Have you ever been glad you procrastinated? Have you ever been sorry you didn’t? Hopefully your story isn’t as sad as this poor fellow’s:
Rick’s father was clearly having his last illness and would be dead in a few more weeks. When he died Rick would inherit 40 million dollars. So Rick decided it was time to plan ahead and look for someone to share his good fortune with. Then one night at a singles bar he found the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He went up to her and said he knew he wasn’t much to look at, but in a few weeks he would inherit a fortune. Needless to say she was impressed and went home with him that very evening.
Three days later she became his stepmother.
What about you? Do you have any procrastination stories?
I’ve a bad tendency to procrastinate.
It’s funny how many things I procrastinated on in my working life never got done because, in the long run, they ended up not being as important as my boss (or others) thought they were.
.-= Mike´s last blog ..Goldeneye =-.
Mike,
I think a certain tendency to procrastinate is healthy. It depends where and when. I suppose it works for me because I start putting things on my Possibility List way ahead of time. After I’ve looked at it long enough (what I call procrastination) it’s a relief to start doing it. I’m usually done long before any deadline. It’s not nearly as much fun when I don’t have the luxury of planning ahead.
It all depends. You can only know later…
I procrastinate all the time!
.-= Rummuser´s last blog ..I Just Hate It When …” =-.
Some people work best when it’s five minutes to midnight and the adrenaline is pumping through their body. Often with astonishing results. I don’t particularly like that sensation but often have to work to tight deadlines; only to get madly irritable in that scenario when interrupted by the irrelevant.
I believe procrastination to be a big fat warning sign to yourself: Essentially what procrastination is telling you is that you do not WANT to do something. So you refuse yourself to the task, only to be whiplashed later.
U
.-= Ursula´s last blog ..Premature =-.
Ursula,
I hate rushing at the last minute so I put things on my list way ahead of time. Often that means I can get into a play mode when I finally start doing it. We’re all different.