procastatron

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by procastatron 13y ago
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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by procastatron 13y ago
Yes but look at how many great people accomplished things before they were 30. I'm nowhere near that! Look at Ryan Holiday, he was the director of marketing at American Apparel at fucking 20.
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by procastatron 13y ago
I'm not "incredibly" smart. Top 5% sure, but there are people on here who have accomplished way more than me by my age and are way way smarter than me when it comes to programming. One of the smartest people I've met onl
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by procastatron 13y ago
Read this a while ago. It's a great article
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by procastatron 13y ago
I did this for a week, it worked quite well. However, I'm definitely not a morning person
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by procastatron 13y ago
At the end of the day, you're comment here has more truth to it than anything else in this thread. And it's one of the reasons I indulge in self-loathing more than I should
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by procastatron 13y ago
I used my salary as a way of getting people more hooked into this thread. If I was sitting on my couch all day doing nothing, I think I would have gotten less replies. By showing that I'm actually out there working on this and that I t
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by procastatron 13y ago
I don't agree with that. I have programmers that come in and do a solid days work every single day. It might not be the best code, but I see them working on it all day long. It sucks because even though I'm accomplishing as much w
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by procastatron 13y ago
I feel like I could have written this a few months ago. I tried something similar but then fell right back in my normal routine. Not saying it won't work for you. I've just become very doubtful of all the "self help" met
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by procastatron 13y ago
I saw a school psych when I was in college and all it really did was piss me off. The guy spent 30 minutes asking me these types of questions except even more generic and then afterwards said "Yep, you have ADD". I hardly talked a
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by procastatron 13y ago
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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by procastatron 13y ago
Yes, I'm curious too
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by procastatron 13y ago
I usually am at the office for 80+ hours a week. It could be burn out, but even when I reduce down to 40 hours I basically cut everything I accomplish in half. Somehow my brain realizes what I'm doing and I procrastinate just as much.
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by procastatron 13y ago
But at the same time, it seems unless there's a physiological difference in people like me, we should be able to condition ourselves into working more. What I'm doing with my extra time is not productive by any measure and althoug
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by procastatron 13y ago
I ran a freelancing company for about 2 years. I did a really shitty job managing clients and would often just ignore their calls. In fact, I'd feel better right away when I ignored them completely. It would just bite my ass in the lon
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by procastatron 13y ago
I think I've had this with everything though. Even things I really enjoy I find myself procrastinating about
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by procastatron 13y ago
Truth. I find myself doing a lot more mentoring than menteeing. I haven't found very many older smarter people in my community. That said, I'm way behind a lot of you guys on HN in terms of knowledge. I wish more of you super smar
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by procastatron 13y ago
Unfortunately, this usually results in a slower pace than I can stand. The guys on my team are all young too 19-26, and frankly I'm more knowledgeable than most of them. I really have had some good pair programming sessions but usually
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by procastatron 13y ago
This might be related. I have horrible approach anxiety when it comes to girls. When I'm in a convo, I usually do pretty well and multiple people have told me I'm good with girls. Once again it feels like I'm cheating the sys
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by procastatron 13y ago
When I take addy I just find myself trying to procrastinate even more. Except then it's concentrated procrastination
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by procastatron 13y ago
Maybe. But I fear taking more on will only be more detrimental
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by procastatron 13y ago
Has any of this shit actually worked for people and made a huge difference? I look at people like Kevin Systrom or Mark Cuban and from what it looks like they never had these issues.
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by procastatron 13y ago
Hm, yeah I think I have that to. I can't ever finish anything because then what??
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by procastatron 13y ago
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 wors
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by procastatron 13y ago
I think for me I partly get a thrill and a dopamine reward out of not doing what I'm supposed to. For the same reason I used to spend hours a day in bed or online, failing college classes, but then quickly pounding out a few hours of g
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by procastatron 13y ago
It's true though. It feels like it should be so easy and simple but it's really a deep rooted problem
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by procastatron 13y ago
Wtf
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by procastatron 13y ago
I think too much shit is probably part of my problem. I say yes to everything all the time and as a result I'm involved with literally every part of this startup. I've definitely made myself a Godin lynchpin but people are startin
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by procastatron 13y ago
That's actually what I do most of the time. I got really god at Spanish because I was procrastinating and to fight it I switched the language on every "fun" site I was using to discourage me.
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by procastatron 13y ago
I have to access HN on my phone because I've blocked this domain, reddit, and about 20 others in my /etc/hosts in attempt to stay focused. Instead I just find more obscure shit to get distracted with until I realize it's

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