Procrastination Study

I read this really interesting study on procrastination on Friday. It started by reading this article about a decade long study of procrastination.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070111/procrastination_nation.html?.v=1T.

Then I went to the source and did a little more reading on the authors website.http://www.procrastinus.com/The best part was this page that talked about the various theories. It uses frames so the link looks wierd, but it is the same site.

http://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~steel//Procrastinus/theories.php

It really changed how I worked on my weekend. There were a couple of tasks that I had been procrastinating on and this really convicted me. Now I have both tasks done and I feel much better. It seems the Delayed Expectancy Theory is the one that really made a difference to me. Those tasks were just drudgery with little reward and I just needed to get them done without putting other quick reward projects first. Now that they are done, the actual reward of relief is surprisingly high. With more analysis, I'm finding a lot of distractions fall under this quick reward category he talks about. For starters, I turned off the ringer on my incoming e-mail.

I hope you enjoy the reading. It really made a difference for me.