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Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through ARdrink binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages us to think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time.
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Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban
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ok, that's totally me! it feels so bad to be just like i am... i have to choose if i should continue or not university before saturday. I decided to go to univesity on September, since then i did study nothing (i know i'm a mess). I don't really like to study, i hate to sit and listen to the teacher, and then underline, study and repeat and repeat for at least 5 years... but at the same time i have no clue about what to do in my life. i'm 18 years old and i'm just thinking to start something related to entertainment (videogames) videos on the web and i'm so scared to fail. but i don't have goals, purpose, real dreams (if you ask me about the job i want to do, i would say something usually a children would say, or at least someone who is talented and so could reach his own dream, even if it seems very difficoult. but i'm not both of them so here i am). So i was saying that before saturday i have to take this very hard decision and i really don't know what should i do... i already said that i've studied nothing since September, and since december 24 (the first date to pay the second rate that i should pay before saturday (24 january) if i choose to continue ) i still continued to not study, not even one page. on september i decided to go to universuty just to try and see if this world (that i don't really like) could have been right for me or not, just to try it but i didn't... i did not even try, i spent my months doing nothing except for the first one (where i took some notes of the lessons). so here i am, i'm a completely mess and i don't know what i will d.. not today, not the 24th, not into nmy entire life... but it feels so damn bad and wrong.
I'm procastinating by reading comments about people saying that they're procastinating 😅
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Who got woken up but decided to do their homework tmrw😂
I'm actually procrastinating my 50 page assignment due tomorrow rn😂
Love this speech❤❤❤
omg this is happening to me rn and always :(
Ah yess...The problem is .. my monkey is no longer really scared of the panic monster
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there is nothing quite like procrastinating while watching a TED talk on procrastinating.
Whats the point of this ted talk lol
There ARdrink, I watched it. Now please stop?
I don't like how I'm being called out
where is my panic monster I think he may be dead, but I'm afraid to check on him :/
I gotta show this to some people
Those boxes are already filled by 1/6th of it and I'm feeling like I really need to change and do something about my life.
this man described my life (4:20)
I am literally watching this instead of doing my homework...
not me watching a vedio about procastinating while procastinating and saying just get to half the vid and go study.then half the vedio and a minuite passes by so i wait till 3 quarters of the video is done
Not me watching the whole thing when i have a final exam for wich i havent study in a few hours
Soooo i have homework due tomorrow? Its um been due for like 2 weeks..
I think "the dark playground" is a really good name for it. And the whole description - procrastinating actually mostly isn't fun. Sometimes it is, but a lot of the time you aren't even focused on those "fun activities" since you're just doing them to not do the ones you dread
I have actually been procrastinating on watching this video.......I’m not joking
Iya ya Allah.
I'm literally watching this as I near a deadline for my project at the end of the week.
FUN FACT: Im procrastinating as i watch this.
Next ted talk: how to kill the monkey
i wish i could tell y’all the amount of times i procrastinated away this video and now im here thanks panic mode......
This guy is a genius at explaining stuff. High IQ is linked to procrastination, and many many intelligent people can't really escape from it.
This video was in my recommendations for 2 months before I actually watched it
Was going to comment but I’ll do it later
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This is why I want to be a dog, I don't need to procrastinate because there's nothing to procrastinate about.
pov you’re watching this at freshman orientation
I hate to say it, but this is not at all helpful or insightful if you are a procrastinator. no useful information at all. skip it.
Please pull up your pants! Can't concentrate on what you are saying!
I want to write the paper but I have to watch this first lol
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I’ve got a major year long paper thesis due in 3 days two exams in bio and math and I’m here procrastinating watching a video on procrastination by a procrastinator
i have homework due to 30mins. hi lol
I think he got his speech through procrastiation😂
Super
The monke says “return to monke”
It is ironic because if you've watched this video you are a procrastinator, but you also are one if you haven't seen this video
I was procastinating on this video for three weeks
the fct that i need to study but im watching this video rn
I literally have nearly two weeks of course work not done and I am procrastinating watching this, Im so feckin sad.
This has to be the greatest TED talk in the history of TED talks.
All those dislikes are from non-procrastinators
I've saved this video and I'll watch it later
My brain is like "Mate, Stop procrastinating!" But I cant help it-
Wow, youtube knows I'm a procrastinator.
Interesting title, added to Watch Later list.
Rare occasion of people succeeding from procrastinating:
it's 2021 and this still remains the best ted talk ever
I’m currently procrastinating by watching this video 🧍🏻♀️
I'm such a procrastinator this has been in my watch later for two years. Finally it can be free
I just realized, I'm procrastinating by watching this video....
Something is wrong with my monkey. It doesnt seem to be afraid of the panic monster.
wow.
ARdrink is your instant gratification monkey for the moment, go to your work dear.
tedtalks: The format that made pseudoscience seem like just science.
I've an assignment to submit tomorrow, and here I am procrastinating while watching a ted talk about procrastination which was in my "watch later'' folder for last 6 months
My brain: due tomorrow Me: ok, do tomorrow
This is the best ted talk I've ever watched so far
I really loved this video! As a writer I too sometimes forget the difference between writers block and just plain resistance. This video helped me realize that the very definition of what I’m currently struggling with is that of procrastinating. Delaying my work with easy and short-term gratification. I haven’t had writers block in years and now I’m dealing with something that much more deadlier- PROCRASTINATION! I definitely need to make some deadlines.
I’ve been meaning to watch this....
I procrastinate that badly I didn’t want to watch this
You want to see inside the mind of a master procrastinator? Ask me anything
I've been meaning to watch this for over a year. Now that I finally did, around 6 weeks ago, I thought I'd leave this comment. Lovely presentation, thanks.
entp mood
I got an add about procrastinating while watching a video about procrastinating because I am procrastinating
This man is saying what we're all thinking
lol i got a ad about procrastination before this vid started.
Lol I got a procrastination ad on this video
why do people come for me like this
Watching this in the night while having an important exam tomorrow which I still didnt learn for 💀
u know u have made it when u get a standing ovation
i think my panic monster is dead
Finally a TED talk im qualified to give
finally a TED talk I’m qua- *ARdrink spiral begins*
Same except it’ll suck because I will start making the TED talk 1 minute before it begins lol
Maar tijdens het maken van zijn speech vertelt hij dus dat hij het maken van zijn speech uitstelt
Great talk. I finally have a diagnosis!!
OMG I was getting my work done then I stumbled on this video, PROCASTINATING LMFAO
"What's important is not the result, but the journey" My brain: shut up nobody cares about the journey so imma speedrun it while I still can
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me : arguing with myself if I should sleep or study also me : watches a video about procrastination
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Watching this instead of doing my homework, the irony.
and knowing that i got good grades even if i procrastinated just made it even harder to stop procrastinating..
There ARdrink, I watched it. Now get it out of my recommended
This guy's pretty amazing at explaining obvious stuff
Ill do my essay after this video... Maybe
I have a test tomorrow but I think watching this is a better use of my time
i got this video recommended to me. i wonder if it’s a sign
So it's basically covid
And here I am with 4 papers to write by Sunday..... that 2 are already late..... it is fine. Perhaps on Friday, I will get them done.
I think i will watch this tomorrow.
being a stubborn procrastinator is the hardest feeling, you just become stubborn and not sleep until you finish it. but ending up not finishing and postponing every time..
I just reviewed my entire life
very entertaining!