# What are you putting off? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204 "2008-09-18T20:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ctywkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ctywkr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctywkr)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/21 "2008-09-19T02:05:06Z")
Packing for the move to the house I just bought ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/22 "2008-09-19T02:23:08Z")
Rolling over my 401(k) into a traditional IRA Declining my COBRA benefits Cleaning my bedroom Deciding on whether I’ll accept a job I’m 95% sure I’ll be offered on Monday Doing more writing on a book I should be working to finish ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/23 "2008-09-19T02:37:14Z")
Don’t feel bad, **Captain\_C**. We moved back to this state over a year ago and I still haven’t taken care of my license. How’s that for lazy? For awhile I had the excuse of being very pregnant/taking care of a newborn. But now she’s ten months old so I guess that doesn’t work anymore. Hmmm…maybe I’ll try and take care of that tomorrow. I did finally get the cars registered, though. I also desperately need to see a dentist. It’s been way too long. But I keep putting it off because I know they’re going to find cavities, and I don’t want to deal with it. Yes, I know it’s only going to get worse. No, it doesn’t make sense. But I HATE the dentist! Less important, the litter boxes could really use a good cleaning. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/24 "2008-09-19T02:53:28Z")
Getting new glasses! Thailand can be a very good place for glasses, but not if you have seriously poor vision like I do. I have a high degree of astigmatism. Even back in the US, I could never go to those “glasses in an hour” places, and half the time I had to have the lenses sent back again to be remade. Here, it’s proving impossible to have any made. I’ve been to several eye doctors, some of them supposedly the best in the country and working for the top clinics, but I just can’t see out of the glasses I end up with and always have to revert to an old pair I’ve had for years. The doctors blame the lens makers, the lens makers blame the doctors. I’m gearing up to try again soon, but it’s become like pulling teeth. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/25 "2008-09-19T03:01:40Z")
I should be emptying out my room and packing for school. I leave on Sunday morning and I haven’t really started. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/26 "2008-09-19T03:02:11Z")
I’m putting off looking for a new job. I need to be looking for something else, but I really like where I work now. I’m just not making enough. Also, my divorce. Come October, I’ll be separated for 3 years. I’m just finding other uses for the money right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/27 "2008-09-19T03:12:40Z")
I finally bought an apartment earlier this year, and I’ve gotten back into my exercise regimen after the summer break, and tightened up my sleep schedule and eating habits, so that’s the big (and expensive) things done. Little things; - fix the hinges on the dresser door in my bedroom - call my strata rep about getting a replacement key to the storage room - getting a haircut - replacing the heating element in my bbq - fix the toilet in the main bathroom ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/28 "2008-09-19T03:27:38Z")
Important things: - Getting my retirement stuff started at work. I’ve been working there a year now, I should really be contributing to my retirement thingy. I don’t understand the process at _all,_ and I think I’m intimidated and scared to do anything in case I screw up. - Getting my continuing education credits in order for the ASCP so I can renew my certification as a med tech next year. - Calling the Canadian Revenue Agency to figure out why they gave me a tax refund check and then asked me for money. Not as important things: - Filing the pile of papers on my desk. - Organizing the digital photos on my computer - Writing a letter to my grandma (actually, that’s pretty important, maybe I should put that in the other section) - Putting together a birthday wishlist for my Mom because she wants _options_. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/29 "2008-09-19T03:58:41Z")
Writing an article about fermented foods for Vietnamese airline passengers (when did my work get this weird?). Setting up my new printer. Transferring files from my old PC to my new one. Uploading a month’s worth of photos to Flickr. ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/30 "2008-09-19T15:04:01Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Getting new glasses! Oh yeah, I need to do that, too. My old prescription isn’t strong enough now and one of my pairs (the really cute ones :() are bent. I think I sat on them. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/31 "2008-09-19T15:14:48Z")
I actually just got new glasses and they’re much better than my old ones. Stop putting that off, people! I’m putting off all of my homework. It’s Friday so nothing is too pressing, but I put off homework during the week too. It’s a terrible habit. Oh, and I need to go buy a textbook but the bookstore is closed for lunch anyway, so I can’t help but put that off! ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/32 "2008-09-19T15:32:30Z")
I need to go pee. I also need new glasses. I need to send in for my absentee ballot. I also have about a gazillion other things I should be doing instead of sitting here, but enumerating them all is just too depressing. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/33 "2008-09-19T15:41:51Z")
I have to do 40 hours worth of community service in the next two weeks (on top of my full-time job) and I’m just sitting here playing video games. I’ve been putting this off for five and a half months. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/34 "2008-09-19T16:45:38Z")
250 word abstract and set of keywords for damn article. Registering to vote (geez! I know! Quit it!) Monday’s lectures Fucking book manuscript albatross from hell. New glasses. Calling my parents. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/35 "2008-09-19T17:10:30Z")
Painting my house. Fixing the front steps. Finishing the kitchen counter/sink. ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204/36 "2008-09-19T19:29:29Z")
–Cleaning the house (I’d like to recycle, but no one will take it, and I feel guilty about landfills) –Buying the new mattress (that’s happening tomorrow) –Fixing the leaning back fence of Pisa –Trimming/raking the side yard [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-putting-off/464204.md?page=1)