Talk:Procrastination/Archive 1

This is an excellent article - to everyone who has contributed, well done, and thankyou! --New Thought 11:52, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Much more is need. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and I am very sceptical that this behavior can be anything but a dictionary definition. --mav 07:10 Nov 23, 2002 (UTC)
 * Eh, they'll just write it later. ;-)  --KQ


 * I might get round myself to writing this article properly. It will be time-consuming hower, since procrastination is a noted thief of this commodity... user:sjc

Why do people procrastinate? Wouldn't it make more sense to get whatever it is that needs to be done now and stop thinking about it, instead of worrying about it until the last minute and then rushing to get it done? The key is that procrastination is really a combination of passing the buck and retribution.

Those of us who are procrastinators have a view of the world which even they may not realize. The procrastinator does not view himself as a single person, but instead, as three. There is the Past Guy, the Present Guy and the Future Guy. The catch is that the procrastinator can only control Present Guy. What ends up happening is that Present Guy has some task to complete, but hopes that someone will come along and do it for him, thus deciding to leave it for Future Guy. But, it's a trap! The task never arrives for Future Guy, but instead for Present Guy, who now has to deal with it in a hurry. All Present Guy sees is that it is Past Guy's fault for not doing it himself. So, Present Guy is angry with Past Guy and decides that since he can't screw Past Guy, he might as well screw Future Guy. Thus creating a perpetuating cycle of screw the Future Guy that never ends.
 * Remembers me of a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon about time-travelling. Calvin I from the past has not done the homework, Calvin II from the present is not doing the homework and is together with Number II visiting Calvin III who is about to go to school. III suffers as none of the other Calvins has done the homework. And I have to say that the wikipedia has an enormous addictive potential and it happened that I wrote half the night for this Behemoth. --Keimzelle 21:35, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I was going to read this longish post here but I am too lazy and will do it later. Finishing this post would be a good (Post to be finished later)--Lucky13pjn 17:47, Dec 6, 2004 (UTC)

Definition of procrastination: looking up "procrastination" on wikipedia instead of studying for my exam--STGM 03:05, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one who did this.--James G
 * No no, you're definitely not the only one who have done / is doing this. =) -- KTC 12:24, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This is truly sad.. I am doing the exact same thing. --219.88.163.103 02:54, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Aargh! David Sneek 07:59, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * * Whistles innocently * -- Kizor 03:57, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh God, you guys too? What is the world coming to? AKismet 22:55, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a section should be added the the artical titled 'using wikipedia to procrastinate' I had been reserching hp, on wikipedia, but then I clicked a few links and eventually ended up here.  Well it looks as if I have just wasted the past half hour so I need to get back to work now.  (also I found it ammusing that one of the links on the page list steps to cure procrastination now. What procrastinator is going to do that?  --T-rex 21:35, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It would be for the best to actually have an article on using wikipedia to procrastinate...Yes, I am doing it right now.--24.85.147.171 06:00, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Made a bunch of changes and expanded. Added my site www.procrastinationsupport.com. Not sure the etiquette for editing this thing so please email me if I did something wrong. Laurap414 Jan 25 2005

{{added wikify tag, I'll get around to wikifying it eventually :). Jtkiefer July 7, 2005 01:55 (UTC)

Clean up
First, let me express my reaction over the present article. What in the heavens is that?! It is clearly not NPOV, the tone of the whole article seems to condemn the need to classify procrastination into the DSM and quite frankly it not well formatted.--Janarius 03:28, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Check the edit history. I've reverted to the last good version. Someone appears to be trying to make this article reflect their personal standpoint on the issue. If the article is not good by the time you see this message, please revert it to the last NPOV version. Graham 08:12, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll have it under my watchlist.--Janarius 01:01, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

The section above was referring to this revision of the procrastination article. Graham talk 13:02, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Recent changes
I have tried to incorporate the changes by 24.18.171.99 to fit with the general tone and structure of the previous article. The previous revision can be found here. I do not believe that this article should be filled with too many examples of procrastination and its possible effects, as much of this contradicts the no original research policy, which is a very important policy for wikipedia. They are also biased towards the problems of older white males, and this article is supposed to represent all points of view about procrastination.

I also reinstated the part of the article about academic procrastination, as the problem of procrastination is very relevant to those in academic institutions, so it at least deserves a mention here. I also removed the examples of computer addiction, for the same reason I removed the examples above - they also border on original research, and are not necessary for that section of the article. I did, however, keep most of the new definition, as I think it describes the concept of procrastination better than the old definition. I also kept the see also link to academic procrastination, in the hope that the new article may be expanded.

I welcome discussion on these changes, but after 13:00 UTC today (18 October), I will not be able to respond until 8:00 UTC (4:00 EST) tomorrow at the earliest. - Graham/pianoman87 talk 12:36, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

ADHD and Depression
I have both and am rather lazy. Is this true, or did someone like me just add it as an excuse? is there a source, if so, I'd like to use it. thanks. Pellaken 02:39, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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The saying "procrastination is the thief of time" was first used by Edward Young (1683-1765) in "The Complaint: or Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality". Here it is:

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.

This article is a Joke!
--220.238.44.174 07:11, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * No. If all the people would abstain from procrastinating their wikipedian duties, this encyclopedia would grow much, much fasterrrrrrrrrr... --Keimzelle 15:59, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Theories Section
Is there a real reason for the recent deletions? Why is an evolutionary perspective not noteworthy? Huh? Explain that to me, please. --Keimzelle 10:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

An idle idea...
I really wish it would be appropriate to put "STOP READING THIS AND GET TO WORK" in big, red type at the top of this page.... Because you KNOW why people end up here (or on Wikipedia in general, for that matter...) ZacharyS 04:47, 6 December 2005 (UTC)