BS: Procrastination

Subject: BS: Procrastination
From: Donuel
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 02:46 PM

I've been meaning to post this for 3 years.
Are certain forms of procrastination virtually pathological.

There are some simple 20 minute tasks that I have put off for years.
And they are tasks which are very remunerative regarding estate property.

What have you meant to do for more than a year that could be done tommorrow?

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Cluin
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 02:48 PM

Get my songbook in order, though it'll take more than a day.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 02:59 PM

Oh, indeed! I have stuff to scan, closets to sort, magazines to read, people to write..... I am driven by deadlines and 'fun'...if it is demanding I cope, like the bills and going to the store for food, I am merely slow; if it is fun and easy, I am way ahead! And don't remind me of my lyrics sheets...I have 25 years of loose papers in a briefcase, mostly handwritten.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 03:03 PM

I have many things to procrastinate but have no time to so I postpone them till later.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 03:03 PM

Things you ought to have done but haven't are a very helpful way of pinning down and exorcising free-floating anxiety. Akways a good idea to have a few of them stockpiled for when you need them.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 03:03 PM

Not for nothing is it known as 'the thief of time'!
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Amos
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 04:10 PM

Obne of the main things I have put off, Donuel, is making a listof incomplete tasks.

Thanks for the reminder. I'll get back to you on the rest.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Peace
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 04:18 PM

I'll get back to you later, Don.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Dead Horse
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 04:40 PM

There is a low life still alive today thanks entirely to my own procrastination - and I am still a free man, so it cant be all bad, huh?

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: bobad
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 04:53 PM

That has an ominous air of mystery about it Dead Horse.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: GUEST,Coyote Breath puting it off once more
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 05:02 PM

Every year I produce a CD for friends and family. I used to call it my "Christmas CD". But here it is March and it isn't done yet. Last year it took 'til late January.

I call it my "yearly CD" now.

CB

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: autolycus
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 07:11 PM

Wish i could put off procrastinating.



Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Ebbie
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 09:11 PM

I got one thing done this winter that I've been promising myself to do for years- I've gone through my photos and thrown away the pictures that are repetitive, out of focus, non-recognizable, unflattering and who-cares. I threw away close to 10 pounds of them. I still have the negatives, should I change my mind. Ha! Fat chance.

Of course, the main reason I got it done is that I was moving and I didn't want to have to haul it around.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 10:02 PM

I've lots of things to do when I get A ROUND TUIT.

QUOTE
This is a round tuit. Guard it with your life. Tuits are
hard to come by, especially the round ones. It will help
you to become a much more efficient worker. For years you've
heard people say, "I'll do it, when I get a round tuit".

So now that you have one, you can accomplish all those
things you put aside until you got your round tuit.
UNQUOTE

I'll put it on my Secret Santa wishlist when I...

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 08 Mar 06 - 10:10 PM

The story of Procrastinatus

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Padre
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 12:15 AM

One of these days, I'll get around to reading this thread

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 01:09 AM

I might post something relevant when I get over this bout of lethargy.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 03:42 AM

I had an uncharacteristic burst of something or other last weekend. Borrowed a shredder and put 8 years of unnecessary but confidential crap through it. Made 5 bags of hamster bedding but still didn't find the two pieces of paper I was looking for.

But having the shredder was so much fun that a) I might buy one of my own one day and b), I sorted and shredded far more than I would have done!

Has it made any extra room?


What do you think? : )

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Paul Burke
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 04:34 AM

Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 04:44 AM

Time is just a toy of the living, in Mr Death's house there are no clocks!
Ponder.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Paul Burke
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 06:09 AM

I seem to recall that Death has a clock with no hands, and LOTS of hourglasses. According to Pratchett of course.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Peter T.
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 06:25 AM

Procrastination has a bad rap. If there had been more procrastination, there never would have been World War I. If George W. Bush had waited on the inspectors, there never would have been an Iraq War. Many stupid things are carried out by people who refuse to wait and see.

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 07:11 AM

Well look what it did for Mr Micawber!
G

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Flash Company
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 10:48 AM

Never put off until tomorrow anything that, with a little thought, you can avoid doing at all.

FC

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 11:23 AM

Be careful if you're putting off everything, they're not keen on naturists everywhere....

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 11:27 AM

My old headmaster Dr John Gilmore was anticrastination!
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 01:00 PM

This thread seems to be delayed in leaving the list displayed!

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: autolycus
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 02:52 PM

I'll do this post later.

ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Raptor
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 03:25 PM

Procrastination is like masterbation. Both feel great till you realize your fucking yourself!

Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: GUEST,Joe_F
Date: 09 Mar 06 - 09:45 PM

ObSongs:

They're living in New Britain

With two kids and a kitten,

And maybe they'll get married someday. -- Bob Blue

--- Joe Fineman    [e-mail]

||: Drinking is what straight men do with each other instead. :||

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 04:49 AM

Coyote - the same with me. I've changed the title of my Xmas letter to family and friends from "My Xmas Letter" to "The Captain's Limping Messenger" and finally to "My Yearly Letter". About October I start to think about starting the Xmas letter, and sometimes after New Year I start to write in earnest.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 06:15 AM

procrastinate NOW

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: freda underhill
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 06:43 AM

I finished a quilt a couple of months ago that I had started nine years previously.

I have some artwork in process filed away, for when I get the energy.

I have a couple of good books gathering dust - I started them and somehow i got distracted and have read dozens of others since.

then there are some unanswered emails to get to. I have been procrastinating on renovating my house for some time (like five years). The architect has finished the plans and is tapping his fingers.

and I turned to Mudcat now as a way of avoiding another task - til tomorrow!

and yes, I have been procrastinating on selling some excess furniture - now my daughter has offered to help.


btw..Top Ten Reasons to Procrastinate:
10.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 08:23 AM

Procrastination is the art of catching up with yesterday.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Cod Fiddler
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 09:55 AM

WHAT DO WE WANT?

PROCRASTINATION!

WHEN DO WE WANT IT?

NEXT WEEK!

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 02:25 PM

As I meant to say yesterday........................
Oh never mind!
G.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 10 Mar 06 - 05:48 PM

A lot of people are taking their time before posting to this thread. Can someone tell me why?.......eventually!

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 11 Mar 06 - 08:40 AM

well, I had to think about maybe pondering upon even opening the thread

As I said to a friend years ago "If I had a middle name, it would be Procrastination".

Toniht I had friends over for dinner & cleaned up - some stuff is hiding, some was tossed out & some stuff was just put in a box, other stuff in the nearest clear space away from the table. One of the things I moved was the box I used to put stuff in last time I had visitors for a meal!!

will I empty both boxes?

I'll have to think about it

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: gnu
Date: 11 Mar 06 - 11:26 AM

Finally opened this thread. Is it worth reading? Please PM me your answer in case I don't get back.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: EBarnacle
Date: 11 Mar 06 - 06:26 PM

I thought about posting to this thread when it first came out but I didn't want to be pushy.

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 11 Mar 06 - 06:46 PM

"Dedicated followers of Procrastinatus"

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastinationalism
From: Severn
Date: 12 Mar 06 - 12:55 PM

I've only managed to become an amateur crastinator, so far. I've been put off by turning pro, but maybe only until tomorrow....

Scratch that! They say I have to set up a practice regimen in order to turn pro, so....

Whenever!


(I was gonna guest post this as Kay Sirrah, but didn't get around to it.)

Subject: RE: BS: Procrastination
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 12 Mar 06 - 08:39 PM

I think it's high time somebody initated a thread about procrastination.

(This is actually the first post on this thread. Sorry it's a bit late, but..........)

Don T.