tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post6690235716828916507..comments2023-05-09T08:16:13.179-05:00Comments on One Way Ticket: Zen and the Fine Art of ProcrastinationColleenQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649498256472090221noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-60324276465848457282010-10-25T13:34:14.018-05:002010-10-25T13:34:14.018-05:00I am half a procrastinator. Things like packing f...I am half a procrastinator. Things like packing for trips are done the morning of the trip, if not as I walk out the door. But things I dread (like DUI trials) I tend to want to get the worst over with. Xmas gifts - late and in one day tops and usually all from one store, even if I have to give people saucepans because that is the only thing left. But the habit of planning to arrive on the dot and assuming the shortest possible traffic time I am completely cured from - maybe because I traveled so much for my job (and had, as a contractor, so many interviews for which lateness was not a good beginning). I now aim for 10 minutes early. You cannot imagine the amount of stress relief that has provided. It is awesome. But that other quirk you mentioned, getting so much done as a form of procrastinating when you should be doing something ELSE done, is a very real phenom. I thought when I retired I would write, garden and fix things more - I find I do all three way less. Having to fit things in, or to sneak the time to do them from time that should be given to something else (read: my actual job) seemed to be a terrific spur to achievement - it was almost like an inspiration. I have nothing I HAVE to do now and - behold! I do nothing and achieve nothing. Damn!DavidShaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378015294494222646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-79822622616177634142010-10-20T17:58:58.454-05:002010-10-20T17:58:58.454-05:00TQ: if pro is for and anti is against...it seems p...TQ: if pro is for and anti is against...it seems perfectly logical. Man, if only I could make up words for a living!ColleenQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649498256472090221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-78566197882285035992010-10-18T16:08:52.368-05:002010-10-18T16:08:52.368-05:00Did you just invent a word? Anticrastinator? you...Did you just invent a word? Anticrastinator? you're brilliant.TiffanyBerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844871252523868652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-8594671653290164322010-10-18T09:07:01.662-05:002010-10-18T09:07:01.662-05:00Aunt D: or possibly learned behavior from experts?...Aunt D: or possibly learned behavior from experts?<br /><br />Monty: I'll admit it - I can't STAND when people talk about finishing Christmas shopping before 24 Dec. It's just weird! If all goes well, it's certainly better for him to get it over with...I guess.<br /><br />Laoch: you've given me something to think about...ambivalence, eh?<br /><br />Gaelic Wife: I absolutely HATE present shopping - there's so much pressure to find the right gift, and I live in po-dunk Alabama. Unless my family is craving boiled peanuts during the holidays, it's beyond frustrating. I must be half man. ;)<br /><br />terri: what's up with the name change??<br /><br />TQ: you're probably getting rusty now that you're retired...guess I'll step up as the new champion. :)ColleenQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649498256472090221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-28688514768221340152010-10-18T07:17:12.186-05:002010-10-18T07:17:12.186-05:00The game is for the players. If you enjoy the rewa...The game is for the players. If you enjoy the rewards and the exercise, that is fun enough.TQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18247836171843499665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-13698947993683762082010-10-17T23:09:59.859-05:002010-10-17T23:09:59.859-05:00I will admit to not understanding wanting to get t...I will admit to not understanding wanting to get things over with...continuances are my friends. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-20567300771130810902010-10-17T15:31:55.768-05:002010-10-17T15:31:55.768-05:00That's this week! Woah! Good luck to all.
S...That's this week! Woah! Good luck to all.<br /><br />So tell me, are you like most men and wait until December 24th to buy Christmas presents? I say most men because I haven't met any women who admit to procrastinating about buying gifts. Somehow gift giving is supposed to be built into our DNA.The Gaelic Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13042569769234227354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-82635229593767119042010-10-17T13:51:33.564-05:002010-10-17T13:51:33.564-05:00Procrastination is almost always about ambivalence...Procrastination is almost always about ambivalence.<br /><br />As to the DUI it used to be thought that delay was always good from the defense perspective. Witnesses memories fade, officers get in trouble or die. Good luck to the lad.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-4212467746472264902010-10-17T12:02:45.371-05:002010-10-17T12:02:45.371-05:00Ah, procrastination, how I love thee.
Like you, I...Ah, procrastination, how I love thee.<br /><br />Like you, I usually leave things until just too late. Certainly focuses the mind.<br />I did Christmas shopping weeks early once. Weeks! I then went out and walked around the shops anyway as a way of delaying having to do something else. Maybe Patrick's doing the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30246503.post-25117886923974621792010-10-17T11:11:46.698-05:002010-10-17T11:11:46.698-05:00PQ (G2) has the same habits...heredity?PQ (G2) has the same habits...heredity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com