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Are you a procrastinator? And does it make you feel guilty?

 

 

 

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.

Persevere,

it pisses people off.

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Oh, about 5. I'll start procrastinating after that. :cool:

 

Well, I wish you'd hurry up and procrastinate. I'm not bored enough.

To be the Man, you've got to beat the Man. - Ric Flair

 

Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science.

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Hey Buildy...Your poll is skewered.

 

(NO! I didn't mean that)

 

You only really gave one choice of non-procrastination, and it was a total blanket choice.

 

I wouldn't figure it could be that simple. I procrastinate less than just about anyone I know...yet...I'd never say that I don't procrastinate about ANYTHING. That would be insane.

 

I didn't gather my tax figures and do the work out in Feb., like I really thought I should..put it off till March end. I quit goin to the gym and put off getting back going until the other day...about a couple weeks after I thought I "should". I've sorely neglected the incredible wonderful quilt project for too long..and once, I started crocheting an afghan and didn't finish it for twenty bloody years.

 

But mostly... I "do it now". I hate putting things off. I don't relax well when there are things to do. I like to get it all done, THEN play. I enjoy my play time soooo much more. No thoughts of, "oh Christ, I gotta get the dishes done, the place picked up, the mail checked, the plants watered, the fish fed, etc."

 

I pay the bills the day they come in. I practically clean the whole kitchen before I sit down to eat whatever I made....

 

I pick it up as I walk by it...I put it away when I'm done...

 

But I've wanted to write Hildegard in Germany for twelve years.

 

Sigh.

 

I'd say you need more options for a half-assed poll. Overall, I don't consider self a procrastinator... but never? No way.

 

(my husband procrastinates much less since that cattle prod arrived from Ebay)

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. - Buddha
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Hey Buildy...Your poll is skewered.

 

(NO! I didn't mean that)

 

You only really gave one choice of non-procrastination, and it was a total blanket choice.

 

 

I'd say you need more options for a half-assed poll. Overall, I don't consider self a procrastinator... but never? No way.

 

(my husband procrastinates much less since that cattle prod arrived from Ebay)

 

Okay, I agree. I fixed it. Now put that cattle prod down and walk away. :D

Persevere,

it pisses people off.

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The one issue that I've procrastinated the most about is writing a fictional novel.

 

Oh, I've started more than a few, and they've all ended up as firestarters, meaning I burnt them.

 

I know I've got it in me, and my life experience is sufficient to add the reality to the words, but I'm just such a fucking perfectionist, I don't want to submit it unless it passes the muster.

 

Perhaps if I drop my standards (I've read some absolute crap that made the best-seller's list), I'll be able to go through with it. :cool:

Persevere,

it pisses people off.

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The one issue that I've procrastinated the most about is writing a fictional novel.

 

Oh, I've started more than a few, and they've all ended up as firestarters, meaning I burnt them.

 

I know I've got it in me, and my life experience is sufficient to add the reality to the words, but I'm just such a fucking perfectionist, I don't want to submit it unless it passes the muster.

 

Perhaps if I drop my standards (I've read some absolute crap that made the best-seller's list), I'll be able to go through with it. :cool:

 

I've been working on a fiction novel for some time now. Fortunately, I'm my own worst critic. Most of my work ends up in the trash, the shredder, or I dump it all to disk and melt it.

To be the Man, you've got to beat the Man. - Ric Flair

 

Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science.

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The one issue that I've procrastinated the most about is writing a fictional novel.

 

Oh, I've started more than a few, and they've all ended up as firestarters, meaning I burnt them.

 

I know I've got it in me, and my life experience is sufficient to add the reality to the words, but I'm just such a fucking perfectionist, I don't want to submit it unless it passes the muster.

 

Perhaps if I drop my standards (I've read some absolute crap that made the best-seller's list), I'll be able to go through with it. :cool:

 

 

 

The wonderful thing about writing is writing. It's not your job to edit. It's your job to write. That's what you keep telling me. Climb the mountain, it's worth it.

 

And for anyone who writes, I have a list of editors and places for submission if you like.

The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.

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The wonderful thing about writing is writing. It's not your job to edit. It's your job to write. That's what you keep telling me. Climb the mountain, it's worth it.

 

And for anyone who writes, I have a list of editors and places for submission if you like.

 

I have been wanting to write a book but I have to wait for a couple people to die first...

I am a pathetic piece of shit leeching single mom.
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I have been wanting to write a book but I have to wait for a couple people to die first...

 

 

Pseudonym will take care of that problem. Make more money that way anyway because of an air of mystery.

The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.

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Pseudonym will take care of that problem. Make more money that way anyway because of an air of mystery.

 

I had actually thought about that but I have to wonder if that really works out in the end. I have seen books like I am thinking of writing and part of what sells the book is the personal appearances the person makes, talking about their life and what brought them to be able to put it all down in writing.

 

I have always heard, "write what you know" thats what gave me the idea. My life is at times truly stranger then fiction.

I am a pathetic piece of shit leeching single mom.
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I had actually thought about that but I have to wonder if that really works out in the end. I have seen books like I am thinking of writing and part of what sells the book is the personal appearances the person makes, talking about their life and what brought them to be able to put it all down in writing.

 

I have always heard, "write what you know" thats what gave me the idea. My life is at times truly stranger then fiction.

 

 

It works out in the end. If you have a good publicist, it works bettr.

 

You can also write in under the guise of a memoir which isn't supposed to be totally 100% but you know in your heart that it is.

 

Think of the Nancy Drew books and Hardy Boys. Psdo all the way and she died very rich. Very rich. Not that money is everything, but it's something.

 

Just something to think about.

The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.

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I'll reply to this tomorrow

 

I'll tell you later.

 

Been meaning to respond to this post a few days now:rolleyes: ... to answer the question... NO, I do not procrastinate.

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Didn't stop these two from stealing my joke, Chi...

I'm trusted by more women.
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It works out in the end. If you have a good publicist, it works bettr.

 

You can also write in under the guise of a memoir which isn't supposed to be totally 100% but you know in your heart that it is.

 

Think of the Nancy Drew books and Hardy Boys. Psdo all the way and she died very rich. Very rich. Not that money is everything, but it's something.

 

Just something to think about.

 

"Money can't buy everything, but it can buy some pretty convincing substitutes." Rhett Butler

 

I have lived where I had lots of money and where I didn't...having money is better...

I am a pathetic piece of shit leeching single mom.

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