# How are you procrastinating today?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-procrastinating-today/929290>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 30, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-procrastinating-today/929290 "2020-12-30T19:38:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-procrastinating-today/929290/41 "2021-04-24T01:20:36Z")

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I’m here. Questions?

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**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-procrastinating-today/929290/42 "2021-04-24T07:09:31Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Questions?

Maybe?

Was supposed to have a guest over for dinner tonight, but she just canceled (bad night’s sleep), so the cleaning planned for today doesn’t have to be done today. Or tomorrow, for that matter.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-procrastinating-today/929290/43 "2021-04-24T07:48:21Z")

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Seems to me I was going to post a response to the OP way back last December, but never got a round tuit.

[![](https://3dmailresults.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RoundTuit-300x300.png) ](https://3dmailresults.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RoundTuit-300x300.png)

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-procrastinating-today/929290/44 "2021-04-24T07:50:10Z")

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To be sure: That NYT article is quite right that it’s NOT about laziness. I’ve often put in great time and effort, literally, just to avoid doing some much quicker and simpler task that I didn’t want to do.

(I’d take the time right now to write up some examples, but even that’s more trouble than I want to take. So I’ll go out now and rake up the dead leaves in the garden instead.)

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-procrastinating-today/929290/45 "2021-04-24T12:26:22Z")

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> [@commasense](#):
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> Humorist Robert Benchley said that there’s no limit to the amount of work that can be accomplished, _as long as it’s not what you were supposed to be doing at the time._

This is totally the truth. The list of tasks to be avoided gets sooo long.

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