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Student Syndrome!

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I am reading the "4 Hour Workweek" right now and an important law in the book is "Parkinson's Law" I just checked the Wikipedia page and the link to "Student Syndrome" is Procrastination aka taking as much time to do something as is possible :wink:

I have been trying to beat the "Student Syndrome" by creating fake dead-lines, this is one of the strategies described in the book. This semester will end January the 28st 2008 and I have the following to-do :

  • Installation of 3 Linux Server
  • Finishing up 1 Project
  • Learning PHP and doing a short test about this
  • Take 3 tests (not much/no learning required)
  • Retake 2 tests (I couldn't show up the first time those tests were taken)
  • Understand Database Normalisation and take the test


This week (excluding Monday when I was "sick") I managed to do the following :

  • Understand Normalization (2 Hours)
  • Write Documentation about the Linux Servers (2 Hours)
  • Learn PHP (this took me about 2 full days, ouch I bet I could have done it in 1 day and better than I did this time but I guess I will have to be happy with the results)


What I WILL accomplish next week is the following at a bare minimum :

  • Finish 2 Linux Servers (FTP and SAMBA)
  • Take those 3 tests
  • Finish up the project


If the Linux servers do not take to much time I will be able to finish even more. I feel confident that with some hard work I can finish more than that I have planned! Looking forward to next week and improving my productivity already!

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HAHA!! procrastination is indeed a big problem for mi too.
but uhm, fake deadline? ^^ seems like a brilliant idea to defeat this evil disease P:

weehee~~ i think i just found myself a solution :happy:

By NikkieNik, # 25. November 2007, 22:11:35

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Another way to finish your stuff is to add punishment to your imaginary deadline. :ko:

By rockstar182000, # 28. November 2007, 18:44:35

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bwahahhah *points and laugh* at that avatar of simon's

By NikkieNik, # 28. November 2007, 20:51:17

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