Creative Procrastination |
Hey, if you're going to put off doing what's due,
at least do it with some style!
| 1. |
Make lists....To Do lists, who you'll invite to your wedding, prospective clients, your favorite teachers, the ten books you'd need on a desert island, foods you hate, Christmas card recipients, things you wish *someone* would give you for your birthday, colors listed in the J. Crew catalogue, items licensed by Ralph Lauren, B side titles of Motown hits. |
| 2. |
Rearrange your desk and drawers. Re-label all files with newly-typed Avery self-adhesives. Sort through correspondence you have neglected to answer for 3 months. |
| 3. |
Re-do your address book. Alphabetize all the business cards you collected at the last conference. By last name, no, maybe by firm name. let's see now.... |
| 4. |
Call all available family members. They've been waiting to hear from you! |
| 5. |
Walk the dog. Again. Trim the cat's claws. |
| 6. |
Cut split ends. (We prefer a 3x magnifying mirror) |
| 7. |
Work on your website. |
| 8. |
Do more research on your topic, by surfing the Net. Surely there is a Kantian undertone to alt.showbiz.gossip which can be extrapolated and compared to the Jungian archetype's role in modern anomie. |
| 9. |
Meditate. One *must* clear the mind! |
| 10. |
Sharpen pencils. All of them. Even if you only use ink. |
| 11. |
Check your voice mail for last minute cancellation of the deadline. Again. |
| 12. |
Check Bartlett's for appropriate pithy quotes to use as an opener. |
| 13 |
Pay your bills. |
| 14. |
Reconfigure your hard drive to make room for this new thing you will be writing. |
| 15. |
Call <you name it> software manufacturer and get on hold for technical support. |
| 16. |
Start developing list of potential credible excuses for your boss/client/teacher as to why the project is late |
| 17. |
Check email, write email. On all accounts. |
| 18. |
Make overdue business calls. |
| 19. |
Dust your library. Do windows. No, not those Windows! |
| 20. |
Call up a nerdish friend and launch a Mac vs. PC debate. |
| 21. |
Think about possible new career paths. |
| 22. |
Weed out overflow from filing cabinets. |
| 23. |
Read. |
| 24. |
Discuss building maintenance problems with neighbors and how the noise is distracting you
from your important work. |
| 25. |
Assume the lotus position. Do Yoga. It's so centering! |
| 26. |
Take a nap. Just a wee snooze. Gotta get that second wind!
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| 27. |
Check out the Web site, Overcoming Procrastination. |
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