A serious issue

[invertin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination

Read all the way through this.

I started crying halfway through because this is an EXACT description of me.

I've got serious exams coming up and I haven't done the slightest bit of revision, and I did hardly any for the test before that as well. I thought I was just lazy or scared, but now I know I actually have a freaking mental condition.

If I look back, I notice the problem has just been building up as it went along.

Remember back when I stopped animating and now I just keep saying "I'll make something someday"?

Remember how I started that RPGMaker game, what happened to that!? I freaking stopped working on it.

Remember Lone Wolf? I thought about remaking that! Guess what I did instead!?

Even my freaking rambling page is going down because I won't continue Boom's freaking story!

And that's just stuff relevant here.

I could easily make a Cortex Command mod. Why haven't I!? GUESS!

I could make a let's play or a videogame walkthrough!

I could finally send my Xbox off to microsoft to get it fixed!

I could buy a freaking pen because I've gone the last however many years borrowing them!

I could buy a new calculator because the one that I've got is absolutely useless and I've got a freaking maths exam coming up!

A girl actually flirted with me, and I really liked her, I could have responded instead of standing around unsure of what to do and may even have a girlfriend!

And guess what I've done instead!

And, maybe even due to this, I don't know what to do. I feel like the stress of everything I've ever pushed back just hit me at once.

It's kind of ironic isn't it? The guy who is known for being completely insane is absolutely terrified when he finds out he has a mental problem.

[Zhukov]

Umm... are you being serious? It's a little hard to tell with you.

Anyway, don't freak out unnecessarily. There is a world of difference between the procrastination that everyone engages in and the actual mental problem. I'm obviously no expert, but yours sounds like the former.

[invertin]

Obviously I'm not an expert either, but to me it seems more like the latter.

I think it's the avatar that makes it so hard to tell how serious I am, but if I make a topic called "A serious issue" without any references to Naga then it's serious.

But I calmed down and I realize it's actually kind of a good thing, since I have something to blame and get rid of now, and if I don't, then I'm sane anyway.

So yeah, win-win situation.

[Renegade_Turner]

I've got serious exams coming up and I haven't done the slightest bit of revision, and I did hardly any for the test before that as well. I thought I was just lazy or scared, but now I know I actually have a freaking mental condition.

What age are you again? 15 or something? You're not expected to be the height of maturity. Take it easy when you're in school, you don't have to get an A+ average. Enjoying life is a lot more important than getting perfect grades. I'm sure you're a decent student. Just because you don't excel at everything doesn't mean you've a mental disability.

Besides, I've never really studied any time other than the day before exams. Some people just aren't the school/college type. Maybe if you get into a course in college that interests you then you'll work at it. That's why I want to go do a course on English after I get my Law certificate, because that's something I'd be a lot more interested in.

There are some people who can excel at all subjects because they just have it in them to study and work at their school subjects.I was never the school or college type. The only subject I concentrated on was English because it was really interesting. Irish, Maths, History, Geography, Economics, Physics; the subjects that bored me to tears were the ones I sucked at.

And really, procrastination affects everyone. Look at Duke Nukem Forever. Just for the fact that it hasn't been made does not mean George Broussard and the others who were working on the game are diseased. It means they're human, and the things you wish you could do don't always get done like you want them to. I wish I could write more poetry, and I probably could, but for the last year I just haven't felt like it. This is normal. Relax and take life as it comes, you'll have more fun that way.

[invertin]

Look at Duke Nukem Forever.

Okay I'm not that bad.

[Renegade_Turner]

Exactly.

[invertin]

Seriously though I don't just say "Oh I'll do that later" with things that I don't want to do like revision and school work. You saw my examples. I enjoy animating with pivot sometimes, but I just can't bring myself to actually get as far as starting any animation.

I love using RPG Maker! So why haven't I actually completed any games! Why haven't I even started any games for that matter?

Just yesterday I said to myself "Alright. Screw it, I've been playing this game for far too long and I need to do some revision now." and I didn't have the willpower to actually do that.

Also I can't remember the last time I washed. Though that one sounds more like a laziness thing than the willpower thing.

EDIT: Okay, now I'm trying to find something with me. I'll stop. :/

[Glabbit]

If you have it so bad, Invertin, so have I. The only thing we need, though, is willpower. What also helps greatly is a pal or two who really enjoys the stuff you make to urge you on in spirit, you bearing the knowledge of how happy he (or she, even) will be with you next creation.

In fact, if my friend Ricardo didn't act so enthusiastically whenever I mention I'm working on another Whuttevvah, I don't think I would've ever made the eighth, which truly has been my best piece of work.

RL friends often are better muses then Internet pals like us, mind you. Seeing the face light up and hearing the happy voice is always miles better than messages like "=DDDDDDD!!!! XDD!! YOU ROCK THATS EPIC HELL YEAH MAKE MORE DUDE SERIOUSLYY!!!!" and the like.
Find yourself someone in real life who really appreciates your work (preferably someone who you can observe as they observe the outcome), and it'll instantly be a lot easier to work on your work. =3

[Richie Rabbit]

I think I'm 'The relaxed type' LOL * burn's self & rolls in salt* Ohh well... its not the end of the world for me..yet.. that's in 2012.

[McJoggin]

I don't ever finish anything ever. My pivots are all ten seconds.

[Lotus Wolf]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination

Read all the way through this.

I started crying halfway through because this is an EXACT description of me.

I've got serious exams coming up and I haven't done the slightest bit of revision, and I did hardly any for the test before that as well. I thought I was just lazy or scared, but now I know I actually have a freaking mental condition.

If I look back, I notice the problem has just been building up as it went along.

Remember back when I stopped animating and now I just keep saying "I'll make something someday"?

Remember how I started that RPGMaker game, what happened to that!? I freaking stopped working on it.

Remember Lone Wolf? I thought about remaking that! Guess what I did instead!?

Even my freaking rambling page is going down because I won't continue Boom's freaking story!

And that's just stuff relevant here.

I could easily make a Cortex Command mod. Why haven't I!? GUESS!

I could make a let's play or a videogame walkthrough!

I could finally send my Xbox off to microsoft to get it fixed!

I could buy a freaking pen because I've gone the last however many years borrowing them!

I could buy a new calculator because the one that I've got is absolutely useless and I've got a freaking maths exam coming up!

A girl actually flirted with me, and I really liked her, I could have responded instead of standing around unsure of what to do and may even have a girlfriend!

And guess what I've done instead!

And, maybe even due to this, I don't know what to do. I feel like the stress of everything I've ever pushed back just hit me at once.

It's kind of ironic isn't it? The guy who is known for being completely insane is absolutely terrified when he finds out he has a mental problem.

you feeling alright Invertin? maybe you should just lay down and sleep for a few days...

[Ac30]

I know how you feel. I had 2 weeks to revise for my IGCSE's. I revised 10 subjects in the last 2 days . Don't worry so much. Life has a way of making itself better. ( Oh yah, better get that xbox fixed quick! Then you'll have something to take your mind off all this!)

@ Ren: The zero punctuation episode about DNF is the best I have seen in a long time.

[Grayswandir]

Invertin, you live and learn. As long as you aren't making the same mistakes over and over, it isn't a bad thing that you're messing up.
I could just tell you that you just need to shut up and do it, which is really what needs to be done, but getting to that point is different for everyone. You'll eventually reach a point where you realize, "wow, fuck this." and you'll start getting things done.

[Renegade_Turner]

( Oh yah, better get that xbox fixed quick! Then you'll have something to take your mind off all this!)

Haha actually funny story, I left my XBox 360 broken for over a year before I sent it to get fixed. Was seriously too lazy. Eventually worked up the balls and did it.

Didn't apply for my driver theory test for like half a year after I intended to do it. Eventually just got an appointment and spent a few days doing the practice tests over and over again. Better late than n never!

Invertin, we're the same, you and I. Except I'm more awesome.

[invertin]

Well I'm already at the "fuck this I'mma do stuff now" stage but I don't have any willpower at all.

I've got an awesome idea for a pivot that I will hopefully start at some point maybe hopefully damnit willpower fail. XP

Oh, and I had that english test earlier today and I think it went pretty well considering that I suck at exams and I didn't revise at all in the slightest.

I just wish that the english tests talked more about stuff that I cared about.

And- To be entirely honest, when I posted the original post I should have been asleep.

So I was probably just tired.

:z

I have no idea what that smily implies.

(Oh yeah, and that girl I said about? She was messing with me. I'm not bothered, she does that. :z)