One theory of procrastination suggests that getting things done close to deadlines may actually reinforce the behavior.
Procrastination may not necessarily be a problem, as using deadlines more effectively could help people get things done.sometimes. There is something we need to do but we just cannot move to do it — a project for school or an assignment for work. It needs to be done but getting moving on it just seems so difficult.One theory of procrastination is that theabout getting things done remains at a low level up until the point that it is overtaken by anxiety about not meeting a deadline.
How it worked was that the pigeons were completing tasks where they were given a signal just after a task started and then a signal when it was about to end. Even though the reinforcement was the same, the pigeons most often waited until the ending signal before giving a response. They were reinforced more often by knowing that the task was about to end than being reminded that the task had just begun.
And it would be more useful to give thought to deadlines. We often choose deadlines as being the very last moment that a task could possibly be done. It represents that moment when we will be “dead” if we do not get the task done. Given how reinforcing working up to a deadline can be, we would probably do better to choose deadlines based more on when a task “should” be done rather than when it “must” be done.
Pfft…I don’t need deadline to know I’ll do it later, thanks.
Approaching deadlines helps me focus on the task that needs accomplished.
When you decide you want to stop procrastinating, here's your chance to beat it. 👇
Sounds like a good article. I’ll read it later....
SelineSigil9 I’ll read it tomorrow...
StormCestavani I really love the use of the term 'Lifelines' instead (GeminiBrett ). It makes me see it as the point where something I work on (should be working on) actually comes to life.
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