[umbrellasky]

When left to my own devices I don't get much done. However in an environment like school and work, where there are deadlines to meet I get a lot done. It's damn hard work! But I actually feel like I've managed to accomplish something when I meet the deadlines.

I think this is why I love school so much. I love University even more because whilst it is, structured there is also enough freedom for me to approach a subject how I want to. I feel so much better when I have a goal to work towards, a goal set by someone else. I will stick to it when it's a goal someone else has set for me.

Yet as soon as I'm home again left to my own devices I got back to being a complete mess only doing things when I feel like it. I think this is one of the reasons why working freelance is going to be difficult for me!!

What about you? Do you work better in a structured environment?



EDIT: Sorry! I don't think I explained myself very well. What I'm trying to say is that when left to my own devices a project I'm working on will continue for ever and ever, never getting completed. However at school because of the deadlines I actuall manage to get my work done. I FINISH stuff and this is a good feeling.

However...just because there is a deadline doesn't mean I get my work started early. I don't! I keep putting it off, and off and off, pushing the deadline to the back of my mind before I realise that I absolutely have to start my work. And it's horrible, and incredibly stressful and I freak out and I make myself ill...but...I get stuff done. So that's the point I'm trying to make that I actually complete things because I HAVE to...it's a kick up the backside that I need and I appreciate it, even though I hate it.

[nádej]

I don't do well with a lot of structure, but I don't do well with no structure either.

I need something in the middle.

With too much structure, I freak out, withdraw, and basically shut down. I feel like I've lost my sense of control and freedom, and without that I don't know how to function well.

Without any structure, I have no focus and could just go forever without doing anything worthwhile. Without any structure, I am at the mercy of those bursts and dry patches of inspiration. I need some structure to keep me going even through the dry patches and to temper some of the abandon with which I throw myself into projects during those bursts.

[My Sweet Stalin]

@katienicole - Thank you for typing my response for me. You got it exactly right! This saved me a lot of time, so please let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. I definitely owe you one! :D

[The Sundancer]

^ What those two said. if I am by myself hardly anything will be done. If I am under constant supervision I will be stressed and hardly anything will get done. If I am somewhere in the middle with elements of both settings involved shit will be done.

Like I framed canvas, enough space that I can let my imagination flourish but boundaries so I don't get lost in myself.

[ohrtsadok]

I'm with them. It's really weird because I was never able to explain it to my friends. They just never understood.

[Zerosum]

lol was about to complete disagree until the way you said that When someone else forces you (work or uni) you will meet the deadlines... Since I hate getting stressed (i get the same symptoms and im completely useless lol) I start my assignments as early as possible! Although every time i do, I like to find the evidence as i write and cant stick to a plan I created earlier!

So what I am trying to say @umbrellasky in alot of words... Is that I completely agree with you! :P

[CupcakeQueen]

I can't have TOO much structure & I can't not have any
structure at all. Flexibility of some sort works well. Too much
restriction or routine would kill ANY Enfp.

[shampoo]

@The Sundancer, said beautifully...and agreed with 100%!!
I'm the same...too much order rules and structure get the worse outta me, I get frustrated and it's like I can't match up to the expected level also makes me feel dumb....and without it I'm a free soul, I wud be able to do everything yet nothing would be done....a bit of both is important...

^ agree with u...routine depresses me :(