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I know there's people with much bigger problems in the world, but why do I do this to myself? Every time I say: I will start this one earlier. But it's not like I spend my time having fun while I'm avoiding the damn thing - no, I just waste it sitting there, trying to start, but never quite managing. Then the tea beckons, there's some lame ninja warrior thing on tv, myspace needs checking, and then it's 5 AM and you're heart is wobbling around in weird time signatures because of the coffee and you have 2,000 words to go and the first 1,000 are crap. |
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*those thousands should both be twice that. |
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one word: discipline |
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one and half: inspiration |
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two: motivation |
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and perhaps that's just the way you work best? (and leave it at that) |
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Heh, you're right on all counts. I used to do quite well this way - stuff seemed to flow very quickly and wouldn't have been much better if I'd battered away at it for a week. But this time, inspiration and motivation have been hiding. |
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well, and that's the danger of it. you work best in a last minute, lots of pressure kind of setting. probably because it's easier for you to get your head clear and focus. but the one time where something is somehow still bothering you at those final hours you're fucked. perhaps that being more fucked than before is just the feeling you need. or perhaps something's really bothering and unconsciously holding you back. got any idea what that might be? |
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one word: procrastination |
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heh yeah, i used to do it too. i hated myself for it, but usually did good work simply because there was no other option and i certainly had no intention of failing. i actually wrote my entire final year university dissertation in the last two weeks and still managed to get 68% (2 marks from an A) but yeah, it's certainly no good for your health. like anything else, it becomes easier if you either know the subject matter well or have a fondness for it. motivating yourself to do something you have no interest in whatsoever is incredible difficult. |
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I usually find that there's just some point where the paper will almost write itself, a point where I've thought through everything I need to. This can be at any time, and I try not to force it. It's kind of like inspiration. Sure, if the deadline is nearing, and I still haven't had that kind of raptus, I just write a "sure shot" paper, something I know is easy and that I can do. This, of course, assumes that you can decide your own paper title and subject. |
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