<p>^ yeah, it applies to everything for me, too; it just hit me when i realized that i'd subconsciously intentionally sabotaged myself by not really working on college essays until the last minute</p>
<p>I'm the same way :|</p>
<p>this really sucks. for all of us. we need help or something...:</p>
<p>For me, it's more like "I don't try in school because I'm afraid of putting effort into something and failing."</p>
<p>The whole "not trying" part incorporates quite a bit of procrastination though.
Sometimes, I sit and stare at my homework for 3 hours and get absolutely nothing done.</p>
<p>^ woooOOORDDD</p>
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<p>Srsly. LMAO...</p>
<p>For me, it's mostly about being lazy and bored. I just don't have the motivation or desire to take notes on a 30-page chapter of AP World History, or do any other tedious assignments that eat up all my time/energy and don't help me learn anything. I'd rather do some sort of mega in-depth research paper or project, and then be tested on the whole thing (I know for a fact I'd ace it). And since my teachers refuse to assign anything that interesting, and I don't have the motivation to self-start it (hmm. Maybe that right there is my fear of trying and failing?), I come home from school and waste seven hours talking on the phone, playing video games, watching CNN, etc. :]</p>
<p>LUKEJDAVIS you articulated it perfectly. No matter how good you are there’s always someone better so you have to let go of needing such ego validation in order to pursue personally fulfilling endeavours- success is in the eye of the beholder. There’s nothing wrong with “failing” sometimes, everybody does. You’re only a failure if you believe it and allow it to make you miserable forever. Happiness involves trying, although not necessarily academically- there’s a huge conflict of interests and yes I procrastinate because schoolwork sucks all the joy out of my life. *****ing capitalism.</p>
<p>I generally procrastinate because I find that I do my best work under pressure. That may be rationalization for the fact of me being a scatterbrains. Who knows; we can ponder it tomorrow right? =)</p>
<p>I procrastinate… because I’m lazy.</p>
<p>^ I concur</p>