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[nny]

The most annoying thing about my brain is that it knows when it's being lied to. See, give me a deadline for tomorrow and I will work my little arse off (case in point, me having been up since 04:30...). Give me a deadline at some nebulous point in the future and I will faff and wander and bimble and mooch until there is only the shortest amount of time possible left, upon which I'll Get Things Done. And I've tried setting smaller targets for myself over a period of time, get it done gradually, but my brain knows that I'm trying to fool it and rebels. I end up thinking about David Hewlett's mouth and that's just never helpful. Reward systems don't work either - quite possibly since I sekritly don't believe I deserve good things anyway - which is probably why I haven't watched the last three episodes of SG:A yet. Maybe if I get everything done and handed in today I'll settle in this afternoon.

I don't quite know how to fix this. It's mental discipline, I suppose, but in attempting to acquire mental discipline, one must have a certain level of, y'know, mental discipline. Um. I need, like, classes in being organised. I never managed to obtain any sense at school. XD


ETA: For that special sense of achievement -

Medium term plan - 2 page proforma
Task 2 - 500 words critical engagement of research
Task 3 - 750 words evaluation of medium term plan
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[ashen_key]

NNY YOU ARE SHARING MY BRAIN!

[dramawench.livejournal.com]

I have the same problem. This would explain how, being an English major, I wrote every single paper in college starting at 11pm the night before, finishing at 4am, getting 3 hours of sleep before getting up to turn it in.

it's a problem.

[genarti]

Yyyyyeah. My brain does the same exact thing, and it's annoying as anything. I mean, I'm glad that I'm good at buckling down and doing something in a short time when I need to, but -- this is not so much the optimum working schedule, y'know?

I don't know if this would work for you; it's something I did in bits as we all do, but I didn't hear about the idea as a consciously laid out thing until after I was out of college. But I know some people have tried the writing buddies thing -- not group-study, but going together to a coffee shop or someone's living room or whatever, and just writing (or reading -- but something more clearly defined than just "doing something productive") and keeping each other honest about staying on-task that whole time.

It sounds like the kind of thing I'd find useful, when/if I try the school thing again, so I pass on the suggestion. *shrug*