All my life, I’ve been lazy. Through my school years, the most consistent mark on my report mark was the check mark for “does not work up to capacity.” With a long list of chores to do, I’ll go out for a long walk. Or read a book. Or play video [...]
Posts Tagged ‘planning’
impaired executive function
Posted in goals and planning, not-writing, tagged goals, life, planning on December 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
discussion question
Posted in not-writing, tagged family, food, life, planning, writing on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So which is the worse waste of time?
* spending a couple of hours reading articles about unsolved murders in the region
* spending a couple of hours playing Fitz and/or WordSlinger and/or Bejeweled Blitz?
* spending a couple of hours puttering around the kitchen with chicken carcasses and dry beans?
I’ve done all three [...]
on goals, and the sabotaging thereof
Posted in goals and planning, writing, tagged goals, planning, revising, writing on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A while back, there was a bit of a stir around a study at New York University about how publicizing goals made people less likely to do the work to achieve the goal. Among others responding to the study, Erin had some good points about different people reacting differently in the same situation, [...]
