Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?

Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by procastatron on Friday August 02, 2013 @10:32AM (#6147097)

This is my biggest fear. Having the same problems now at 40. I look at my dad and as much as I swore I'd never let myself have his same work ethic (push hard, than go at 1/4 pace for 90% of the time).

Reality is that I'm worse than I've ever seen him right now. I can go for a few days without doing a single git commit. I have a team under me that makes it look to my superiors as if shit is getting done. And when I need to I can pound out really really good code and save the day.

Yeah...I need a therapist or something

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by TheZenPsycho on Friday August 02, 2013 @10:40AM (#6147163)

A therapist can be a great help. There's lots of other things that can help. You'll get a lot of advice in this thread. Just to throw this out there, in case nobody has mentioned it, I cannot emphasise enough the importance of sleep for mental health, anxiety, and procrastination. You can do a lot of stuff, and mostly it will be ineffective unless you have the solid 8 hours every day as your foundation.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by procastatron on Friday August 02, 2013 @10:58AM (#6147280)

Have more sex is easier said than done...

Also, I'm definitely going to get a therapist after this. Looked around and found some area ones. I'll make an appointment "later" :)

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by TheZenPsycho on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:06AM (#6147354)

you make 130k, you have a whole team working under you, and you are 21 years old, and you have trouble getting laid.

That's it, this guy is a troll.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by rdouble on Friday August 02, 2013 @12:08PM (#6147811)

you make 130k, you have a whole team working under you, and you are 21 years old, and you have trouble getting laid.

That is the description of the entire SF tech industry.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by TheZenPsycho on Friday August 02, 2013 @08:30PM (#6150502)

except for the people who work under him and make less money. Those don't count as real people though.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by rdouble on Friday August 02, 2013 @08:41PM (#6150531)

I didn't read him mention people working under him.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by procastatron on Friday August 02, 2013 @12:06PM (#6147796)

I don't see why that's hard to believe.

I'm very good at selling myself and my skillset but I'm deathly afraid of girls.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by TheZenPsycho on Friday August 02, 2013 @08:33PM (#6150511)

Well sure, but you have lots of money so that doesn't matter.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by TheZenPsycho on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:02AM (#6147316)

OP on his deathbed: OH NO, THIS IS TERRIBLE, WHY DIDN'T I SPEND MORE TIME CODING AND HELPING MY BOSS GET RICHER?

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Re:Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it? by TheZenPsycho on Friday August 02, 2013 @10:54AM (#6147253)

ALSO, stop worrying so much about code and have more sex.

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