Comments on: Looking For Procrastinators

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:27:39 +0000

Mark;
this makes sense and i hadn’t thought if it that way.

to all, Mark has put together a, so far, simple system of 1 easy to accomplish task per day, followed by a brief period of personal reflection, i currently have gotten direction for the following day, and if i wind up achieving the goals set forth like i did for day 1, i am excited to see what will happen.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:17:01 +0000

@Andrew – The messages go out based on when you clicked on the confirmation email. The logic is that when you are checking your email is probably a good time to send you another message in the future.

If you have other feed back just send it to me at mark at productivity501com.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:21:05 +0000

i actually got in as one of the 10, i was amazed in fact. i have a habit of letting my rss reading be a cause/reason for procrastination, so i set a rule for myself, no feeds during work hours (8-5) excluding 12-1 on lunch, this rule extends to weekends as well. and i caught the post fairly late as a result.

so far it has been ok,
day 1 was simply an introduction to how the program may work (12/15)
day 2 was 1 task, hinted at a review period to follow on the next day(task 12/16 review 12/17) as of yet the review instructions have not been posted.
also no feed back has been solicited or instructions given on how to provide suggestions/feedback, with a small group i had anticipated an email dialog.

so far communications have come late at night, so i had no second thought of not getting direction during 12/17, still no day 3 directive though.

i will say however task 1 was simple, and thus far, not an earth shattering difference, but the idea of completing the goal made the procrastination disappear, and actually the small task ended up far more effective on the single day than i think i had anticipated.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:45:43 +0000

While I recognize that the group of people during the trial aren’t going to be the worst procrastinators, they are probably more likely to give me feedback than the really bad procrastinators. :)

By: Arthur Chaparyan

Arthur Chaparyan — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:40:07 +0000

I was going to email you as soon as your post was up… but I decided I’ll just do it later. Ah, the irony.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:30:43 +0000

Anyone who replied could not be a very good procrastinator!

;^)

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:14:10 +0000

I think you should include me in this because I procrastinated on replying. Those first ten are procrastinator posers. If they have such a problem how come they got right back to you. Help the needy….

By: ScottMGS

ScottMGS — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:43:45 +0000

I think you’ve got the wrong people in your preview. They didn’t procrastinate before signing up!

By: Welmoed

Welmoed — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:37:45 +0000

Oh lordy, do I need this. I’m horrendous about procrastination and have been all my life. I’ve tried all sorts of things to “fix” it but nothing has helped. Let me know if you still need testers.