Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

What was the major of the speaker in college?

• Computer Science

• Government

• English

• Biology

What did the speaker have to do a lot as a government major?

• Participate in debates

• Attend seminars

• Write a lot of papers

• Conduct experiments

What was the speaker's plan for working on papers?

• Start and finish them in one day

• Ask for extensions

• Spread the work out evenly

• Do all the work at the last minute

How did the speaker actually end up completing papers?

• By working steadily

• By collaborating with classmates

• By starting early

• By procrastinating until the last minute

What was the length of the speaker's senior thesis?

• 90 pages

• 60 pages

• 30 pages

• 120 pages

How long did the speaker take to write the 90-page thesis?

• 1 month

• 1 week

• 72 hours

• 6 months

What does the speaker currently do for a living?

• Government official

• Writer-blogger

• Engineer

• Teacher

What unique characteristic does the procrastinator's brain have according to the speaker?

• Both A Rational Decision-Maker and An Instant Gratification Monkey

• A Panic Monster

• An Instant Gratification Monkey

• A Rational Decision-Maker

What triggers the Panic Monster?

• Finishing a task

• Starting a new project

• Deadlines getting too close

• Long-term goals

What is the 'Dark Playground'?

• A new theme park

• A metaphor for where procrastinators spend time when they're avoiding work

• A leisure area on college campuses

• A place where procrastinators do their best work