Are there any procrastinators in the house?

[RevCheesehead]

No matter what I do, I can't seem to get anything done ahead of schedule. I find it much more appealing to be here on DU, rather than putting together a bulletin, completing end-of-year reports, or balancing my checkbook in preparation for taxes.

What are you currently avoiding?
Or are you one of those annoying people who get everything done well ahead of schedule?

[GOPisEvil]

1. Ugh...it's my worst fault.

Right now it's school work. I was ahead of the game in week one, but now in week three, I'm waiting until the last minute to get started. :nopity:

[RevCheesehead]

10. That's why I've sworn a vow to NEVER get a PhD...

I know I don't have the discipline to work methodically. I looked at my best friend at commencement, and said "If you EVER hear me rumble about doing a DDiv or PhD, do me a favor and shoot me on sight.

That midterm and end of semester stress is something I never, ever miss.

[zone]

81. academic eqaution

BS = bullshit
MS = more shit
PhD = piled higher and deeper

any questions?

[crispini]

2. I'll answer you later.

:evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

5. smartass.

:hug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

3. I'll tell you later...

[UrbScotty]

7. Took the words out of my mouth. (nt)

[DarienComp]

4. Yes.

A series of projects need to be done by Monday evening, and I've got a ways to go. the life of a grad student. I could start now, and maybe i won't have to pull an all-nighter on sunday night, but I know I won't.

Meh. I wish I was annoying enough to get things done ahead of schedule.

[RevCheesehead]

12. Me, too, DC

Although I knew people who turned in their papers and projects early. I thought they were deranged. I mean, who DOES that??

[DarienComp]

18. i'm actually afraid of those people

I don't think they are actually people. I think they're robots.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Sorry I'm late.......

Yep, I'm definitely a procrastinator. I seem to work best when my back is against the wall and the clock is ticking loudly.

[RevCheesehead]

9. but doesn't logic dictate that if we do it ahead of time,

we'll have more free time? Or are we so busy that we will just find something else which simply must get done?

These things keep me up at night.

[SeattleGirl]

11. Points to ponder.

I guess I'd still have time to do things like get on DU if I did something ahead of time, but I guess I'm just not wired that way!

[RevCheesehead]

16. what determines our wiring?

Is it heredity? Personality traits? and are they learned, or innate?
My dad is extremely organized. My mom - not so much.

I just wonder what I could accomplish if I really tried to get things done ahead of time. :shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

20. Nature or nurture, huh?

Maybe, like a lot of things, a mixture of both. But I think the emphasis is probably on nature. I know people who have always been organized, get things done early, and others like me, who seem the opposites. We both get things accomplished, albeit with different styles.

[Redstone]

21. No, that depends on the nature of the work. Creative work such as mine,

for example, cannot just be summoned up ahead of time to make it more efficient. When I take on a new project, it has to rattle around in my brain (even if subconsciously) for a while...then, as the deadline approaches, it stops rattling and begins to take coherent form.

That's the process for me, anyway.

Redstone

[SeattleGirl]

24. You are quite right, Redstone

Now, if I am doing something practical or technical, which is a large part of my job, the my nature gets in the way. I know exactly what needs to be done, what it has to look like, etc.

But, when I am indulging myself in something creative, like flower arranging or something, even if I have a deadline, things still have to rattle around in my head for awhile in order to come to fruition. Fortunately, when I'm doing wedding flowers, I usually have a lot of notice, and have the time to let ideas roll around the brain.

[Redstone]

27. So it's not just me. That's a relief.

Redstone

[SeattleGirl]

32. Absolutely not

I know a lot of creative people, and they can't just spew something out on command. That's not how the creative process works, as I am sure you know

[RevCheesehead]

26. Now that makes sense.

I think that often, I put off the bulletin because I'm not quite sure what direction I'll be taking the sermon.

But, other times, it's just laziness.

[SeattleGirl]

36. So with you, Rev, it's also a combination of things

You do have a deadline of course, but you also have to give yourself room and time, to see what direction you are being lead for a particular sermon.

[RevCheesehead]

41. And I tread a fine line, it seems.

I can live with my procrastination, but sometimes it drives others crazy. At what point is it "creativity," and at what point is it simply not getting stuff done?

[SeattleGirl]

48. A good question, Rev

Here's how I can tell with myself. I'll use my wedding flower thing as an example. I know I have a deadline -- the wedding day. I have time to let ideas roll around in my head. I can't do the flowers until the day before because they have to be as fresh as possible. But, sometimes even when I know what I am going to do, I fitz around and don't get started at a decent time, so I end up finishing up at o'dark thirty. That is procrastination, when I know what I'm going to do, but I don't do it until the last minute. Does that make sense?

[RevCheesehead]

49. perfectly.

I need to work at de-fitzing.

[SeattleGirl]

52. LOL!

If you figure out how to de-fitz, let me know! I need help! :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

55. Do you think this hunka-man can help us?

[SeattleGirl]

56. I bet he could!

:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

54. Hey Rev, how about a sermon on de-fitzing?

That outta be a good one!

[RevCheesehead]

57. Hmmm.... Blessed are those who chill,

for they will be unfrazzled.

Blessed are those who wait until tomorrow, for their work follows them.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for pizza and beer, for they are only a phone call away.

Blessed are you when others mock your lifestyle, for they will never get it, and lead anal-retentive lives.

Blessed are the cheesemakers.... or purveyors of any dairy product, for that matter.

[SeattleGirl]

58. Hahahahaha!

I like that, Rev! It would certainly capture folks' attention.

But I was thinking more along the lines of putting off important things in life, and the need to be de-fitzed so that life doesn't slip by while you're not paying attention, you know, like Lennon's "Life is what happens while your busy doing other things." (This is why you're the Rev and I'm just Mistress SeattleGirl)

[momophile]

8. yep... that's why I'm in deep shit now...

I've had two years to do my Masters thesis, but NOOOOO, I wait to have a kid and then try to finish it as the deadline is coming up. Dumbass.:crazy:

[RevCheesehead]

17. Ohhh - school AND family.

:hug: bless you.

[xmas74]

13. I try to make a schedule and follow it exactly.

I just do everything as fast as I can so I can log back on quickly afterward.

[TheProphetess]

14. I had planned on responding earlier but I got distracted

:D

[Redstone]

15. I'll answer your post tomorrow, if I can get this other stuff done.

Redstone

[RevCheesehead]

19. ya know, Redstone,

just hearing you say that gives me comfort. :D

[Redstone]

22. Yes, you're not alone.

Redstone

[RevCheesehead]

29. thank God.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. I seem to be a mixture, my dear Rev.......

If I know I have things to do, and I don't spend too much time agonizing over them......

Then I can get right to them, and I feel so darned good!

OTOH, if I spend time agonizing, and fretting about all this garbage....

Then I can really get hung up.....and then it's a mess......

You'd think I'd learn...but NOOOOOOO.......

Oh well...just one step away from disaster! Sometimes......

:loveya: :pals:

[RevCheesehead]

28. Some days, I'm frazzled from the beginning.

And I find the only thing I can do is go with it.

I also used to multi-task more. I don't know why I've stopped doing that. :shrug:

Maybe I just need to slow down, and take a break.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. I know a lot of people who can multi-task......

I am NOT one of them! Unless certain rigorous circumstances happen to apply......

And those rarely happen.....

So I plod along, one thing at a time. Oh well.....

You know, you just have to do what you can, where you are, and with what you have....

Anything more is just an exercise in frustration, IMHO...

:loveya: :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

35. that's the key word for me: frustration.

And there's that annoying thing that hangs over your head, like if you don't go about doing something the way that the rest of the world does, then the problem is with you.

I've known all along that I march to a different drummer. I just get annoyed when others try to tell me I'm not listening to the music. :(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. I do think that Shakespeare said it best, my dear Rev....

To thine own self be true....then thou canst not be false to any man.

I try to do this myself. To be grounded in WHO I am......and true to myself, and my own rhythms.

I am happiest when I succeed in that.......:pals:

[RevCheesehead]

43. Now see?

It's when you say stuff like that, I :loveya: the best of all! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. Yes, my dear Rev.....I know you feel that way about me!

And some days I can be like that, and some days I can't......

Some days I'm so wise.....and some days I'm just a bundle of emotions...

As you know so well.......And you know why......

And right now my emotions are getting the better of me.....so I'll stop while I'm ahead...

But I thank you for seeing me so very clearly......few people do!

But not too many folks get this close to me.....

I love you too.....:loveya: :hug:

[kedrys]

25. Do I have to answer that now...?

I'm busy putting something else off... :P

[Norwood]

30. Right here, bad!

I'll think of something to write here later

[Canuckistanian]

31. Am I too late?

I was.. uh.. doing something else.

[DanCa]

34. I am pro lazy. (nt)

[RevCheesehead]

37. and that's why I love ya, Danny.

:hug:

[DanCa]

38. I thought it was the tremors. Chicks dig the tremors :D

:hug: love ya back. :D

[RevCheesehead]

44. I love anyone who can move me.

Tremors, fireworks, laughter, whatever... it's all good! :hug:

[DanCa]

46. Lol well to paraphrase Jerry Lee Lewis...

I got a whole lotta shaking going on. :D :loveya: :hug:

[merh]

40. I meant to answer you earlier, but I just kept putting it off.

:silly:

:freak: I don't procrastinate as much as I justify not beginning a project in a timely manner.

Speaking of which, I guess I ought to go clean the dinner dishes. :crazy:

:hug: :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

45. clean?

:shrug:

[merh]

51. That's right

You spiritual leaders have house keepers cause your main focus is trying to help the individual members of your flock clean their own houses, so to speak. :D

Where the hell is my hug? x(

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

53. I need a house-husband.

I've been saying that for years. :)

In fact, one of the retired pastors in our church told me he didn't know how I managed everything; he knew how much his wife did for him, so he could devote full attention to his ministry. I thanked him profusely, grateful that someone finally understood.

:hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya:

[merh]

60. Why not just a house boy?

Like the one the Green Hornet had? :evilgrin:

And thank you for all the love! :hug: :loveya: :hug: :love: et cetera!

[RevCheesehead]

64. Hmmm... I DO have a lawn-boy.

His mom calls him the cabana boy. I tell her I'm not into "Desperate Housewives" - I just need help with the grass.

Besides, he's 16. That's a big no-no.

[DanCa]

63. Cool what are the job requirements?

I work for hugs.

[RevCheesehead]

67. You'll have to do much better than that.

I'm thinking love-slave.

[DanCa]

68. ya knuckle head. :D

Please dont ever change :hug:

[Straight Shooter]

42. "Work expands to fill the time allotted to complete it."

It's one of Murphy's Laws. This is why I always wait until the last minute to do anything, because it considerably shortens the time spent on the task. Or at least that's what I tell myself. It's the efficiency. Yeah, that's the ticket.

The problem is we still remember being children when time stretched endlessly on and on, when if we had a week to do something, it was, like, forever. Now if someone tells me I have a month to do something, my typical response is, "OMG, I'll never get it done on time!"

[RevCheesehead]

47. I admit I felt that way while in seminary.

If I got something done ahead of time, then I'd begin to wonder if I did a thorough enough job - and I'd go back and re-edit, and never get it good enough. :banghead:

[radwriter0555]

59. Can I get back to you on that?

*cough*

[SofaKingLiberal]

Yes, I will elaborate later. n/t

[uppityperson]

61. .

that's to remind me to respond later when I get around to it.

[fizzgig]

62. i've always worked best under pressure

it's part of the reason i think i'm so well fit for my job

deadlines bring out my best work

[RevCheesehead]

65. what are you, a tire?

:7

[fizzgig]

71. there are days i feel like

i just go round in circles all the time

:P

i'm a reporter

[goodboy]

66. I haven't even BEGUN to procrastinate...

[leftstreet]

69. I finally got around to reading this thread.

I'll post something later.

[leftstreet]

70. dupe

This is like the brazillionth time I've duped on DU today.

[madrchsod]

72. yes and proud of it!

it`s taken me 50 some years to perfect!

[Ptah]

73. I've been meaning to get back to you, but have been

busy.

So busy that I have this image left over from
getting ready to post this pic for a long dead thread
about first cars.

[miss_american_pie]

74. Computer time is a reward

for housework, or I'd never do it.

In school, I always waited as long as I could to hand in papers.

[RetroLounge]

75. I've been meaning to get up to Oostberg...

Keep puting it off...

RL

[GOPisEvil]

76. Did this thread HAVE to come back and taunt me?!?!

:P

I'm working on my school stuff. PROMISE!!!! It'll be done soon. Get off my ass! :P

[yellowdogintexas]

77. currently avoiding: laundry, assorted other housecleaning

chores, and anything which might remotely involve bending over or lifthing anything heavy.

[Metta]

78. I'm sure I'll get around to replying, probably soon. Looks like.

You can pretty much bet on it. Not now though.

[NMMNG]

79. I'll tell you later

:rofl:

[zone]

80. hmmm?

Let me get back to you on that...

[Scout1071]

82. I've been meaning to reply to this thread for days.

Just couldn't seem to get around to it.

[barb162]

83. I am having more and more of a problem with procrastinating

Avoiding cleaning and taxes for right now

[Jamastiene]

84. It took me a while, but I finally decided to come reply to your original

post in this thread. *sigh* I have a lab paper in Physics class due Tuesday. I have a cover letter and a thank you letter to write before Wednesday. I have two or three (in the fog of war known as hellacious scheduling in school, I can't remember how many test I have this upcoming week), tests coming up, and I can't even remember what is on my plate to do between now and tomorrow evening. I wish I had more time, so I could rest a little on the weekends before doing all those things. *sigh* I'll do some of it tomorrow. I am taking tonight to try to enjoy life a little.