Comments on: Project Procrastination… Causes and Cures http://www.dwarfsoft.com/blog/2009/03/15/project-procrastination-causes-and-cures/ Great Programming Artistry Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:06:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Photon http://www.dwarfsoft.com/blog/2009/03/15/project-procrastination-causes-and-cures/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Photon Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:03:24 +0000 http://www.dwarfsoft.com/blog/?p=242#comment-24 And it even sucks more when you have Lack of motivation with it, its seriously a big problem. Is explicitly stating every goal (i.e. writing it down on a paper..etc.) going to help? Also, as mentioned by Trapper (post above), Perfectionism is another thing that bugs me sometimes, used as just another excuse, fortunately, I could control myself and not let it continue happening. I agree with him, its a common thing, happens from time to time, comes and goes. And it even sucks more when you have Lack of motivation with it, its seriously a big problem. Is explicitly stating every goal (i.e. writing it down on a paper..etc.) going to help?

Also, as mentioned by Trapper (post above), Perfectionism is another thing that bugs me sometimes, used as just another excuse, fortunately, I could control myself and not let it continue happening.

I agree with him, its a common thing, happens from time to time, comes and goes.

]]> By: Trapper Zoid http://www.dwarfsoft.com/blog/2009/03/15/project-procrastination-causes-and-cures/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Trapper Zoid Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:20:26 +0000 http://www.dwarfsoft.com/blog/?p=242#comment-19 Procrastination is an extremely common demon. Nearly everyone I know suffers from it to some extent! For me, planning is a form of procrastination in and of itself. When I subconsciously don't want to do something on a project, it's too easy to think that the solution to my problem is more planning. Eventually I have to actually implement those plans! Another easy trap is perfectionism, which strikes in many forms. The one that often gets me is fear of failure, which leads to extra tension in ensuring something is "right first time", which also leads to extra planning. Plus with something as large in scope as making a game there's always multiple elements that need working on. If you don't feel like, say, working on the GUI, you can procrastinate by spending more time working on the core engine than is strictly necessary. Yep, it's extremely common ;). Conquering procrastination is one of the key things to being truly effective. I wish I was close to doing so. Procrastination is an extremely common demon. Nearly everyone I know suffers from it to some extent!

For me, planning is a form of procrastination in and of itself. When I subconsciously don’t want to do something on a project, it’s too easy to think that the solution to my problem is more planning. Eventually I have to actually implement those plans!

Another easy trap is perfectionism, which strikes in many forms. The one that often gets me is fear of failure, which leads to extra tension in ensuring something is “right first time”, which also leads to extra planning. Plus with something as large in scope as making a game there’s always multiple elements that need working on. If you don’t feel like, say, working on the GUI, you can procrastinate by spending more time working on the core engine than is strictly necessary.

Yep, it’s extremely common ;) . Conquering procrastination is one of the key things to being truly effective. I wish I was close to doing so.

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