So why would an otherwise capable person put forth such a lame and futile effort again and again? He vows to change, but the patterns just stay the same. He continues to have the intention to control the monkey, but he puts forth a hapless effort, using the same proven-not-to-work methods he’s used for years, and deep down, he knows the monkey will win. The procrastinator is in the bad habit, bordering on addiction, of letting the monkey win. We know about the Instant Gratification Monkey (the part of your brain that makes you procrastinate) and his dominion over the Rational Decision Maker, but what’s really happening there? Let’s begin by trying to unwrap the procrastinator’s psychology and see what’s really at the core of things: But this week, when we’re actually trying to do something about it, we need to dig even deeper. This post was posted late, not only because it took me 2,000 years to do, but also because I decided that Monday night was an urgent time to open Google Earth, hover a few hundred feet above the southern tip of India, and scroll all the way up India to the top of the country, to “get a better feel for India.” I have problems.Īlright, so last week we dove into the everyday inner struggle of the procrastinator to examine the underlying psychology going on.I’m still in a total battle with my own habits, but I have made some progress in the last few years, and I’m drawing my thoughts from what’s worked for me. I’m not a professional at any of this, just a lifelong procrastinator who thinks about this topic all the time.I’ve spent the last two weeks being this guy, who shoots himself in the foot while talking about gun safety, and I look forward to getting back to irony-free procrastination following this post. Let me start by saying that I’ve had just about enough of the irony of battling through crippling procrastination while trying to write posts on procrastination and how to beat it. The action of ruining your own life for no apparent reason PDF: We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. You won’t get Part 2 if you haven’t read Part 1 yet. Kick and giggle is televised on “Channel 7” and “FOX Footy” with most games occurring on a weekend and public holidays and some games occurring of an evening.This is Part 2. Teams score for getting the ball in between the posts and also for missing. Following this, the process is repeated about 1000 times on each side. If the other team takes possession it is called a turnover, and they must then follow the same process. After he kick or hand passes, it is customary for a player to giggle like a schoolgirl this can happen in a variety of pitches (frequencies) from “barely discernible to a cat” all the way to “just discernible to an infant human” this is called a disposal. After this, a player takes possession and must kick or hand pass while avoiding another grown who is chasing him around the field. Typically, a game of AFL begins with grown men poking and prodding each other, then slapping a ball from the air. This so-called “Australian” rules code is in fact completely ignored by more than half of Australia. Noun: a game played by fairies also known as AFL, or Australian Rules Football.
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