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Re:Dear procrastinator by gexla on Monday August 15, 2011 @07:54AM (#2886413)
Going along with the thread that was started here.

When I play a video game, it's the game I want to play at the time I want to play it and with the goal that I picked for that session.

If I have to review a video game then I have all these choices largely made for me. The goal is to review the game rather than go for whatever I might want out of the game.

The reality of our lives force us to do things which don't always align with what we really want to do. That's when I procrastinate.

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Re:Dear procrastinator by hammock on Monday August 15, 2011 @09:23AM (#2886739)
If I have to review a video game then I have all these choices largely made for me.

Which plays into the whole "authority figure" thing that OP is talking about.

My immediate reaction was to be skeptical, but I am starting to think OP makes quite a bit of sense.

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Re:Dear procrastinator by mc32 on Monday August 15, 2011 @02:19PM (#2888053)
I think, for me, procrastination has to do with projecting complication into things. So, if I want to cook something new, I imagine needing to find the perfect recipe with the perfect ingredients, for example.

But, then, there are times when I just decide to do it even if I'm missing ingredients or have not come across a recipe which makes sense to me. Powering thru.

I think for the video game tester, if I were them, I'd project difficulty onto it. Finding the bugs, etc. Feeling like I might not be up to finding anything interesting. It's a bit of a fear of failing, in a way, till I felt, "I'm up to the task now."

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Re:Dear procrastinator by jodrellblank on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @08:36AM (#2890893)
I think, for me, procrastination has to do with projecting complication into things. So, if I want to cook something new, I imagine needing to find the perfect recipe with the perfect ingredients, for example.

Need to... or else what? Instead of forcing onwards, ask yourself why you don't want to go forwards...

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Re:Dear procrastinator by mc32 on Thursday August 18, 2011 @12:28AM (#2897961)
Else fail. A kind of set up fear of failing, I guess.
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Re:Dear procrastinator by jodrellblank on Sunday August 21, 2011 @10:27PM (#2911025)
That doesn't go far enough to do any good as an answer. What happens after (or during, or because of) failing that you are afraid of. What is it about failing that you are afraid of?

(I'm not asking so you can tell me, I'm prodding you to ask yourself. To think "hey, I don't really know the answer to that. I wonder why I do feel this way?)

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