive for language learning and even more for physical exercise. I scramble to do at least two activities per day. |
| Describe a project on which you struggled to start—or to finish. | I want to once more get into doing my workout plan to improve my knees. So far I am still procrastinating. |
| What tools for managing your activities (calendar, task manager, etc.) are the most or least helpful to you? | For more complex projects that require a great diversity of steps and actions, I sit down and list all the things that need to be done, determine the most effective order to do them in and estimate how much time will be needed for every step. I do this with things I need to get done outside of the house, for instance. Once I get the itinerary set up, execution becomes very efficient. For the little things that I am prone to procrastinate, I have begun to set up a "power hour" in which I get as many little to do's done as I can until the timer rings. If I manage do this several days a week, my long list of procrastinated tasks shrinks dramatically. Another way in which I like to reduce my to do list is by looking at the "nice to haves" and deciding to cancel particular ones altogether. |
| Please complete the following statement: “I never seem to have enough time for _____.” | I would like to cross out the words "never seem to". I actually have enough time to get everything done. It's my tendency to procrastinate that wastes my time. |
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