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What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble?
My ability to leave until tomorrow what I can't be arsed doing today. The official term for this personality trait is "procrastination". I have spent my whole life staying up late the night before an essay is due, and exam is to be sat, a job is to be applied for, a deadline is to be met trying to get work I've left to the last possible minute done.
While this causes me much stress, and I suffer long hours of envy watching others who plan and execute their tasks in timely fashion in the weeks before deadlines (mostly I procrastinate my time away wishing I was this person) I have now decided that this will never happen.
Therefore, I have come up with a brilliant set of thoughts to justify my procrastination trait:
- I always have the most up-to-date information as I've only gathered it the night before
- I do have a good nose for knowing the very minimum amount of time I need to do something
- I can switch on my superworking powers very late at night and accelerate progress
- When I procrastinate I trick myself into doing "other" tasks so stuff still gets done
- friends thinking I don't care because I miss their birthdays
- partners thinking I'm stupid because I didn't pay the electricity bill early to gain a saving
- family thinking I can't make a decision because really, I just don't care enough yet (wait til I'm closer to the date)
- sleepless nights worrying and running risk analysis scenarios and potential outcomes
