# Tell me to stop procrastinating like an idiot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596 "2010-04-19T03:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/1 "2010-04-19T03:13:00Z")
Please. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/2 "2010-04-19T03:15:41Z")
_Puts on to-do list for Wednesday_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/3 "2010-04-19T03:22:24Z")
u shud rly git yr shit dun ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/4 "2010-04-19T03:45:22Z")
You’ve come to the right place. I’ve found that this board has helped me procrastinate at a much higher intellectual level than I used to. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/5 "2010-04-19T03:54:58Z")
My motto is: Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? After all, tomorrow there may be zombies, and what you had to do won’t matter anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/6 "2010-04-19T03:55:06Z")
I would tell you how to procrastinate like a real pro, but I’m busy that day. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/7 "2010-04-19T04:03:34Z")
Yes, you should totally stop procrastinating like an idiot, and start procrastinating like an intelligent person. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/8 "2010-04-19T04:15:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’ve come to the right place. I’ve found that this board has helped me procrastinate at a much higher intellectual level than I used to. No kidding. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/9 "2010-04-19T04:33:08Z")
Woo-hoo! I’m procrastinating like a mother-fuck! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/10 "2010-04-19T05:22:48Z")
Stop procrastinating like an idiot. [sub]There, how was that?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/11 "2010-04-19T05:49:54Z")
[I own this t-shirt](http://www.threadless.com/product/487/1/?streetteam=rbthatcher) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/12 "2010-04-19T05:53:59Z")
Only if you tell me to stop procrastinating first… ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/13 "2010-04-19T11:19:16Z")
I soooo know how you feel! I never cease to be amazed at my capacity to know exactly what I need to do in order to be happy - and then _not do it._ I used to have a boss who said, “The secret to life is knowing what to do next; the secret to happiness is doing it.” I think I’ll go google his name and see what he’s up to . . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/14 "2010-04-19T13:46:10Z")
I’ll tell you, but first let me read three more things on the Dope, and get something to eat… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/15 "2010-04-19T15:27:47Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I soooo know how you feel! I never cease to be amazed at my capacity to know exactly what I need to do in order to be happy - and then _not do it._ > > I used to have a boss who said, “The secret to life is knowing what to do next; the secret to happiness is doing it.” Yes! I get totally miserable watching all this work piling up, which makes me want to comfort myself by playing on the internet, which becomes a vicious cycle. Sometimes it helps if I think of this stuff as medicine I have to take, then I do it. And I feel really stupid, when something I’ve been dreading turns out much easier than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/16 "2010-04-19T15:29:22Z")
Yes, of all the ways to procrastinate it’s got to be the worst. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/17 "2010-04-19T15:32:09Z")
I’d have procrastination down to a fine art if I could just get motivated. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/18 "2010-04-20T20:46:21Z")
TLDR ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/19 "2010-04-21T00:25:12Z")
Don’t think of it as being Pro-crastination. Think of it as being Anti-choice. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596/20 "2010-04-21T04:01:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, of all the ways to procrastinate it’s got to be the worst. And the worst part of procrastinating like an idiot? You keep finding yourself getting things done. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-to-stop-procrastinating-like-an-idiot/536596.md?page=2)