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Procrastination

1/5/2018

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 Hi, I'm Jean and I'm a procrastinator. In fact, I put the "pro" in procrastinate. I'm very good at procrastination. If there were awards for the best procrastination, I'd definitely win. If I finally entered...I'd probably procrastinate on sending in the entry form until too late. Let's just add a deep sigh here.

I'm actually procrastinating on several things now. Things that I need to get done but just don't feel (?) like doing.  I've even been procrastinating on writing this blog which is why it's noon and nothing is posted or even finished.

But that leads me to today's post.  Procrastination is a serious issue for some of us.  The other night, I was procrastinating on Facebook and a TED talk came across my feed.  Now, I like a good TED talk so I checked it out...which led me to watching 5 or 6 other TED talks and before I knew it, I'd been down the TED talk rabbit hole for over an hour. And since it was a talk on procrastination that started the whole thing, it was kinda ironic.

I'm going to share the talk below, and I encourage you to watch it. It's not only funny but it makes a serious point. I'll let you figure that out but let me know what you think in the comments.  I'd love to discuss how your instant gratification monkey sidetracks you until the panic monster shows up.

Now, I've off to the kitchen to see if there is anything new in the fridge since I last checked ten minutes ago. :-)
7 Comments
Gay Ingram
1/5/2018 01:41:03 pm

Oops! The link didn't come through on your page so I can't go read the article about procrastinating. But having lived with a husband who dreaded finishing anything and a son who followed in his footsteps, Maybe I could write a book about Living With A Procrastinator.

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Christina Weigand link
1/5/2018 03:44:56 pm

I may have to argue with your position of a professional procrastinator. I think I have that position wrapped up. I am constantly amazed at the things I could accomplish if I didn't procrastinate so much.

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Paul Taubman link
1/5/2018 03:48:36 pm

I was going to come back and comment - you know, put it off til later - but I stuck with it and here I am commenting on it now.

I try to keep a list of things to do TODAY and keep going until I am done with the list. That helps me stop the procrastination!

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Moira Kathryn link
1/5/2018 05:57:56 pm

Ha! Awesome post.

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Patty Wiseman link
1/8/2018 08:37:45 am

As you can see, I'm a procrastinator. I put off until today to comment. LOL! Trying to do better.

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Phyllis Still
1/8/2018 02:11:24 pm

Yep. I'm great at last minute. I'd wait until my mom was almost home from work before I'd jump out of lounging mode into get my chores done. Sometimes she'd catch me and just fuss. I needed way more spankings.

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Jean
1/8/2018 02:42:02 pm

When I was young, there was a cattle guard at the end of our road...you could always hear my dad's truck as he crossed it. That was our signal to get busy. :-)

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