[HN Gopher] Theories of Procrastination (2014)
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       Theories of Procrastination (2014)
        
       Author : yamrzou
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-12-20 17:05 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | itsmemattchung wrote:
       | My own procrastination boils down to this: fear of looking
       | stupid.
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       | From the outside, I've been praised on my "thoroughness", my
       | "attention to detail" but those are all positive byproducts of
       | avoiding the visceral feeling of being rejected. Nowadays,
       | whenever I feel the procrastination or analysis paralysis feeling
       | sneak in, I try to switch into "ship ASAP" mentality. Otherwise,
       | it's easy for me to fall into the trap of doing anything but the
       | real task at hand.
        
       | UniverseHacker wrote:
       | For people interested in this, I recommend Nick Winters book "The
       | Motivation Hacker" which gives a practical strategy to 'hack' the
       | procrastination equation.
       | 
       | It works, however I feel there are often deep psychological
       | problems and/or health issues causing low 'expectancy' for many
       | people... these reasons differ, are hard to identify, and require
       | hard work to address.
        
       | sciolist wrote:
       | Anecdotally, I (and others I know) often break out of
       | procrastinating because of a perceived threat (eg. lower grades,
       | reduced social status). This negative reinforcement can be
       | represented in the equation as value = "lack of punishment",
       | however I'm curious if there's more to it than that.
        
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