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The Procrastination Process

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The Procrastination Process
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As I write this article, let me tell you that I just spent a half hour watching DIY videos on Facebook before finally writing this article.

The first stage:

Eh I'll get to it later. This is not a lie, but you will not get to it today. If you are a master procrastinator, you say this about two days before your deadline. If you do not have two days, I suggest you get to it now.

The second stage:

Surfing the internet. Your two days is up. You know the time it will take you to get the task done. If you don't start in the next four hours, you will not get it done. This is the stressful stage. but things are still okay. You still have time.

The third stage:

Calculating. Your time is up. You have to start soon, but you want to see if you have more time. Exactly how many things go into this project? Can I do this a little later than I thought? How many hours will this take me? Am I out of coffee? I'm out of coffee.

The fourth stage:

Doing menial tasks. This is the second to last stage, in which you take a trip to the kitchen, get a snack and more coffee, eat said snack, go to the bathroom, check your Facebook, and then finally sit down and do the thing.

The final stage:

Staring. you will do the thing. You are doing the thing. It is happening, you tell yourself as you stare at it. this staring lasts roughly 10-15 desperate minutes before you sigh, steel yourself against the task, and do the thing.

Congratulations, you have done the thing. Time to scroll facebook and procrastinate the next thing. Go You.

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