Comments on: Procrastination Thumbscrews – Know Your Procrastinating and Time Wasting Weaknesses

By: Times wasteing | Imperialtaco

Times wasteing | Imperialtaco — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:58:46 +0000

[...] Procrastination Thumbscrews – Know Your Procrastinating and Time Solution: I do not have a good solution to this, other than to clean my room (or hire someone to do it) and unclutter as often as I can, so the excuse is not available to me during times I really need to be productive. [...]

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:01:42 +0000

Procrastination Thumbscrews – Know Your Procrastinating and Time Wasting Weaknesses http://is.gd/cirRw

By: tjc90

tjc90 — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:20:53 +0000

HI, my name is TJ, I am just turning 20. I have been in this rut since completing high school i work with my dad in company that he and his girl friend started. after working at various minimum wage jobs i decided it was time to make something of myself as far as my knowledge of the company goes, i feel pretty good, i know what i am supposed to do and how to do it i just simply bring myself to do it. i try to listen and learn new ways to get motivated but when it comes down to it i would rather sit in front of a TV for 8 hours a day than do anything else i coming to the end of my rope on favors and really need to start taking care of myself and just realizing that makes me feel like im taking a step in the right direction but its just not enough any advice would be greatly apprecated

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:32:07 +0000

From the archives -> : Procrastination Thumbscrews – Know Your Procrastinating and Time Wasting Weaknesses http://tr.im/QZcw

By: 7 Common Procrastination Excuses

7 Common Procrastination Excuses — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:24:08 +0000

[...] This is procrastination, plain and simple – we don’t want to do the difficult tasks that we really should be doing, and we put things off by making excuses and doing “just on more thing.” Surprise, surprise – for me, that “one more thing” often ends up being one of my procrastination thumbscrews. [...]

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:52:46 +0000

Is there a way to print out this article – printer version?

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:52:46 +0000

Is there a way to print out this article – printer version?

By: What Is Analysis Driven Personal Development?

What Is Analysis Driven Personal Development? — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:05 +0000

[...] examples of this are my discussion of how to approach personal change, the article analyzing my procrastination weaknesses and where I waste time online.Research Driven. Some of the previous articles include research [...]

By: My Secret For Personal Growth and Change: How To Change Yourself

My Secret For Personal Growth and Change: How To Change Yourself — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:17:39 +0000

[...] and sacrifices needed, and my desire is strong enough – then there is no excuse for procrastinating another moment.Printable Decision Tree (Flowchart) For Personal Change Once you’ve read this [...]

By: Seven Reasons You Check Email So Frequently – And How To Stop

Seven Reasons You Check Email So Frequently – And How To Stop — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:20:52 +0000

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By: Is This The Moment?

Is This The Moment? — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:30:58 +0000

[...] determine success – or the moment where I taste failure? Will this moment be a moment of weakness – or will it be my finest [...]

By: Personal Development Roadblocks – Pushing Pleasure Buttons

Personal Development Roadblocks – Pushing Pleasure Buttons — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:06:16 +0000

[...] familiar? Television and video games are two of my procrastination thumbscrews. I bet some of you notice other items on this list as well as perhaps particular [...]

By: How To Get Motivated – 8 Tips to Break Your Motivational Funk

How To Get Motivated – 8 Tips to Break Your Motivational Funk — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00:41 +0000

[...] me that it’s hard to get started again. Don’t fall into that trap – recognize the activities you do to procrastinate, and nip it in the bud. Take action right away, no matter how small the victory, and use that [...]

By: Doc Sarah Schons

Doc Sarah Schons — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:07:48 +0000

RT @brianwmarshall: Know Your Procrastinating and Time Wasting Weaknesses http://ow.ly/oWlS

By: Brian Marshall

Brian Marshall — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:55:26 +0000

Know Your Procrastinating and Time Wasting Weaknesses http://ow.ly/oWlS

By: How To Actively Take Control of Your Time and Your Life

How To Actively Take Control of Your Time and Your Life — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:40:22 +0000

[...] My Procrastination Thumbscrews. In my opinion, this is the worst form of time wasting. Not only am I wasting away my time with activities that are not productive, but I am actively stifling my own progress. This includes everything from cleaning my room to doing excessive amounts of metawork to avoid actually getting to the task at hand. [...]

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:36:07 +0000

Hi Mozoak,
Thanks for your comment! Knowing is half the battle eh? ;)

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:34:07 +0000

Hi Lionslinger,
Thanks for the comment, and good for you! =)

You may want to check out my article about the best personal development
books

http://tr.im/pdbooks

In it I go over two books that may help you with organization and
procrastination. I think you may especially enjoy Zen To Done, since it is
habit changing (and I have had a lot of good feedback from readers about it,
especially those who did not like Getting Things Done as being too much(

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:33:04 +0000

Hi Herbert,
Thanks for your comment!

I lightly touched on it, but you're right - denying ourselves things and
making them appear scarce only makes them that much more tempting =).
That's no excuse for allowing myself to waste too much time on TV, but it
is kind of interesting the way our brains work.

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:31:02 +0000

Hi Alex,
Facebook and metawork can both seem deceptively productive to me as well =).
I tell myself I am using facebook to maintain contact with friends (and
isn't that important, to keep in touch?), or that I am using
facebook/twitter to be part of the community to learn from other bloggers
and perhaps have them interact with me on my blog as well.

It's a fine line though.

I home you do enjoy RescueTime - I have it running right now as we speak.
It's my little personal assistant looking over my shoulder, making sure I
keep on track =)

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:47:01 +0000

My two time-wasters are playing on the Internet (especially Facebook) and Metawork – I love to plan and then plan some more. Thanks for the Rescue Time link – sounds interesting and I'm going to check it out.

By: Mozoak

Mozoak — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:48:02 +0000

Metawork – That is my problem!

By: lionslinger

lionslinger — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:41:49 +0000

Darn, I'm guilty of a lot of procrastination. There are a lot of things that needs fixing in my house, I forget all the errands that I need to attend and I fail to take action on a certain project I like to pursue.

I guess it's time to get rid of my procrastination. The truth is I cannot concentrate with all these things cluttered on my mind.

By: Herbert

Herbert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:03:32 +0000

Good point about the TV, things are so much more valuable when they are scarce.

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:30:04 +0000

Hi Verena,
Haha! I've noticed that when I'm procrastinating, I may not cook, but I do
take just a little longer organizing my paperwork or perhaps extend my
guitar playing a little bit ;)