BBC recently had a very interesting article called Procrastination: It’s pretty much all in the mind (click link for full article). In the article is a description of a research study that found people who are more likely to procrastinate have a larger amygdala (the part of the brain that processes emotions and motivation). One […]
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Procrastinator
Are you a procrastinator? Always? Sometimes? I am sometimes. I keep rolling the unwanted task from week to week or month to month until I finally do it or give up attempting to do it. I have analyzed why I procrastinate with some things, and it boils down to feeling pressure to do something where […]
Pen spinning
I was catching up on recent posts by my French counterpart when I saw this one from early January about pen spinning (“it’s very simply the art of juggling with your pen”). A propeller pen of one’s own, n’est-ce pas? I immediately got a pang of nostalgia for my 9th grade geometry class, when a […]
The expandable hour
In general, I think I’m a fairly efficient person, but I often find I fit the tasks I have to do to fill the time that’s available. Like many writers, I can be very productive when I’m on deadline or juggling multiple assignments. It’s when my workload’s light that things start to go downhill, as […]
Get up and go to work
In a recent Talk of the Town, playwright David Mamet revealed his dedication to Clairefontaine notebooks and longhand composition: I hate the computer¦ I hate their spell-check. I won’t ever do e-mail. (He does sometimes use a typewriter.) I’m afraid of only two things, Mamet said, Being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early […]
Procrastination special!
This morning at Slate, the editors tackle a topic that’s near to everyone’s hearts with a special report on procrastination. (Of course I read the whole thing before I started composing this post.) My favorite piece: Emily Yoffe’s tale about trying to use online support groups and self-help books to stop procrastinating. Yoffe sounds like […]
