Question of the Day

[ayoub]

How do you handle deadlines?

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I used to just have a mad rush at the end of the time allowed, but Im a little more structured these days :D

Comments

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

Work until you have to call it.

(I should note it's 3:30am and I'm working.)

[katamphigorical.livejournal.com]

I'm a huge procrastinator. If it's nothing that will bring about the apocalypse or otherwise ruin my life, then i just set it aside until it's moldy and/or toxic. Then i'll deal with it by setting it on fire and watching the pretty flames. Either figuratively or literally.

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

I wave at them as they pass by :)

[innerly.livejournal.com]

haha, again, best comment ever

best regards,
stranger who's becoming a fan of your comments

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

*grin* I am glad you enjoy them.

Apologies, it maybe my lack of memory, but what other comments have I made that you have enjoyed. I cannot recall seeing your comments before.

[innerly.livejournal.com]

some other comment you made on ayoub's journal, not sure if i can find it, and i see your comments on Dina all the time too

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

yes indeed, Ayoub and Dina are commented upon often :)

My structure approach

[spacedlaw.livejournal.com]

-Run around like a headless chicken,
-Wait to the last possible moment,
-Tackle the thing and promptly forget about it.

[kabandra.livejournal.com]

Deadlines are more like elastic for me in my field....
I more have to prioritize, figure out first what actually has a real deadline/has to get done. Be sure to get that done, then spend any other time on the lesser priority stuff.

I used to be very good at making deadlines. I would be anal about finding out deadlines enough before hand, so I would then be excellent at pacing.

[ccupguy.livejournal.com]

Apply first aid?
:P
ccup

[beatzz.livejournal.com]

Haha... Mad rush person here!

That is, of course, only if I don't like the project. If I like it, I start immediately after it gets assigned.

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Somehow I've always managed, in spite of the fact that whatever it was seemed impossible.

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

I wave at them as they go by. ;)

Seriously, though...
If it's for work, I build in a 'cushion' of time for me. I'll ask for a deadline, and then back that date up a few days for me. (That's where the 'cushion' comes in.) I don't usually tell the person I'm doing the project for what "my" deadline is, as I already know their's. I work everything out to my deadline. If there's a problem or issue, I have a little breathing room to either fix or replace what's wrong.

If it's for my personal projects... That's a whole other story. I'll ask for deadlines... and then procrastinate starting on it. Then I'll work like a mad-monkey to get it done in time.

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

Structure helps me soooo much with deadlines.

[innerly.livejournal.com]

i'm a terrible procrastinator, so i do that mad rush at the end of time too... but i do work better under pressure, so i guess it's not that bad

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Ignor them until the last minute, and then run myself ragged. Is there any other way?

[nantosvelta.livejournal.com]

I am the treasurer for the Society of the Two-Headed Turtle.

[o-annie-o.livejournal.com]

I ignore them until they´re there.

Then I get nearly hysterical, brandish my arms around in headless manner, swearing like a sailor.
Better don´t stand in my way then.

Nevertheless I finish it in time, but I´m a nervous wreck then, saying to myself I will NEVER procrastinate something again... but I forget it till the next time. ;-)

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

I keep my head down and hope no one notices as the deadline flies by. If they were that concerned about the deadline they should have either moved the deadline or moved the work to someone that was actually going to do it.

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

I'm actually better under pressure!

[spritegirltn.livejournal.com]

haha..me too! I just wrote the same thing...or we like to procrastinate...

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

that too!

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

Not nearly as carefully as I do live ones. ;)

::runs::

[spritegirltn.livejournal.com]

haha...I wait until I think I have just enough time to get things done..then drive myself in sane playing "beat the clock"...I thrive under that kind of pressure....or I simply love to procrastinate...

[stalkings.livejournal.com]

Well, considering that I just had a deadline to meet. (I have a presentation due for my class on Friday.... I just completed it tonight. LOL) I'd say I'm 100% procrastinator... though not quite as bad as I used to be in my younger days!!

[stalkings.livejournal.com]

I definitely work better under pressure. If I have lots of time to plan something- I get distracted and can't think. So I guess less time for me = genius!

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

Uh, when was I supposed to answer this?

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

WITH MY FISTS!!!

[sirenity.livejournal.com]

How many days do I have till you post your stat thing?!?!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Until the end of April!

[sirenity.livejournal.com]

And I'm already exhausted! ;)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Really?