Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Boice 107-112 Reaction
I'll come out and say it: I'm lazy. The word sloth comes to mind when describing me. A perfect day is a day in bed napping. I find that I will wiggle and barter my way out of anything just to do nothing, then binge and finish it the hour before it is due. So this contingency planning sounded like a grand idea. It may set the spark to ignite my fire. I've already told my roommate if I don't do a bds I owe him a dollar a day (because I can't afford to be sending checks to the NRA). I've also set up the reward/punishment part that if I don't do a bds, I am not allowed to watch tv that day, which is going to be killer because at my new house, there's pretty much nothing to do. So hopefully, I can form the habit of working at a constant pace to chip away at longer tasks so I don't have to barter and binge to get them done the minute they are due.
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Andrew-
ReplyDeleteIf you actually stick to a reward/punishment system giving your roman a dollar a day, or no TV you’re amazing. I don’t think I have the discipline to do anything CLOSE to this! As I was saying earlier today in class, for some reason I think some internal motivation should just jump out of my body and onto the paper. LOL.
I also think that habit forming and just making it part of your daily routine will make it a much smoother process. And don’t worry about being lazy, I used to have the exact same problem. I don’t know what I did, I think I had an epiphany and realized I was literally taking things for granted and was privileged compared to many people. I don’t know though- I’m sure just getting in the habit, and finding a nice spot to “vent-write” will work out! Good luck!
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I like the idea of using the TV as the motivating factor--no writing? no TV. I used to try this with big projects (like writing a 5 page section of a paper), but I didn't really ever find that it worked. The task at hand was just too big. However, with this new idea of brief daily sessions (which take about the length of a TV episode, if you want them to), I'm finding it easier to put off rewards and actually do my work. Hopefully you find the same!
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