January 8, 2008
Under Pressure
I am a last-minute person. A couple of my friends are too *coughcececough*.
If I have all the time in the world I will not get it done. But when I am on an uber-deadline, I can crank out whatever it is that needs to be done. Don’t get me wrong, there will be a total freak-out moment here and there in the under pressure world, but it’s like I need that adrenaline boost to motivate my brain.
I will say, writing then selling a book, as I don’t have a contract, makes it so much harder. Sure I can set my own goals, but if I fall short I am the only one affected by it. I don’t have an editor breathing down my neck–I might have a CP doing so but luckily she DOES have a contract and I can easily distract her with ideas for her new book–not that I would ever do that, not me. 
It’s funny though, this is only true in my writing world. In everything else, I have to get it done as soon as I know. I have to know when something is happening, make plans have exact dates as soon as I can. It drives folks around me crazy–especially my mother who is last with/for/to EVERYthing. Some of my reasons for the immediate job-complete check is because of her, a competitive nature of showing her it can be done.
I don’t know why it’s not the same for writing. Maybe because she is not a writer, though creative in her own life, there is no competition with her. And again that whole last-minute adrenaline rush that actually helps with the writing that I seem to need more and more.
Am I alone here? Are you a do it now kinda person or a wait til the last minute? Or are you a mix of both?
I hate pressure/last minute rush, but I don’t necessarily need to get right on top of things right away, either
Something in between works well. I just need to know what has to be done, figure out how and start the process, preferably sooner rather than later. Then again, you’re talking to the gal who named her blog Procrastination Station.. *g*
not that I would ever do that
Bitch…….LOL Seriously, I DONT LIKE being a last minute gal. I think it’s a given as a deadline looms I’m going to freak out, but this last minute sh*t isn’t happening again. Especially since in my real life I HATE HATE HATE last minute almost as much as i hate HALF ASSED. Both just make me want to beat ass…….
Guess I’m sort of a mix.
If I’m pushed into a last-minute situation, I’ll move hell and high water to make it. But I do NOT like being cornered that way.
I tend to procrastinate on the stuff I don’t really want to do.
It depends upon the task. If it’s something I want to do, or something want to get it out of my hair, then I’ll do it ahead of time.
But then there are those OTHER things. These are the ones that make me completely miserable. So miserable I don’t want to think about them, much less, deal with them. I let them sit until the very last second.