[ryansloan]

Looks interesting. I'll bookmark it to read later.

I can relate, especially to the bit where he says "I can only seem to accomplish anything when I have far too much to do, for the simple reason that I have no shortage of projects to work on as a way of not working on the most important ones." I think a lot of college students have this mentality, which may be why people think we come across as "lazy." I've found that the sure-fire way to get me working on some relatively unimportant task is to put a more urgent one in the pipe.

[oscardelben]

I think that's like putting a lot of targets in front of you and then firing without aiming. Sure, you'll hit something quite often, but that's not that intelligent.

[tjpick]

it's also a shortcut to stressville. It's fine in school where semesters are short and assignments are shorter, but doesn't scale out to the workplace very well.

[ryansloan]

I think you're both probably right. It's a habit I've wanted to break, but I just haven't gotten around to it. ;)

In all seriousness, I think it probably -is- wise to eliminate the procrastination before I go from "intern extraordinaire" to "fully functional productive member of society" but it's just a tough habit to break. I've also found that it's not as bad when there's some passion behind the project. I know that's a pretty obvious observation, but it supports the "do what you love" folks.