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.

대학 시절, 저는 정치학 전공이라서 논문을 많이 써야 했죠.

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

일반적인 학생이 논문을 쓸 때는 이렇게 작업을 조금씩 분산시키곤 하죠.

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

요즘은요―― (웃음) 처음엔 좀 천천히 시작해도 첫 주에 어느 정도 해두면, 그 뒤로 바쁜 날들이 있어도 다 끝낼 수 있거든요.

stay civil.

문명적으로 유지.

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

(웃음) 그렇게 하고 싶었어요

would be the plan.

그게 계획이었죠

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

준비는 완벽했는데, 막상 논문이 나오면 이런 식이 되더라고요.

(Laughter) And that would happen every single paper.

매번 모든 논문에서 똑같이 벌어졌죠.

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

하지만 90 페이지짜리 졸업논문이 찾아왔어요. 이건 1 년 동안 써야 하는 거였죠.

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

그런 대작이라면 평소의 작업 흐름으로는 불가능하다는 걸 알고 있었죠.