I’ve never understood all nighters. I have 1 20 page paper left and I’ve finished my degree and I’ve never pulled an all nighter before. All nighters sound like WAY more work than writing a sentence an hour or a page a day. This paper is due in about 8 days and I’ve written 1 page today. Therefore, I’m getting drunk.
I write papers with facebook, T-Nation, music, blackberry, and youtube on among other websites. A couple sentences every once in a while and bam your paper is done.
All nighters sound like a stressful pain in the ass. I like sleep. Enjoy your 48 hours of hell.
Edit: Just in case this needs to be said, I also worked 30-45 hours a week throughout my degree. There’s always time.
[quote]MementoMori wrote:
I’ve never understood all nighters. I have 1 20 page paper left and I’ve finished my degree and I’ve never pulled an all nighter before. All nighters sound like WAY more work than writing a sentence an hour or a page a day. This paper is due in about 8 days and I’ve written 1 page today. Therefore, I’m getting drunk.
I write papers with facebook, T-Nation, music, blackberry, and youtube on among other websites. A couple sentences every once in a while and bam your paper is done.
All nighters sound like a stressful pain in the ass. I like sleep. Enjoy your 48 hours of hell.
Edit: Just in case this needs to be said, I also worked 30-45 hours a week throughout my degree. There’s always time.[/quote]
Regarding all posts in this vein:
There is certainly time. I think I would prefer not to be stressed out about this kind of stuff and handle it responsibly. I do set up to work several days in advance. I get my laptop, go to a coffee shop, caffeinate and then I do anything but work. Usually I draw the people around me. Same thing if I go to the library. Its actually funny because when I was taking art classes in college I would get bad grades because I would avoid doing the very activity that I now employ to procrastinate
Maybe theres some psychopathology here. I really cant seem to help it. Its caused no small amount of problems in my life but I also must kind of get off on it. Its kind of thrilling. Like I said gives life the illusion of meaning.
Furthermore what I’m working on is the culminating project of a semester spent student teaching. My student teaching was successful, and I was able to psych myeslf up to prepare in advance because it mattered. I was responsible for kids learning. This piece of shit I’m working on now is designed to satisfy beuracratic notions of what my states education department thinks makes a good teacher.
Also to be considered is that in the 3rd grade I suffered a severe concussion that may have affected the part of my brain responsible for executive function - the self-regulation center of the brain.
Then again I was always kind of feckless, even before said concussion.
[quote]SeanParent wrote:
I cant take any type of caffine or aderol or shit like that…any time I do I just get really horny and then end up procrastinating even more by looking at FB, Porn, or calling the gf.
Actually I would like some help with that. Is there anything I can take to help me focus that won’t make me want to bust a nut as soon as fucking possible?
And I’m not reading the brain boosters thread…to be honest it overwhelms me…I just want straight forward advice.[/quote]
One of the reasons I quit filling my prescription. Ended up with some marathon, super intense fap sessions.
^ ahahah bud I can totally relate… I have a half full bottle that I’ll break open every once in a while when Im worn down and about to head out for the night.
I’m alright when I’m in public, but if I’m by myself or just with my girl…yeah what ever needed to get done, which was the reason I took it in the first place…aint getting done
@Ghost22 i understand that intelligent people visit the thread…thats why I get overwhelmed…to many right opinions.
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Tabasco in the eyes. Will keep you up.[/quote]
Good thinking! For right now I’m cruising into the stretch with two 2 hour naps under my belt. If I wear down thats definitely the first thing I’ll try.
Its only half the stress to get shit done early (or at least started). Not to mention the potential rework of 3AM papers! Haha… dont miss this at all!
Anyway, redbull and METAL! Thats the safest way to go. Anything else will really make you crash.
If your cramming for tests you just need to figure out how much sleep your brain needs to recharge. Most people brain patterns run about 4 hour cycles (with half cycles around 2hrs). If you are getting any sleep, stick to one of these numbers and you’ll make it through the test fine. But will need to crash later.
Also, take some Power Drive a little before your test!
In case you feel yourself drifting to sleep, make sure you keep some matches nearby. Light the match. Blow it out. Quickly press into the inner portion of your upper arm (I don’t like the forearm because it shows the burn mark to the world). Now your pissed off and hurting and ready to get shit done instead of sleeping.
Most people brain patterns run about 4 hour cycles (with half cycles around 2hrs). If you are getting any sleep, stick to one of these numbers and you’ll make it through the test fine. But will need to crash later.
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Interesting that you say that. I’m feeling alright on two 2 hour naps. Both times I set my alarm for an hour and then went back to sleep for another hour. I woke up from the second nap completely disoriented when my alarm went off. I don’t know what I was dreaming about but for some reason I had the sense that I was an elderly black man. Probably some kind of anxiety dream.
…anyway, yeah in both cases 2hrs seemed the right amount of time to nap.
How not to procrastinate? Like, real practical ways to handle that(like those moobs and knockout threads we have). And none of that ‘just don’t do it’ crap, please.
If it was that simple, we would all get our shit done on time.
Any reformed procrastinators out there to share your success stories? .
How not to procrastinate? Like, real practical ways to handle that(like those moobs and knockout threads we have). And none of that ‘just don’t do it’ crap, please.
If it was that simple, we would all get our shit done on time.
Any reformed procrastinators out there to share your success stories? .[/quote]
Start using a calendar and writing mini-goals and look at the mini-goals as being very important like turning in a heavily weighted hw assignment.
I procrastinated as much as a student could throughout my entire undergraduate career and I graduated with a 3.9. To all the people that are saying “just don’t fucking do it”: well maybe that worked for you but maybe procrastination works for others. I’d rather sit down and create one coherent essay in one defined chunk of time than piece together an array of disjointed musings created over the course of days or weeks.
One caveat–I’m talking about liberal arts classwork–essays and research theses–because that has been the focus of my academic career. I couldn’t say whether a major art project or work for the hard sciences could be done satisfactorily by a chronic procrastinator. But for me and my history degree, I had a great fucking time partying 5 days a week during the entirety of the regular semester and then biting the bullet for a couple of shitty finals weeks.
I have a good GPA too, but it’s not about just school anymore. That shit started to affect my social life and out-of-school ambitions I have. It’s already became like a principle of mine - everything you don’t need to do, just try to wait it out. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone, most of my generation is just lazy.