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Procrastination Activities

If I'm not studying, it's generally because I'm stuffing around, procrastinating. I don't know why I do this, and although I know I do this, I can't seem to stop myself. I have to go through I certain amount of time-wasting activity before I can sit myself down and apply myself to my work. This is usually about the time that I only have half the time I need to complete the assignment that's already late. Go, me.

Procrastination activities are often also things that I put off doing until I have something else to do that I want to do even less. I may have already procrastinated to avoid one of my future procrastination activities. I am a many-layered, multi-leveled procrastinator.

Most common procrastination activities:

1. Sleeping. I never need a nap more than when I have an assigment due.
2. Eating. I read once that we think better when we're chewing.
3. Playing Scrabble/Words with Friends on facebook. It's not fair to keep people waiting.
4. Checking where the cats are. Right now I'm responsible for three cats, and I am constantly worrying that I have accidentally let one of them out.
5. Cleaning cat litter trays. Sure, they need doing, but right now??
6. Emptying bins. I prefer the squash and compact method, usually.
7. Any cleaning activity: vacuuming, folding laundry, doing dishes. I never voluntarily do these things.
8. Cleaning Dexter's ears, brushing Dexter. It's so important that he is kept in good physical condition. Very important!
9. Writing a shopping list. I have to do it before I forget. Obviously.
10. Reading junk mail. This one only counts while I'm at Hotel KaznSteve. I don't get junk mail at home. 11. Baking. This coincides with #2. I don't usually bake, as I don't like doing dishes. But that can then become #7.
12. Filing. I only ever do this when I should be urgently doing something else.
13. Organising my study notes. All the better for doing my assignments... later.
14. Wider reading. I can read so much stuff around the topic I'm writing about!
15. Exercise. Exercise helps get oxygen to the brain, right? All the better for future studying.
16. Dog training. Practicing things with Dexter (and currently Fudge and JJ).
17. Menu planning. As though I cook!!
18. Cleaning out the fridge. The deadline must be really pressing for me to do this.
19. Writing letters. Not that I don't like writing letters, but they become much more pressing when I should be doing something else.
20. Urgent re-reading of the entire Harry Potter series. It's amazing how often this comes up.....
21. Cleaning my car. Again, never usually happens.
22. Writing blog posts.

I'm managed five of these so far today. Perhaps it's time to actually do some study....

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  1. LouellaSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    LOL at it all but especially 3 and 12. :-)

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  2. UnknownSeptember 11, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    There is also budgeting. That's a goodun.

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