Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator | Tim Urban | TED

So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers.

大学時代、私は政治学専攻で、論文をたくさん書かなければなりませんでした。

Now, when a normal student writes a paper, they might spread the work out a little like this.

普通の学生が論文を書くときは、こんな風に作業を少し分散させたりします。

So, you know -- (Laughter) you get started maybe a little slowly, but you get enough done in the first week that, with some heavier days later on, everything gets done, things

つまりね――（笑）最初はちょっとゆっくり始めても、最初の週に十分な進捗を残せば、その後の忙しい日でもすべて終わらせられます。

stay civil.

文明的に保つ。

(Laughter) And I would want to do that like that.

(笑) そうしたいなと

would be the plan.

それが計画だった

I would have it all ready to go, but then, actually, the paper would come along, and then I would kind of do this.

準備は万端だったのに、いざ論文が出ると、こうなってしまうんです。

(Laughter) And that would happen every single paper.

それは毎回の論文で同じことが起こりました。

But then came my 90-page senior thesis, a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.

しかし、90 ページの卒業論文がやって来ました。これは 1 年間かけて書くべきものです。

And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.

そんな大作なら、いつもの作業フローでは無理だと知っていました。