21 hours later I’m still at it, less time out for dinner & sleep. 
Interesting article from the NY Times on procrastination; don’t know if it’s paywalled or not.
I read in a book somewhere that the ability to attack unpleasant tasks quickly amounted to having a superpower, which sounds amazing and cool. And somehow that gets me out of a lot of loops.
@Northern_Piper, I suffer from depression and lots of procrastination is one of the results. I think this article is spot on. I look for other things to do rather than do the task I don’t like. I need to start figuring out the reward of getting the task done rather than dreading the process of doing it.
Oddly, I do laundry like clockwork even though I don’t like it. But I think pulling stuff out of the dryer while still warm and shaking the wrinkles out certainly beats ironing them, so there is a reward in it for being prompt. Also, because I only have one set of sheets for my bed, they need to go back in place before bedtime. Motivators like that one, do help.
Glad you liked it. I found it very illuminating myself.
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.
The same way I procrastinate way too much of the time, Pinky… arguing with people who are wrong on the internet.
[said in a quiet, desperate whisper] There are so many of them…
Last Sunday I planned to go grocery shopping. I decided that Monday would be better.
On Monday I realized that Monday, being immediately after the weekend, was a terrible day to go shopping, and I would do it on Tuesday.
On Tuesday I vowed that for sure I would have to do it on Wednesday or I would run out of food.
On Wednesday I made a big batch of spaghettini, meatballs, and mushrooms, and decided that for sure I would go grocery shopping on Thursday.
Today is Thursday and I find that it’s cold and rainy, whereas tomorrow will be warm and sunny, so …
I will either eventually go grocery shopping or I will starve. Meanwhile I think I deserve to be given some kind of award for Excellence in Procrastination, but I doubt that any of you procrastinators will get around to it.
[Some months from now]
Doper 1: “Has anyone heard from Wolfpup? I’m worried that he’s not posted for a while”
Doper 2: “Oh right, I’ve been meaning to send him a pm, just to see how he’s doing.”
Doper 3: “Oh, i meant to tell you guys. I saw an account where this guy in Ontario was found by a neighbour, dead and emaciated at his computer. They said it was logged into the SDMB.”
Doper 4: “Oh right - I saw that too and was going to post about it but then kept putting it off. Sad.”
I found some frozen dinners. I think I can hole out until Sunday! 
I think he’s trying to dig his way out, guys. We’ve got three days to stop him.
I meant to post on this subject back in December, sorry-I actually wrote this post two days ago, and didn’t get around to submitting it until now. There are a few things I procrastinate about, and as soon as I get this day sorted out I’ll be sure to give the details.
+1.
Not by using the Dope. No sireeeee.
I don’t procrastinate. I just don’t do fuck-all. Not like I’m pushing the start time of ‘Never’ back any further.
They say “The House isn’t going to clean itself”. Well, neither the fuck am I.
I’m here. The Board is a great procrastination tool.
I should be doing something strategic at work, but at the moment, I’m waiting for someone else to do something so I can do something. Until then, I’m hanging out here, farting around on reddit and knitting. I wish there were less going on today - it’s grey and rainy and I’d love to just take the rest of the day off and nap.
Update: After five glorious days of procrastination, I finally did go out grocery shopping today. I am now exhausted after lugging in countless bags of groceries and cases of pop and bottled water and a package of paper towels the size of a small house. Plus, I’m unfairly several hundred dollars poorer.
This sort of buzz of activity is not worth it. I am not a bee. I recommend procrastination. 
Update: I did not get to update my Death Pool List on Dec. 30 and no, nobody on that list has died since.
Apart from that, I don’t think I can tell you how I am still procastinating today, as I have the impression I will still not be finished by the end of the day. I don’t think I’ll manage tomorrow either. Reminds of the Irish guy who when asked by a Spaniard how to say mañana in Gaelic replied, after mulling it over for a while, that he did not believe there was a word to express such a hurry in his language.
Yep. The dwindles are numbering.