La procrastinación es la postergación de tareas (viene de pro y crastinus que se refiere a mañana), "dejarlas para mañana", por desgano, falta de impulso y motivación para hacerlas en el momento, pasando a ocuparse de actividades secundarias. Como resultado me siento culpable por no haber hecho lo que tenía que hacer, pero me justifico argumentando que realmente tenía que dedicarme al blog, o a sacarle punta a todos mis lápices, o a podar la lavanda. O que esa tarea tan importante debe ser antes cuidadosamente planificada...
Es decir: es un hábito con componentes de depresión (como causa o consecuencia, ya que redunda en un autoconcepto deficiente), perfeccionismo, temor al fracaso, y autosabotaje. También existe una dificultad para concentrarse, déficit atencional posiblemente ligado al consumo excesivo de cafeina, una alimentación insana, y pocas horas de sueño.
Si te agarra un psiquiatra con dicho cuadro, indudablemente te recetará el antidepresivo que el último visitador médico le vendió. Pero podés tener la suerte de encontrarte con un filósofo que te sugiera formas de convertir esa característica (ya no síntoma) en herramienta.
Says John Perry, sturctured procastrination is "an amazing strategy I have discovered that converts procrastinators into effective human beings, respected and admired for all that they can accomplish and the good use they make of time. All procrastinators put off things they have to do. Structured procrastination is the art of making this bad trait work for you. The key idea is that procrastinating does not mean doing absolutely nothing. Procrastinators seldom do absolutely nothing; they do marginally useful things, like gardening or sharpening pencils or making a diagram of how they will reorganize their files when they get around to it. Why does the procrastinator do these things? Because they are a way of not doing something more important. If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him do it. However, the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely and important tasks, as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important.
Es decir: es un hábito con componentes de depresión (como causa o consecuencia, ya que redunda en un autoconcepto deficiente), perfeccionismo, temor al fracaso, y autosabotaje. También existe una dificultad para concentrarse, déficit atencional posiblemente ligado al consumo excesivo de cafeina, una alimentación insana, y pocas horas de sueño.
Si te agarra un psiquiatra con dicho cuadro, indudablemente te recetará el antidepresivo que el último visitador médico le vendió. Pero podés tener la suerte de encontrarte con un filósofo que te sugiera formas de convertir esa característica (ya no síntoma) en herramienta.
Says John Perry, sturctured procastrination is "an amazing strategy I have discovered that converts procrastinators into effective human beings, respected and admired for all that they can accomplish and the good use they make of time. All procrastinators put off things they have to do. Structured procrastination is the art of making this bad trait work for you. The key idea is that procrastinating does not mean doing absolutely nothing. Procrastinators seldom do absolutely nothing; they do marginally useful things, like gardening or sharpening pencils or making a diagram of how they will reorganize their files when they get around to it. Why does the procrastinator do these things? Because they are a way of not doing something more important. If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him do it. However, the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely and important tasks, as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important.
Structured procrastination means shaping the structure of the tasks one has to do in a way that exploits this fact. The list of tasks one has in mind will be ordered by importance. Tasks that seem most urgent and important are on top. But there are also worthwhile tasks to perform lower down on the list. Doing these tasks becomes a way of not doing the things higher up on the list. With this sort of appropriate task structure, the procrastinator becomes a useful citizen. Indeed, the procrastinator can even acquire, as I have, a reputation for getting a lot done."
