How Do You Get Work Done?

canuck asks: "I am currently a university student and have a major problem: being able to simply sit down and get work done. I can set aside a day to work, whether it is homework or contract work, and I will be lucky to have an hour done before dinner time. The only time I can actually get solid work done seems to be after midnight under a lot of pressure (ie. a deadline the next day). This has led to too many 5 a.m. nights and turning down too many invitations to go out only to stay in and accomplish nothing. I have stopped playing games, stopped watching TV, tried reading the Seven Habits book, and am currently seeing what classical music does for me. I don't think I have ADHD, and I am not sure what else to try. If it is computer work, the web is always a click away, and I can always escape to my imagination. I know many of you will have had the same problem. Can anyone please give advice on how to overcome this problem, be it a little trick, medication, or anything else?"

Comments

You have free time.

[pNutz]

Try having kids you goddam whiner.

You'll realize that your life was nothing but free time, and you could have done whatever the hell you wanted to do whenever the hell you wanted.

Now you're trying to figure out the last section of your term paper while fishing a small piece of human shit out of a bathtub.

"Oh no, I only have 12 hours till my paper is due! Good thing I won't have to spend 7 1/2 of it changing, feeding, and entertaining the child!"

As a side effect, they make you into a cranky, bitter adult when you're only 25.

Oh well. I love him anyway... wonderful Peter.

Re:You have free time.

[QueenOfSwords]

Awwwww... my compassion-o-meter isn't budging.
Even people without children have obligations, and demands on their time that they have no control over.
Nothing against kids, but you made a choice, *you* stop whining.