sometimes if you wait long enough the assignment might be cancelled. Or you get more information that helps you complete the assignment better. Procrastination isn't all bad.
As a chronic procrastinater, and a sufferer of depression, I can tell you that you can procrastinate due to fear to the point that you completely break down, and require professional help before you go back to school/work. And I still suffer from both, even though I'm now retired. The professional advice that I got from cognitive behavioral therapy was to do something - anything! - and you will feel better. and when you feel even a little bit better, you can go on to another task, the completion of which will make you feel a bit better, and so on. Every completed task makes getting to the next one just a bit easier.
damn at least u got proffesional help i have asian parents and they call me lazy and i will never go far in life :( and its just making it somewhat worse
+Garrett TotallyNOTCrona ah but it this a positive effect of procrastinating because wear learning how to regulate our own procrastinating so that we don't do it as much- I am going to leave now and evaluate my graded unit
+Garrett TotallyNOTCrona My homework that's due tomorrow is already half complete. And the only reason I even started it is because I did it on the morning I THOUGHT it was due. Xp Aaaand right now, I'm procrastinating on going to sleep. : /
fun fact: at this point I have procrastinated over 2 whole hours while watching videos about procrastination and how to avoid it. I call it META-procrastination
Connor Bosley Write down shiny to do later. Now you can do the urgent and important things now and shiny will not be forgotten but saved till later as a reward for doing what really needs to be done now. That said, the distraction caused by seeing shiny is often caused by an overabundance of a certain neurotransmitter on the brain. It prevents you from focusing on the now by switching your attention constantly. It is not a psychological problem but a medical one called HAD. Hyperactivity Attention Disorder and can be treated with drugs. Please see a doctor.
Connor Bosley Write down shiny to do later. Now you can do the urgent and important things now and shiny will not be forgotten but saved till later as a reward for doing what really needs to be done now. That said, the distraction caused by seeing shiny is often caused by an overabundance of a certain neurotransmitter on the brain. It prevents you from focusing on the now by switching your attention constantly. It is not a psychological problem but a medical one called HAD. Hyperactivity Attention Disorder and can be treated with drugs. Please see a doctor.
This is why they told you at the end to go get started. They knew people like you (and me) were inevitable. ...damn phys ed...it can wait another few days...I've put it off too long already, will more hurt?
soslothful I hate how much I procrastinate, just as much as I hate the world for making procrastination the wrong choice. What can I say? I'm more than a little bit conflicted. Not that any of the conflict is ever very successful against the procrastination. Procrastination is fun.
For most of my life I struggled with extreme suicidal ideation, along with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and ADHD. Because of this, I assumed I wouldn’t live past 18. And with that idea in mind, I couldn’t care less because “Oh who cares I’ll be dead soon anyway.” I’m still am struggling with these procrastination and other mental health problems but they’re getting better.
My story is nearly identical to yours. This society is not designed to help people like you and I. It's incredibly unforgiving. Sometimes I think it was profoundly selfish for my parents to have me. Why would anyone with psyxh problems want to pass them on to offspring? I certainly won't be doing that. I don't see a way out of my situation yet. This world likes to trap us into long term career and life trajectiries that can become very punishing as you are.
We all procrastinate because we're forced to do stuff against our will. Life is an imposition and a curse ! The stuff we actually wanna do in life is actually very little.
So true and so sad. This show is my biggest procrastinator. I think because I tell myself I am learning something so it's not really putting off learning, right?
+h3h3Productions I was mainly referring to the fact that Michael Aranda referenced three different sub-fields instead of accepting one as the best. SciShow is recognizing that it's a complex study, and they're being very honest in their communication of that fact by describing what we know in this way. Submission to authority (of a particular field) would be an easy mistake here.
+Zebedee Summers but a world without ze frank, vlogbrothers, wheezy waiter, sounds really bad. Especially since I can only put off work with Facebook for only an hour when with TH-cam I can do eight
I'm procrastinating by watching this video. I could fail my class if I don't finish this project, but oh well. It's not me, it's an evolutionary trait!
Chronic procrastination is often correlated with depression. This is a long rant about how much procrastination sucks, it's not really light hearted with jokes about procrastination. But I wanted people who are here who have an issue beyond the joke to know you are not alone and to maybe explain how serious it can actually be. Also, procrastination just fucking sucks. There is no use for it, everyone thinks you are undisciplined, lazy, useless etc. I've often met people who are procrastinators who have been abused, who often have a incentive to avoid negative feelings. It's less about realizing that it will go away, procrastinators know it will not go away. They are scared of failing or succeeding. 1.) You write a difficult paper. It was the best you've done, you worked so hard and yet only got a C-. For once you didn't procrastinate. The day it was assigned, you studied, researched and did you absolute best. That C- means you don't pass, likely due to procrastinating in the past. You feel everything was for naught and wish you hadn't wasted time trying and stressing. --- Fear of failure 2.) Same as above, but this time, you got a B, allowing you to pass and actually do pretty well, as well as boosting your self confidence. But you remember how incredibly difficult it was to do that paper at all, and now you must keep up that level or go higher to stay where you are or to even improve and if you can't, you will drop down to where you were, despite the work you put in. If you fail, you're either back to square one, or took two steps back, because then people saw that you can do it, and this time you didn't --- Fear of success. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't if you fear both scenarios. I wish there was some serious in-depth study on this to FIX it. Because this shit ruins peoples lives. Some are on the street because of depression mixed with chronic procrastination. A fear to try because you may fail, and/or a fear to try because you'll succeed and may fail in the future. There are countless instances when people have ruined their lives because of procrastination. lost relationships, jobs, even things they want to do. This isn't some pass off of people not having will power (which clearly if the functions in the brain are not doing what they should, the person has no control anyway. If it's genetic or having to do with brain function, neither are in your control.) The ONLY thing I've found to help if you procrastinate at all, or have chronic procrastination is not the usual BS of make a plan (that rarely works for people with procrastination that damages their life quality) is to do ANY little thing you can. Need to get some food? Do it now. Need to grab a blanket? Do it now. Really small things people think is easy, but for many with this basically brain malfunction, it's hard to retrain the mind to function semi-normally. After you get used to a habit of just doing things when needed (only small insignificant stuff) it can help. Also, encouragement from others does too. And fuck anyone who tells you something is not progress. Celebrate the little stuff, no matter who you are or what your issues maybe. Progress is still progress, even if after you take a step or two back, you still went forward, you CAN do it again. Oh and easier said than done. My biggest bane in life is keeping up with any habitual pattern. All I can really say, is good luck and find people who are happy for you moving forward, no matter how small a step it maybe and remember to push yourself in turn to get better.
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Thank you for these words! Even if not procrastrination is the main problem in my (or anyone's) life, you wrote great things that can be useful for everybody.
+Vixx Celacea "And fuck anyone who tells you something is not progress." A health worker told me that something I did was very small and insignificant. I stopped talking to that guy real fast.
+MaggoTDiluteD That's so incredibly rude of them. It's not their call to judge what progress and success are because they are not you and neither of those are linear nor universal. Anything you do, that pushes you forward to a better you or just making things better is a success in my book. And not to get too sappy, but everyone would be better off if we just acknowledged that people trying at all, even when they fail, is amazing. And failure is actually not terrible. We all fail. Learn from it, not put others or yourself down, ya know? And even if you don't get the lesson the first time, that's also part of the process. We spend so much time putting others and ourselves down and it doesn't help. In fact, it makes things worse. Good for you for cutting them out of your life. Even if they meant well like most do, it still was not okay to say that. Anyway, I'll stop ranting. I'm just glad to hear people can relate to all this.
A quote l like to remember about motivation is "You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going." I forgot who's it by but it's a really wise saying for me.
Exactly the same here.. I don't want to think about it because of the stress, what brings even more stress in the end.. It's a circle, that only stops after failing that exam, what brings a lot of relief, even though I feel bad about it for a time, that I didn't learn enough to do it.
+Micah Philson I, on the other hand, am a terrible procrastinator, but am pretty good at stopping myself from doing things I shouldn't. (even for really reptile-brain desires like "I want to eat that, and a lot of it")
my problem is that i procrastinate when the deadline is coming. I dislike deadlines. When i have a deadline, i feel pressured to do that job, and that pressure gives rise to stress, and stress gives rise to procrastination. This happens till the stress builds up so much that i am forced to do the work (which is at a time 1 hour before deadline usually). When i don't have deadline, i don't show procrastination or show it much less frequently.
The opposite happens to me. When I have a deadline I think "Shoot I need to finish these papers." If there is no deadline I will procrastinate until I give up.
Nobody likes deadlines, but you have to do it, and if you start earlier. The better the outcome is. Building things for example, you always find unexpected problems along the way.
One way to overcome procrastination (from my experience) is to restrict video games until I accomplished my goal. A certain video game just came out in Australia, but I have six uni assignments due in two weeks, so I got my sister to hide the game somewhere until I'm completely done. When I do finish the assignments, the game will feel more rewarding to play.
+Augustine Toth At least it's not Stardew Valley. I've already got 119 hours in it and most of it was this past week. *Looks at my Terraria hours* oh... right... I got 408 hours on that.
+Ethan Winsborrow Yeah, I think I'll search the interwebz on how to cure procrastination now that I've seen this video. It is important to know all the different methods :)
Procrastination is also a sign of deep sadness that has not healed yet. In other words, sadness or grief can hold back someone from doing things she/he needs.
I tried to break down the task into small chunks and rewarding myself for accomplishing them and now I am rewarding myself for sitting on my work desk...
Every time I procrastinate something important, i always get through it and get it done last minute Which is why I don’t think I’ll ever stop procrastinating
One thing I often do to help procrastinate is say "I'll do it in an hour" and set a timer rather than say "I'll do it later". Again, not a magic solution, but it helps.
Every time one of these videos appears, it's filled with comments about people procrastinating by watching the video. I thought maybe SciShow would be less affected, but it seems I was wrong. I overestimated you people.
All I do is procrastinate, I have severe anxiety and depression..and ADHD Q_Q But I am working on it so I can always say well I have a reason to be that way and I am working on it which is procrastination in it self..But I am realizing the problem..
Randy Kalff True, first you have to realize you have one and than make steps to solve it. I am in therapy and work therefor on getting better because I want to.
Procrastinating right now by watching this then scrolled down and added several other videos to my watch later playlist. Uhh trying to revise for a exam but apparently, to me knowing how pi can explain everything and the 5 greatest hacks of all time is more important than that. Congrats to you guys, have such a great channel that's a great place to procrastinate. Bye (for now) I'm now gonna try and revise/study.
mini m&ms my life is ruined by the repeated cycle of procrastination....... bad grades in xm...depression. ...procrastination....bad grades....depression. ...procrastination. ...bad graded...depression. ...................
+Kalen Wilson That's not a cave-woman, but an avatar of a goddess manifesting herself as a combination of Sophia Myles and Amanda Seyfried to teach men about the power of boobs and femininity. Look how the men to her right are exalted in her presence, while the child to her left is unmoved, blasé like "Yeah she's pretty I guess? I just don't see what the fuss is all about." And the other men telling him "wait till you hit puberty".
Yes, nailed it, the whole part about the future you. What helps, is having a more concrete understanding of the outcome of your necessary task. Like, as an example, it’s harder to save money just for the sake of saving money, but if instead, you’re saving money because you want to go on a trip, then the goal becomes much more tangible. So with academics, the future doesn’t feel tangible, but let’s say that you needed to hit a certain mark in order to get X, then your attitude towards the school work becomes a more important and necessary task in your mind, there’s a more tangible motivation behind why you WANT to get the work done. This happened to me where I was doing so bad at school that if I didn’t improve my grades, I’d get kicked out of uni, all of a sudden, I was working much harder and getting A’s and B’s to save my skin... But as soon as I got out of the status of being on academic probation... My production started dipping again... But through that experience, at least I learned that I was actually smarter and more capable than I thought... My issue now is just getting myself to do the work on time and sticking to deadlines... I have ADHD and my learning disability is officially recognized with the uni, and the profs can tell I’m not an idiot so they give me deadline extensions to help me, but now because I KNOW I’ll get deadline extensions, I have even less internal drive to get the work done... So now I’m getting my deadline extensions, EXTENDED a 2nd time... 😭 And now I fear that if I get away with it, the next time, I’ll be asking for a 3rd one... It’s almost as if I’m testing the limits of far I can push these deadline extensions... I’ve fallen into the abyss... please someone help me 😪 I wish I just had exams instead of papers to write... my grades wouldn’t be as good, but at least I know I’m smart enough that I’d manage to pass... and I would’ve been done with Uni 4 years ago...
added to 'watch later' playlist
+Gabe Reich Oh damn, this video was in my "watch later" playlist for 3 days XD
We're you... procrastinating maybe?
+None of Your Business Congratulations, you got the joke.
Golden!
I'm just watching this now after it has been in my watch later playlist for a week XD
im procrastinating right now as i watch a video about it
so true! completely the same!
yup yup yup yup totally
same😂😂
I have a chemistry exam tomorrow.
I've got a geography exam tomorrow and it' s already 23:00... Damn it...
I don't procrastinate, I just wait until the last minute because I'm gonna be wiser since I'm older
getrekm8 so, procrastination is a form of auto-optimization process that we instinctively do?
getrekm8 lol
Lol
sometimes if you wait long enough the assignment might be cancelled. Or you get more information that helps you complete the assignment better. Procrastination isn't all bad.
whoaaaaaaa
As a chronic procrastinater, and a sufferer of depression, I can tell you that you can procrastinate due to fear to the point that you completely break down, and require professional help before you go back to school/work. And I still suffer from both, even though I'm now retired. The professional advice that I got from cognitive behavioral therapy was to do something - anything! - and you will feel better. and when you feel even a little bit better, you can go on to another task, the completion of which will make you feel a bit better, and so on. Every completed task makes getting to the next one just a bit easier.
Awesome. True
Sounds adhd to me
damn at least u got proffesional help i have asian parents and they call me lazy and i will never go far in life :( and its just making it somewhat worse
thanks for changing my life mr Rod burden
thank you very much
@Rob: Thanks for voicing it out. True indeed. Been there done that.
I'll finish writing my paper after I watch this video on procrastination.
Dude.. i haven't even started writing mine...
+xmanprodigy99 Saaaame
+xmanprodigy99 8:14 ;D
+xmanprodigy99 Exact same boat my friend.
+xmanprodigy99 same over here....
Thank you for helping me procrastinate.
+Garrett TotallyNOTCrona Same
+Garrett TotallyNOTCrona ah but it this a positive effect of procrastinating because wear learning how to regulate our own procrastinating so that we don't do it as much- I am going to leave now and evaluate my graded unit
+Garrett TotallyNOTCrona
My homework that's due tomorrow is already half complete.
And the only reason I even started it is because I did it on the morning I THOUGHT it was due. Xp
Aaaand right now, I'm procrastinating on going to sleep. : /
I was procrastinating too lol I started laughing when he called me out lol
Perhaps I'll finish watching this later...
Lol
Hah
Sandra Noneofyourbusiness iii
Perhaps Ill finish reading this comment la- Perhaps I will finish typing this reply later
Sandra Noneofyourbusiness me rn
fun fact: at this point I have procrastinated over 2 whole hours while watching videos about procrastination and how to avoid it. I call it META-procrastination
you still procrastinating?
I have done that before, sortove doing it now.
Lol u r wonderful!!
"...and if you're watching this video to procrastinate working on something..."
*Fuck.*
Busted.
I'm doing it right now haha.
fuck. yes. busted.
Busted.
insert * you got me * gif
Him - "if you're watching this video to procrastinate working on something, go get started"
Me - "I mean I should but.... hey look a shiny"
Connor Bosley Write down shiny to do later. Now you can do the urgent and important things now and shiny will not be forgotten but saved till later as a reward for doing what really needs to be done now.
That said, the distraction caused by seeing shiny is often caused by an overabundance of a certain neurotransmitter on the brain. It prevents you from focusing on the now by switching your attention constantly. It is not a psychological problem but a medical one called HAD. Hyperactivity Attention Disorder and can be treated with drugs. Please see a doctor.
Connor Bosley Write down shiny to do later. Now you can do the urgent and important things now and shiny will not be forgotten but saved till later as a reward for doing what really needs to be done now.
That said, the distraction caused by seeing shiny is often caused by an overabundance of a certain neurotransmitter on the brain. It prevents you from focusing on the now by switching your attention constantly. It is not a psychological problem but a medical one called HAD. Hyperactivity Attention Disorder and can be treated with drugs. Please see a doctor.
Is there a study done on not getting a joke?
I should be studying Hesiod's "Work and Days" itself.
Joe Dempsey, Sr. You mean either ADD or ADHD, never heard of HAD, i have been tested for a variety of things since was 3, but i aint ever heard of HAD
I am procrastinating by watching this video on procrastination
Ironic, no?
This is why they told you at the end to go get started. They knew people like you (and me) were inevitable.
...damn phys ed...it can wait another few days...I've put it off too long already, will more hurt?
ThePCguy17 Why do today what can be put off til tomorrow?
ThePCguy17 I had not expected such a stimulating and engaging response.
soslothful I hate how much I procrastinate, just as much as I hate the world for making procrastination the wrong choice. What can I say? I'm more than a little bit conflicted.
Not that any of the conflict is ever very successful against the procrastination. Procrastination is fun.
For most of my life I struggled with extreme suicidal ideation, along with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and ADHD. Because of this, I assumed I wouldn’t live past 18. And with that idea in mind, I couldn’t care less because “Oh who cares I’ll be dead soon anyway.” I’m still am struggling with these procrastination and other mental health problems but they’re getting better.
That One I have similar issues with depression, anxiety and ADD/autism. I have the same problem when it comes to "nothing matters" attitudes.
I hope everything continues to get better. Stay alive, the world needs you! :)
How are things going on?
My story is nearly identical to yours. This society is not designed to help people like you and I. It's incredibly unforgiving. Sometimes I think it was profoundly selfish for my parents to have me. Why would anyone with psyxh problems want to pass them on to offspring? I certainly won't be doing that.
I don't see a way out of my situation yet. This world likes to trap us into long term career and life trajectiries that can become very punishing as you are.
Past me is useless, present me is pretty lazy, but future me is a real champ. He's always happy to do shit
Noob
And future me will never come rip
Future me is ashes under a grave. How is that going to motivate me...
S A M E
Have you reached to the useful version of yourself yet?
Legit refreshed my subscription box like 20 times avoiding studying and this came up lmao
+BethanyGraceMusic It's a sign.
+BethanyGraceMusic lol you sound like me, except in this particular case, the only thing im avoiding is sleep :P
+BethanyGraceMusic Get your arse in gear.
Omg same I need to start now!
Same!
Im putting off doing my work whatching a video about putting off your work how meta is that?
Me too!
me too ._.
me too DX
dammit, should'Ve read this before making my comment, but yes me too
Andrew Knesse OMG same im supposed to be completeing 5 pages in a text book😂😂
[generic comment on how I am watching this video to procrastinate]
Haha, relatable and original!
Procrastinator's Unite! ... Tomorrow.
nah more like next week
+Awaken the Evil Tomorrow is not good for me, can we reschedule for next week?
I will do it tomorrow, I hope
+Nexus42 nah we will do it in a month no difference bro
+Awaken the Evil
Huh? Wha? I slept in, what did I miss?
Procas... propras... oh fuck it, i'm just going to nap for a bit.
+Eviltech Procrastinate? There i copy pasted it!
did you just...replied to yourself?
+Daniel Esen J. Oliviėr Yes. Yes i did. Too lazy to remove my name from the answer.
Eviltech 😂😂
You're lazier than me
One time I needed to do a essay but instead I was learning French
Nerdium iconic
Bonjour
wow real procrastinator(note the sarcasm)
Bien joué!
Big mood
who else is procrastinating right now?
me, i have to find a book
We all procrastinate because we're forced to do stuff against our will. Life is an imposition and a curse ! The stuff we actually wanna do in life is actually very little.
true. yes.
Me
Done watching it?
ah that exam is future me's problem
😂
Future Me: "Well, shit."
+Nick Here The only one I hate more than future me is past me... He is a dick...
+Nick Here literally me rn, lol i have a gcse 2morrow and i'm watching SciShow
Finals week: the best moment to release this video.
DAMN YOU, SciShow!!!
+ElectrumHD Where are finals going on? I've been out of school for over 2 weeks now.
In Quebec, Canada, but my program finishes a bit later than others
IKR LOL
Ugh, I have them in two weeks
first exam in two days
dont make me realise im procrastinating
I have a math final tomorrow. Better watch videos about procrastination.
Saaame
+bluesnote1 Ahaha don't we all!
So true and so sad. This show is my biggest procrastinator. I think because I tell myself I am learning something so it's not really putting off learning, right?
We all do
+Debra Alexander Boom! How to really procrastinate on learning!
The scientists probably procrastinated while researching
they procrastinated for research
For a passionate scientist procrastinating is watching SciShow...
For a passionate scientist procrastinating is watching SciShow...
They never because they know all the tricks
I have to admit, I've been putting off watching this video.
hahaha
Mee too.
You present this kind of stuff so clearly and without bias. Really well done guys
+Vaysm Couldn't be better said!
...How can you be bias in this subject?
...How can you be bias in this subject?
...How can you be bias in this subject?
+h3h3Productions I was mainly referring to the fact that Michael Aranda referenced three different sub-fields instead of accepting one as the best. SciShow is recognizing that it's a complex study, and they're being very honest in their communication of that fact by describing what we know in this way. Submission to authority (of a particular field) would be an easy mistake here.
Hard work pays off later. Procrastination pays off now.
😂
what?
+ceffydriver that would be saddness, maybe I might be productive, TH-cam is my unproductive time machine
+ceffydriver we would have another thing to distract us
+Zebedee Summers but a world without ze frank, vlogbrothers, wheezy waiter, sounds really bad. Especially since I can only put off work with Facebook for only an hour when with TH-cam I can do eight
I'm procrastinating right now.
Did this guy procrastinate highlighting the left side of his hair?
Yes. And he is procrastinating by letting his beard just partially shaved.
I'm procrastinating by watching this video. I could fail my class if I don't finish this project, but oh well. It's not me, it's an evolutionary trait!
I'm Procrastinating too. let's stop it together. Although.... we could also just watch one more video. Or two.
Exiela Greengrass
or twenty.
***** ... u do understand, that that was a joke right?
so… howd the project go
@@kawaiiblu3517 I'm about to start on it in a few minutes
Had this video in my "watch later' playlist for a while now I should probably actually watch it.
found this three years ago - finally got around to watching it - really good!
I've been meaning to write this comment for 3 days
i love this
+Gabe Newell
Your username fits the topic pretty well. Nice.
how did you plan a comment days before the video it would go on came out?
I'll reply to this tomorrow
+Dominic Bradley but the video is not even a day old
Chronic procrastination is often correlated with depression. This is a long rant about how much procrastination sucks, it's not really light hearted with jokes about procrastination. But I wanted people who are here who have an issue beyond the joke to know you are not alone and to maybe explain how serious it can actually be.
Also, procrastination just fucking sucks. There is no use for it, everyone thinks you are undisciplined, lazy, useless etc.
I've often met people who are procrastinators who have been abused, who often have a incentive to avoid negative feelings.
It's less about realizing that it will go away, procrastinators know it will not go away. They are scared of failing or succeeding.
1.) You write a difficult paper. It was the best you've done, you worked so hard and yet only got a C-. For once you didn't procrastinate. The day it was assigned, you studied, researched and did you absolute best. That C- means you don't pass, likely due to procrastinating in the past. You feel everything was for naught and wish you hadn't wasted time trying and stressing. --- Fear of failure
2.) Same as above, but this time, you got a B, allowing you to pass and actually do pretty well, as well as boosting your self confidence. But you remember how incredibly difficult it was to do that paper at all, and now you must keep up that level or go higher to stay where you are or to even improve and if you can't, you will drop down to where you were, despite the work you put in. If you fail, you're either back to square one, or took two steps back, because then people saw that you can do it, and this time you didn't --- Fear of success.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't if you fear both scenarios.
I wish there was some serious in-depth study on this to FIX it. Because this shit ruins peoples lives. Some are on the street because of depression mixed with chronic procrastination. A fear to try because you may fail, and/or a fear to try because you'll succeed and may fail in the future.
There are countless instances when people have ruined their lives because of procrastination. lost relationships, jobs, even things they want to do. This isn't some pass off of people not having will power (which clearly if the functions in the brain are not doing what they should, the person has no control anyway. If it's genetic or having to do with brain function, neither are in your control.)
The ONLY thing I've found to help if you procrastinate at all, or have chronic procrastination is not the usual BS of make a plan (that rarely works for people with procrastination that damages their life quality) is to do ANY little thing you can. Need to get some food? Do it now. Need to grab a blanket? Do it now. Really small things people think is easy, but for many with this basically brain malfunction, it's hard to retrain the mind to function semi-normally. After you get used to a habit of just doing things when needed (only small insignificant stuff) it can help. Also, encouragement from others does too. And fuck anyone who tells you something is not progress. Celebrate the little stuff, no matter who you are or what your issues maybe. Progress is still progress, even if after you take a step or two back, you still went forward, you CAN do it again.
Oh and easier said than done. My biggest bane in life is keeping up with any habitual pattern.
All I can really say, is good luck and find people who are happy for you moving forward, no matter how small a step it maybe and remember to push yourself in turn to get better.
Thank you for these words! Even if not procrastrination is the main problem in my (or anyone's) life, you wrote great things that can be useful for everybody.
+György Mohl *-r
+Vixx Celacea "And fuck anyone who tells you something is not progress."
A health worker told me that something I did was very small and insignificant. I stopped talking to that guy real fast.
+MaggoTDiluteD That's so incredibly rude of them. It's not their call to judge what progress and success are because they are not you and neither of those are linear nor universal. Anything you do, that pushes you forward to a better you or just making things better is a success in my book. And not to get too sappy, but everyone would be better off if we just acknowledged that people trying at all, even when they fail, is amazing. And failure is actually not terrible. We all fail. Learn from it, not put others or yourself down, ya know? And even if you don't get the lesson the first time, that's also part of the process.
We spend so much time putting others and ourselves down and it doesn't help. In fact, it makes things worse.
Good for you for cutting them out of your life. Even if they meant well like most do, it still was not okay to say that.
Anyway, I'll stop ranting. I'm just glad to hear people can relate to all this.
+Vixx Celacea This comment has more content and meaning than the fucking video above.
+1
Nara Shikamaru
Laziness is the mother of all bad habits. But ultimately she is a mother and we should respect her.
lol
lol u made me choke on my tea
LOL!
Pa trick you know I like your logic sir!
Pa trick I'll respect her later
"Know what you're going to do for your whole life by the time you're eighteen!" This is too real.
What if future me also doesn't give a shit
Tyler Digby me
Then u dead...
A quote l like to remember about motivation is "You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going."
I forgot who's it by but it's a really wise saying for me.
Got 2 finals tomorrow, I better go watch a SciShow video about procrastination
lmfao
Same fam
+Molly Moriarty are you Jim Moriarty's sister or something (if you know what I mean)!! ;)
+Felipe Marinho challenge accepted
+Felipe Marinho i'll prove that i can!
this has been in my watch later playlist since it was uploaded. finally watching now
I'll watch this later..
i saved the video for today. just watched it
Bruh, this has been in my watch later list for so long
Cant beat that. Your lvl of procrastinaton is unreal
Why would you procrastinate something not stressful, unless you’re lying
I'll watch this video later
10/10
Someone give this person an oscar
A+
+Luca ”Spinaccio” Romani lmao
PeeHooo yi
I'm procrastinating by watching a video about procrastination
same here
I procrastinated watching the vid.. I got the notif and now it's 11PM and I have school in the morning..
+Lovesick Poison I'm procrastinating by commenting on a procrastination comment under a procrastination video I just watched
+Lovesick Poison Go get started!
+Lovesick Poison Damn, he's onto us!
Anybody else use this video as motivation?
I procrastinate because thinking about the things I have to do brings me a lot of stress.
+eleziea Me too!
+eleziea please can I interview you? I am researching procrastination... if you agree please message me on facebook.com/xirkoon
Exactly the same here..
I don't want to think about it because of the stress, what brings even more stress in the end.. It's a circle, that only stops after failing that exam, what brings a lot of relief, even though I feel bad about it for a time, that I didn't learn enough to do it.
Yup, me too. The more I think about it the less I want to get started
Watching this instead of doing a physics problem set.
I was procrastinating watching this video for two days 😂 It's been in my watch later playlist and now I'm gonna finally watch it.
I like the
"future you
...is also you". The way you said it made me laugh
i have finals now but wut ever
better get started
I had mine last week. I'm procrastinating looking at my grades.. :/
+TopGunPaintballer yup...
Thank you, SciShow, for helping me procrastinate throughout the years
watching as i procrastinate...
i thought u were dead
no just procrastinating..
this video has been on my watch later playlist for like 5 months now.... lol
The first part makes sense to me. I'm somewhat impulsive, procrastinate a ton, and am terrible at planning very far ahead in the future.
+Micah Philson I, on the other hand, am a terrible procrastinator, but am pretty good at stopping myself from doing things I shouldn't. (even for really reptile-brain desires like "I want to eat that, and a lot of it")
did anyone else save this video to watch later? 😂
Kristen Miner Yes I did to not procrastinate my school assignment.
Kristen Miner yes 😂😂
@Student i have 888 videos to watch later
Have you watched it?
4300+ videos not watched on watch later
I have a project due in 2 days...
BETTER WATCH SOME SCI-SHOW HURR-DURR
+LeCristof same
+LeCristof you might learn something to assist with the project. you might.
lol what is your project about?
Super900k It's a research paper on juveniles in prison.
+LeCristof you got this buddy were pulling for you!!
6 year later i am still rewatching this video
Me too
Hahaha, " and if you're watching this video to procrastinate on something"... GO GET STARTED!!! . Loved it. ,,,,,👏👏👏
Scishow host: "Go get started."
Me: "You don't know me!"
my problem is that i procrastinate when the deadline is coming. I dislike deadlines. When i have a deadline, i feel pressured to do that job, and that pressure gives rise to stress, and stress gives rise to procrastination. This happens till the stress builds up so much that i am forced to do the work (which is at a time 1 hour before deadline usually). When i don't have deadline, i don't show procrastination or show it much less frequently.
The opposite happens to me. When I have a deadline I think "Shoot I need to finish these papers." If there is no deadline I will procrastinate until I give up.
I have the same problem. Deadline causes me procrastinate more in general. Especially my end-semester submissions. :v
Nobody likes deadlines, but you have to do it, and if you start earlier. The better the outcome is. Building things for example, you always find unexpected problems along the way.
f you haven't it heard it yet today, Michael Aranda you are awesome!! Thanks for being that way!!
I'm NOT procrastinating while watching this.
8:10 I'm actually going to do my essay !
...
...
Oh, a new video !
S4lty WHAT THE FFUUUCCJCXJN ITS 8:12 OVER HERE AND IM PROCRASTINATING
[insert original joke about currently procrastinating here]
+origami katakana Maybe later
+David Levey XD
+David Levey you won this comment section
+origami katakana jokeception
I was going to type a joke... Eh, maybe later.
I need to do my social studies homework, but hey, look, a video on procrastination!
EIGHT MINUTES?! I'll watch this later...
+Marco Murkrow The pressure overtook me... Finally watching it now! :D
+Marco Murkrow These two comments are great. xD
Haha thanks ;)
I'm just an amateur crastinator, so this doesn't concern me.
You mean i-am-crastrinator? That sounds like a crazy invention of Doofenschmirtz, lol.
One way to overcome procrastination (from my experience) is to restrict video games until I accomplished my goal. A certain video game just came out in Australia, but I have six uni assignments due in two weeks, so I got my sister to hide the game somewhere until I'm completely done. When I do finish the assignments, the game will feel more rewarding to play.
Ima use that strategy thanks
+Benjamin Thein what flag is your profile ?
Mayra R poland
Me: *watching this video*
Me: *remembers homework*
Also me: Shit.
That moment when SciShow releases a video on procrastination when everyone is having finals next week.
THANKS SCISHOW! It's already late!!
I should do homework. I just finished the video. *starts terraria*
+Augustine Toth At least it's not Stardew Valley. I've already got 119 hours in it and most of it was this past week. *Looks at my Terraria hours* oh... right... I got 408 hours on that.
+ZeldaInuYashalover 523 hours in terraria...
I have over 600+ hours on Payday 2
+Gabe Newell damn
Augustine Toth its an addiction
*the voices must be satisfied*
Was I the only one procrastinating by watching this video instead of doing my schoolwork?
+Ethan Winsborrow never mind I just looked at the comments and a bunch of people did procrastinated! XD
+Ethan Winsborrow Yeah, I think I'll search the interwebz on how to cure procrastination now that I've seen this video. It is important to know all the different methods :)
+Филип Брчић I bet you do that instead of doing something productive. Countering procrastination can be productive though... :P
Procrastination is also a sign of deep sadness that has not healed yet. In other words, sadness or grief can hold back someone from doing things she/he needs.
I tried to break down the task into small chunks and rewarding myself for accomplishing them and now I am rewarding myself for sitting on my work desk...
"you have trouble with procrastination? try not procrastinating" what i got out of this video
Every time I procrastinate something important, i always get through it and get it done last minute
Which is why I don’t think I’ll ever stop procrastinating
Same here
I added it to my watch later playlist 30min after the video came out, still gonna procrastinate watching it. see you guys next year or the next
Here comes all the jokes about everybody Procrastinating while watching this video
+wayin love legit, that's most of the comments above and below yours. hahaha
*not eve watching
I feel that procrastination is an addiction. Overcoming an addiction is always hard.
One thing I often do to help procrastinate is say "I'll do it in an hour" and set a timer rather than say "I'll do it later". Again, not a magic solution, but it helps.
06:36 That Stanford study is really interesting. Thank you for sharing!
i'm not even lying that I procrastinated a week to watch this...
Every time one of these videos appears, it's filled with comments about people procrastinating by watching the video. I thought maybe SciShow would be less affected, but it seems I was wrong. I overestimated you people.
its underestimated not overestimated sorry i just had to
Jordan J
Actually not, I clearly meant overestimated as in *I expected better and you let me down*. hence I *over*estimated.
I'll write a cunning and witty response to this later.
+Miranox oohh you're pretty high up there on that horse aren't you
Jordan J
Apparently not following the flock now gets me accused of arrogance. That says more about you than it does about me.
I'm watching this video instead of studying for a math test...
Who tf actually studies? Why not actually LEARN when you get the chance to?
John Smith some people can’t absorb all of the information they need the first time around.
John Smith i cant cram all those information
Meanwhile me procrastinating while having a huge pile of assignments and having a test a few days later while watching a video of procrastination.
I was studying....took a break and as you said in the concluding line.....I am going back to my studies.....THANKS.
All I do is procrastinate, I have severe anxiety and depression..and ADHD Q_Q But I am working on it so I can always say well I have a reason to be that way and I am working on it which is procrastination in it self..But I am realizing the problem..
same here exactly
Well, we are on a good way I guess :3
Acknowledging the problem is the first step to solving it.
Randy Kalff True, first you have to realize you have one and than make steps to solve it. I am in therapy and work therefor on getting better because I want to.
Fuchs aus dem Wald use the 2 minute rule. It made wonders for me.
watching this to procrastinate
" Go get started"...He knows...
Procrastinating right now by watching this then scrolled down and added several other videos to my watch later playlist. Uhh trying to revise for a exam but apparently, to me knowing how pi can explain everything and the 5 greatest hacks of all time is more important than that. Congrats to you guys, have such a great channel that's a great place to procrastinate. Bye (for now) I'm now gonna try and revise/study.
Lol yeah my depression and anxiety caused my procrastination to spiral out of control
I'm sorry........
Just don't let it destroy you, and don't forget to talk to people?
mini m&ms my life is ruined by the repeated cycle of procrastination....... bad grades in xm...depression. ...procrastination....bad grades....depression. ...procrastination. ...bad graded...depression. ...................
I was gonna watch this now, but I'll do it later.
2:14 that's a sexy cave-woman
+Kalen Wilson -_-
agreed
+Shithead McDipshit #NiceShirt oh i know what you mean sir ;)
ikr LOL
+Kalen Wilson
That's not a cave-woman, but an avatar of a goddess manifesting herself as a combination of Sophia Myles and Amanda Seyfried to teach men about the power of boobs and femininity. Look how the men to her right are exalted in her presence, while the child to her left is unmoved, blasé like "Yeah she's pretty I guess? I just don't see what the fuss is all about." And the other men telling him "wait till you hit puberty".
I HAD A WEEK EXTENSION TO GET ALL MY WORK IN BUT IM WHITTLED DOWN TO THE FINAL FEW HOURS
In Romania we have a saying "Don't do tomorrow what you could do today", I try to use this as a mantra so I won't procrastinate that much.
Why put off till tomorrow what you can forget about doing entirely?
"I never procrastinate!" *watches video while supposed to be studying*
TH-cam utilizes passive aggression to get me to do homework
Yes, nailed it, the whole part about the future you.
What helps, is having a more concrete understanding of the outcome of your necessary task.
Like, as an example, it’s harder to save money just for the sake of saving money, but if instead, you’re saving money because you want to go on a trip, then the goal becomes much more tangible.
So with academics, the future doesn’t feel tangible, but let’s say that you needed to hit a certain mark in order to get X, then your attitude towards the school work becomes a more important and necessary task in your mind, there’s a more tangible motivation behind why you WANT to get the work done.
This happened to me where I was doing so bad at school that if I didn’t improve my grades, I’d get kicked out of uni, all of a sudden, I was working much harder and getting A’s and B’s to save my skin...
But as soon as I got out of the status of being on academic probation... My production started dipping again...
But through that experience, at least I learned that I was actually smarter and more capable than I thought...
My issue now is just getting myself to do the work on time and sticking to deadlines...
I have ADHD and my learning disability is officially recognized with the uni, and the profs can tell I’m not an idiot so they give me deadline extensions to help me, but now because I KNOW I’ll get deadline extensions, I have even less internal drive to get the work done... So now I’m getting my deadline extensions, EXTENDED a 2nd time... 😭
And now I fear that if I get away with it, the next time, I’ll be asking for a 3rd one... It’s almost as if I’m testing the limits of far I can push these deadline extensions... I’ve fallen into the abyss... please someone help me 😪
I wish I just had exams instead of papers to write... my grades wouldn’t be as good, but at least I know I’m smart enough that I’d manage to pass... and I would’ve been done with Uni 4 years ago...
I'm watching this while I'm neglecting math homework
But math is great
+BenCubed nerd
+Adam Runyon true I love math
+BenCubed Maths is one thing I will never neglect. Unless its analyzing a statistical report. Then I'll procrastinate all you like...
+vincent roosmalen Math is awesome. To be honest, I procrastinate with other subjects, but Math is the subject that I procrastinate the least on
It's funny because I'm procrastination right now
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hi procrastination im sans
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Sin Lee *bleach**
I'll procrastinate tomorrow. Now where's my textbook
This was the best explanation of procrastination I have viewed yet. Thanks guys.