https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:34:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-581518 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:05:35 +0000 lemondrop 581518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need a looming deadline to really be effective. I seem to work best that way. I don't love that I function best that way, but I'd rather be playing with my boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-580382 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:29:08 +0000 MsInformation 580382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I struggle with procrastination all the time, especially because I'm good friends with my cubicle mate and we're constantly gabbing and goofing off. Our system for getting actual work done is to set up a goal and reward at the beginning of the day - for example, if we both get halfway through our stories (we're newspaper reporters) by mid-day, we'll go somewhere fun to buy lunch (otherwise we have to go downstairs to the depressing cafeteria). </p> <p>When I need an uninterrupted block of time for writing, I close my Outlook and turn on Pandora.</p> <p>If you're looking for an extreme measure, I've read that Jonathan Franzen once put superglue in the Ethernet port of his laptop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579522 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:18:41 +0000 mrsjyw 579522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: yaya glad you got the hard part done! procrastinators FTW! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579510 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:17:02 +0000 MsLipGloss 579510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, I finished the first (and most difficult) part, so now on to the second! </p> <p>Thanks all! Glad to know I am not the only one!</p> <p>@MrsJYW: "I've just come to accept that I am my own problem and to just accept it." I *puffyheart* this. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579497 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:13:40 +0000 Turd Ferguson 579497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work on coming up with excuses as to why I didn't get what I was supposed to finished... Hahahaha, but seriously... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579491 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:11:54 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 579491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I'm in the same boat. I only have 1.5 weeks left at my current job and I'm supposed to be documenting the past 6 years of stuff I've worked on ... and instead I'm on here. </p> <p>What helps me is closing my internet browser completely and then putting some music on (with headphones) to drown out anything else. Then I tell myself I can't do any more HB until I finish. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579451 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:05:57 +0000 .twist. 579451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: close down the internet? WHAT? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579341 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:42:53 +0000 Smurfette 579341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to give myself little deadlines. Like no more HB or internet until I have so much of a project finished. Then I can take a break if I want or sometimes it helps me to keep going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579310 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:35:32 +0000 heartonastring 579310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my gosh..are we working on the same document?! I am writing a manual that outlines every. single. minute. detail of my job (to assist my replacement while I'm on maternity leave). I'm only on page five and just about ready to poke my own eye out.</p> <p>I'm not exactly excelling at not procrastinating, but I'm doing far better today than I did yesterday. I'm only allowing myself to check the websites I frequent (like HB) every half hour for a few minutes. I'm also listening to music, which always helps me focus (although I realize that for some people this has the opposite effect).</p> <p>I wish you luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579303 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:32:50 +0000 mrskc 579303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no advice as I'm on here instead of working. But closing down the internet would be a start. :) maybe go have a snack and walk around for a minute to recharge yourself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579302 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:32:22 +0000 Dandelion 579302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't. When I'm home by myself, I do very little housework. When ds and dh get home, that's when I get motivated. So maybe I conquer it by not wanting my dh to see me just sitting around with a messy house, lol. I do have a slight excuse, being 36 weeks along, but I try not to throw that card down all the time, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579295 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:31:25 +0000 mrsjyw 579295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a HUGE procrastinator. But, i also work better under pressure. My job revolves around meeting client deadlines and in college I always left papers til the night before due date.</p> <p>I've just come to accept that I am my own problem and to just accept it. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579288 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:28:56 +0000 kiddosc 579288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ummm... being on HB in the middle of the workday disqualifies me from answering this question. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579277 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:26:15 +0000 mrbee 579277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I unplug the Ethernet cord until I'm down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579265 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:22:30 +0000 .twist. 579265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no tips but am looking for help with this also. I get distracted so easily and my work suffers and then I feel even worse about myself! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-conquer-procrastination#post-579256 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:21:15 +0000 MsLipGloss 579256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am really struggling drafting a technical document (for work) . . . struggling (which doesn't happen often) makes me feel extra distracted and unfocused, and I am having a hard time just pushing/working through it. Any of you go through this? How do you deal? </p>