Putting off things you really want to do...

[sufisaint]

I get my ability to put bullshit things to the very last minute so i can use my fear of fucking up to get it done...but i cannot understand why i keep putting off all my fun projects? Anyone else do this as well?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I get my ability to put bullshit things to the very last minute so i can use my fear of fucking up to get it done...but i cannot understand why i keep putting off all my fun projects? Anyone else do this as well?

Are you a perfectionist?

 

[CandiCame]

Sometimes, and the reason is always pure laziness.

 

[sufisaint]

Are you a perfectionist?

More like i have a vision of the way i want things to turn out...want to make it real.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

More like i have a vision of the way i want things to turn out...want to make it real.

Fear of failure.

 

[sufisaint]

Sometimes, and the reason is always pure laziness.

I am always doing things..naturally in hyper drive.

 

[sufisaint]

Fear of failure.

But ussually that fear raises my abilities and i pull it off...at the last moment.

 

[Que]

That is really common with people with ADHD. The fact that you're under the gun under a deadline tends to raise your adrenaline leve which in turn affects norepinephrinel and makes you focus better.

 

[Disgustipated]

More like i have a vision of the way i want things to turn out...want to make it real.

So what is your vision and what do you do for fun projects?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

That is really common with people with ADHD. The fact that you're under the gun under a deadline tends to raise your adrenaline leve which in turn affects norepinephrinel and makes you focus better.

That aint my way. I nibble things to completion. A little here, a little there.

 

[Que]

That aint my way. I nibble things to completion. A little here, a little there.

That works for me too. Breaking it down to smaller tasks.

...But wheres the chaos in that??

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Perfectionism only breeds failure.


I think that ,sometimes, a clear mental picture is slow to take shape, so that can cause a delay. Other times, I have started something with only a general idea of what the final product would be and figured it out along the way.


I usually get the first one - the customer usually gets the second.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

That works for me too. Breaking it down to smaller tasks.

...But wheres the chaos in that??

I read all the books about chaos but none of them offer a simple model for what it is, so I made my own model: Its the transition from one paradigm to another.

 

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[PoppingTom]

i cannot understand why i keep putting off all my fun projects? Anyone else do this as well?

Yep. Because they're just fun. No real goal behind it, and this is sometimes demotivating.

 

[subdued_passion]

I get my ability to put bullshit things to the very last minute so i can use my fear of fucking up to get it done...but i cannot understand why i keep putting off all my fun projects? Anyone else do this as well?

I do and I never really thought about it till now.

Fear of failure.

I hate you.

That is really common with people with ADHD. The fact that you're under the gun under a deadline tends to raise your adrenaline leve which in turn affects norepinephrinel and makes you focus better.

Also, people who leave stuff to the last minute are also ones who enjoy drama.

That aint my way. I nibble things to completion. A little here, a little there.

I don't know how you manage to compartmentalize things so well. I tend to immerse myself in any one thing completely till the point of exhaustion or completion. I should really learn how to pace myself and do a bit of everything like you.

 

[sufisaint]

That is really common with people with ADHD. The fact that you're under the gun under a deadline tends to raise your adrenaline leve which in turn affects norepinephrinel and makes you focus better.

I am an adrenaline junkie..

 

[sufisaint]

I do this, too. I am a master at procrastinating and then exceeding expectations. My job now requires more careful and long-term planning. I'm getting better, but only because I have to.

Its a hard habit to break...i love pulling it off especially when nay sayers say its not possible...

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

It's a common misconception that there will always be enough time to "do it later".

 

[sufisaint]

It's a common misconception that there will always be enough time to "do it later".

We hang by very thin thread to this life

 

[pink]

I do that with my scrapbooking. I want to go upstair and work on my pages but...I want them to be perfect...I know they won't be so I don't go.


I know it's stupid.

 

[Noor]

We hang by very thin thread to this life

Yep, July and August made me painfully aware of this.
Things I wish we had done this spring instead of waiting until I was better.

You can be talking to someone about future plans or even just tomorrow, only for life to leave them within minutes of their saying "don't worry, we have time to do everything."

Whatever it is, if it's important, do it now.

 

[sufisaint]

Yep, July and August made me painfully aware of this.
Things I wish we had done this spring instead of waiting until I was better.

You can be talking to someone about future plans or even just tomorrow, only for life to leave them within minutes of their saying "don't worry, we have time to do everything."

Whatever it is, if it's important, do it now.

Every day alive is a miracle and a blessing...a gift not to be wasted...i try to do something each day that leaves an impression on my soul.

 

[patient1]

I get my ability to put bullshit things to the very last minute so i can use my fear of fucking up to get it done...but i cannot understand why i keep putting off all my fun projects? Anyone else do this as well?

More like i have a vision of the way i want things to turn out...want to make it real.

I am always doing things..naturally in hyper drive.

Here's your theme song-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGQmmDEDYiI

 

[bluebell]

Over the course of my life I've developed a terrible habit of walking away from the things I love doing (or whatever I used to perceive as my "talents") because I believed that diving into them would actually bleed me dry instead of creating More.

After electing to do that several times over, I was forced to be logical and prudent so I could take care of and provide for myself. Now that I can dive back into the things I like doing, I'm hesitant. Ann is right. Perfectionism breeds failure, a failure to even start in my case.