• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Man, I wish my high school teachers would have framed it this way instead of shaming me for procrastination. I’d do a similar thing for my English papers - I’d start thinking about the topic I was gonna write about as soon as it was assigned, mulling things over, getting things mentally organized, but I wouldn’t type anything up until the night before it was due. I usually had a pretty good idea of what I was gonna write by that time though, so I could reliably crank out something in a few hours. And I always ended up with good grades on those papers, so I guess it worked for me.

    • Shoe@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Absolutely the same experience as you. I’d spend weeks (or months, in the case of my final dissertation) mulling things over without being able to write anything, then the night before it’d just click into place and I’d write it all out. I’d end up with good grades as well, but the stress at the time from my frustration at not being able to just “get things done sooner” wasn’t fun!