Procrastination
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Tax time is approaching, promo packs to send out, spring break is coming and I haven’t made camping reservations yet, stories to practice, guitar licks to improve on, I’ve got to be at work(a sideline) at 5:00 and it’s already 3:00, but wait… let’s check what’s going on with the Justice Dept inquiry, or lets see if the Dow is still falling (I don’t own stocks.) no, I know, lets clean up the desk again while watching some Daily Show reruns on the web. ANYTHING but tend to the business at hand. What is that? I was telling my daughter this morning that of all my faults I would say that procratination is the worst. Why. I think it’s fear. Fear of failing…fear of never … no wait . is it laziness. No it can’t be that because I will do 10 times the work on something else if it takes the place and time of that I am procrastinating over. Writing this blog entry is procrastination of getting my books caught up. My accountant is probably ready to cut me loose. All I know for sure is if I get through the day and have put it off again, I will just feel worse tomorrow. Come on Scott,
JUST DO IT!
Peace.
The Procrastinator’s Creed:
1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.
2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.
3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.
4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.
5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.
6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given.
7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.
8. If at first I don’t succeed, there is always next year.
9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.
11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task.
12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is wait/plan/plan.
13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.
14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator’s Society) if they ever get it organized.
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