Comments on: Conscious Procrastination http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/ Personal Development for Smart People Sat, 09 May 2009 21:45:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SteveStreeting.com » Dog food and selfishness http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-37601 SteveStreeting.com » Dog food and selfishness Thu, 03 May 2007 12:02:55 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-37601 [...] Onto the other reason I haven’t got on as well as I wanted - time management. It’s been apalling in the last couple of weeks and I have to do something about it. The problem is that I have so many distractions, so many things on the go from OGRE community things (forums, 3rd-party releases, email, bugfixes), to business things (planning, money, paperwork), to personal (mail, IM). I’ve been finding that I’ll look back on the day and find that I’ve spent 50-75% of the time mopping all these little tasks, mostly for others, and not spending enough time on my own work. It can’t continue, I’m suffering in a way from what Steve Pavlina calls ‘Conscious Procrastination’. [...] [...] Onto the other reason I haven’t got on as well as I wanted – time management. It’s been apalling in the last couple of weeks and I have to do something about it. The problem is that I have so many distractions, so many things on the go from OGRE community things (forums, 3rd-party releases, email, bugfixes), to business things (planning, money, paperwork), to personal (mail, IM). I’ve been finding that I’ll look back on the day and find that I’ve spent 50-75% of the time mopping all these little tasks, mostly for others, and not spending enough time on my own work. It can’t continue, I’m suffering in a way from what Steve Pavlina calls ‘Conscious Procrastination’. [...]

]]> By: Declutter It! » Tick Tock Tuesday/More Email Talk http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-37517 Declutter It! » Tick Tock Tuesday/More Email Talk Tue, 01 May 2007 13:11:50 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-37517 [...] One article that I thought was really good is Conscious Procrastination. In his article he is talking about spending too much time on low value tasks. He explains that you should make a conscious choice about the things that are really important to you - things that will matter years from now. Here’s a quote from the article. Will you invest your time in what really matters to you, or will your tombstone ultimately read like this: [...] [...] One article that I thought was really good is Conscious Procrastination. In his article he is talking about spending too much time on low value tasks. He explains that you should make a conscious choice about the things that are really important to you – things that will matter years from now. Here’s a quote from the article. Will you invest your time in what really matters to you, or will your tombstone ultimately read like this: [...]

]]> By: Estimate Time More Accurately to Acheive Your Goals » Brazen Careerist http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-21743 Estimate Time More Accurately to Acheive Your Goals » Brazen Careerist Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:54:15 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-21743 [...] I know that I do this a lot, so I have started implementing tricks to stop myself. Like, I categorize everything on my list as an A, B or C, and I have to do all the As first. Sometimes I’ll give myself a little gift by putting an easy C into the A category. Steve Pavlina has written a treatise-length blog entry on the perils of doing the unimportant tasks first. I am hoping that will inspire me. [...] [...] I know that I do this a lot, so I have started implementing tricks to stop myself. Like, I categorize everything on my list as an A, B or C, and I have to do all the As first. Sometimes I’ll give myself a little gift by putting an easy C into the A category. Steve Pavlina has written a treatise-length blog entry on the perils of doing the unimportant tasks first. I am hoping that will inspire me. [...]

]]> By: Blog [dot] Mick’s World » Blog Archive » Procrastination http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-14740 Blog [dot] Mick’s World » Blog Archive » Procrastination Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:38:54 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-14740 [...] There’s an article about Conscious Procrastination, which if you are a procrastinator you’ll agree with many of the points made. To help overcome procrastination there’s also an article named Overcoming Procrastination. [...] [...] There’s an article about Conscious Procrastination, which if you are a procrastinator you’ll agree with many of the points made. To help overcome procrastination there’s also an article named Overcoming Procrastination. [...]

]]> By: Muxton.com » Getting Things Done http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-13975 Muxton.com » Getting Things Done Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:42:51 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-13975 [...] Tonight I have spent quite some time reading a number of articles by a guy called Steve Pavlina around the subjects of Self Discipline, motivation, procrastination and increasing your earnings potential and again have been inspired to try putting some of the ideas into practice in my personal and work life. [...] [...] Tonight I have spent quite some time reading a number of articles by a guy called Steve Pavlina around the subjects of Self Discipline, motivation, procrastination and increasing your earnings potential and again have been inspired to try putting some of the ideas into practice in my personal and work life. [...]

]]> By: Rhythm Blog » Blog Archive » How I Get Things Done http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-12960 Rhythm Blog » Blog Archive » How I Get Things Done Wed, 31 May 2006 02:41:07 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-12960 [...] If you really want to change how you manage your time, you’ve first got to realize that time is the most important thing in your life. Once time is gone, you can never get it back. You can’t “make” more time like you can money. You can’t put time into an investment account and get more time out of it. With the exception of science fiction and worm hole theory, once time is gone, it’s gone. You’d better commit to make the best of it. Your time needs to be respected and you should always be asking yourself if what you are doing at this very moment is the best use of your time. Steve Pavlina has a great article titled Conscious Procrastination that I recommend reading to help you take some initial steps towards identifying if what you are doing at any particular moment is a beneficial use of your time. [...] [...] If you really want to change how you manage your time, you’ve first got to realize that time is the most important thing in your life. Once time is gone, you can never get it back. You can’t “make” more time like you can money. You can’t put time into an investment account and get more time out of it. With the exception of science fiction and worm hole theory, once time is gone, it’s gone. You’d better commit to make the best of it. Your time needs to be respected and you should always be asking yourself if what you are doing at this very moment is the best use of your time. Steve Pavlina has a great article titled Conscious Procrastination that I recommend reading to help you take some initial steps towards identifying if what you are doing at any particular moment is a beneficial use of your time. [...]

]]> By: Jesse J McLaughlin » Blog Archive » Unconscious habits http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-11111 Jesse J McLaughlin » Blog Archive » Unconscious habits Mon, 01 May 2006 01:33:07 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-11111 [...] This post is a continuation of the Video games post. It is partly inspired from a post made by Steve Pavlina here. [...] [...] This post is a continuation of the Video games post. It is partly inspired from a post made by Steve Pavlina here. [...]

]]> By: John Lawrence (MSFT) : Too much email, not enough life http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-10742 John Lawrence (MSFT) : Too much email, not enough life Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:19:55 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-10742 [...] Too much email, not enough life Via Itzy I came across this poem from Steve Palvina.  Will you invest your time in what really matters to you, or will your tombstone ultimately read like this: Here lies John, who passed awayWhile answering his email one day.No friend, no child, no loving mateCould keep poor John from working late.With each new mail, he worked like hellTo click ”reply” instead of “del.”A prompt response he’d always giveBut somehow he forgot to live. Ouch. Sounds horribly like me. Published Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:46 PM by johnlawr Filed Under: General [...] [...] Too much email, not enough life Via Itzy I came across this poem from Steve Palvina.  Will you invest your time in what really matters to you, or will your tombstone ultimately read like this: Here lies John, who passed awayWhile answering his email one day.No friend, no child, no loving mateCould keep poor John from working late.With each new mail, he worked like hellTo click ”reply” instead of “del.”A prompt response he’d always giveBut somehow he forgot to live. Ouch. Sounds horribly like me. Published Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:46 PM by johnlawr Filed Under: General [...]

]]> By: Email Overloaded http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-10735 Email Overloaded Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:50:11 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-10735 <strong>Who’s in control here?</strong> The following two quotes bring to life some of the messages I’ve been trying to convey. Steve Pavlina warns against getting gobbled up by your email and letting it take over your life: Will you invest your time in what really matters to you, or w... Who’s in control here?

The following two quotes bring to life some of the messages I’ve been trying to convey.
Steve Pavlina warns against getting gobbled up by your email and letting it take over your life:
Will you invest your time in what really matters to you, or w…

]]> By: Piedragil Rocks! » Dejar todo para después…. http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/comment-page-1/#comment-10484 Piedragil Rocks! » Dejar todo para después…. Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:57:26 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/conscious-procrastination/#comment-10484 [...] Dejar todo para después…. March 7th, 2006 by Javier Piedragil En el artículo Conscious Procrastination , el autor opina sobre cómo las personas dejamos para después los asuntos más importantes y atendemos durante más tiempo aquellos que son triviales, son interesantes sus recomendaciones para revertir el proceso. [...] [...] Dejar todo para después…. March 7th, 2006 by Javier Piedragil En el artículo Conscious Procrastination , el autor opina sobre cómo las personas dejamos para después los asuntos más importantes y atendemos durante más tiempo aquellos que son triviales, son interesantes sus recomendaciones para revertir el proceso. [...]

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