# 2007 Stop Procrastinating Club, January Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213 "2007-07-26T12:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/1 "2007-07-26T12:20:30Z")
OK, I need to stop procrastinating. I’ve been meaning to start this thread for some time. I just couldn’t get to it. Each year it gets worse and worse. I just know that if I could overcome this I could do great things. Who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/2 "2007-07-26T12:29:50Z")
Wow, that’s some procrastinating going on. It’s already **July**. Were we supposed to be talking about our procrastinating that happened in January 2007? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/3 "2007-07-26T12:34:31Z")
I took a course on procrastination once. I showed up for the first class, and they flunked me (rim shot) … ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/4 "2007-07-26T12:50:07Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] Wow, that’s some procrastinating going on. It’s already **July**. Were we supposed to be talking about our procrastinating that happened in January 2007? [/QUOTE] **Khadaji** ’s joke is currently cruising at an altitude of 30,000 ft above\*\* Heffalump\*\*'s head. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/5 "2007-07-26T13:10:36Z")
My philosophy has always been, “Why put off till tomorrow what you can put off till the next day?” so yeah, I’m with you. When I get around to it. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/6 "2007-07-26T13:17:41Z")
I’ll join in later. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/7 "2007-07-26T14:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] **Khadaji** ’s joke is currently cruising at an altitude of 30,000 ft above\*\* Heffalump\*\*'s head. [/QUOTE] People joke about procrastination?! :eek: I take mine very seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/8 "2007-07-26T15:12:09Z")
Finally a club just right for me! I’ll bookmark this thread and join later. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/9 "2007-08-03T10:44:16Z")
Guys, this isn’t funny. :(. I really need to break my procrastination habit. Yes, I’m posting from work. Yes, I’ve got f:Dckloads of work to do. Can anyone point me to links on the web with useful advice on how to stop procrastinating? (the longer they take to read, the better) ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/10 "2007-08-03T12:29:23Z")
It took you eight days to get round to posting to this thread? That’s not a good sign 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/11 "2007-08-03T13:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] My philosophy has always been, “Why put off till tomorrow what you can put off till the next day?” so yeah, I’m with you. When I get around to it. [/QUOTE] If you wait until the last minute to do something, it only takes a minute to do. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/12 "2007-08-03T13:23:23Z")
Let me get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2007-stop-procrastinating-club-january-edition/413213/13 "2007-08-03T13:36:00Z")
Great OP! Isn’t it funny how we all tend to procrastinate? I remember one time back in college lsdkf;l;lsdfl;ks lksdjf; klsdj kkldlfs Note to self: finish post before editing window closes.