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| Master Procrastinator |
I am a master of selective procrastination. Why figure out something today you can wait to deal with tomorrow? It is not something I would have admitted, admired, or addressed until very recently. But now that I know, I see how easy it is to fool yourself; and when you believe your own excuses, it’s very easy to fool other people as well.
Now that I’m getting comfortable with it, I’m beginning to like almost everything about it. Especially the name. Pro-crastinator. Like Professor, or Professional, it sounds important, like not just anyone can do it. Someday it may even be licensed. Who knows? There will be a short course offered. We procrastinators will miss the registration deadline, pay a small late fee, and then fail to show up for the course…even if it’s online.
We could then put fancy initials after our name, like Pr. P. (Professional Procrastinator). We would be licensed to fool ourselves….which could be great, but then people would know, and it would be much harder to pretend to ourselves and others. That could be a problem! Maybe a club would be better? We could meet…or fail to…and laugh or cry about the excuses we use to kid ourselves and stop ourselves from living and being present in the present tense. You know- happy healthy active adults.
I think I’m not alone. We’re all so busy. We have lists of imperatives, and are constantly juggling what do first, second, third and fourth; it’s only natural to rearrange our to-do lists so that the things we prefer to ignore, or that are “just for us” are last…or lost.
What issues seem easier to ignore, forget, or pretend don’t exist in your life? The ones that we need to create excuses for that we use to kid ourselves and stop ourselves from living and being present in the present tense. Try putting one or two on a list. Give them a name. You can write in small print, or fold that list up and hide it. Just take the first step, make it a little one; just make it real. You can take the ‘Pro’ out of crastinator.
- Nancy
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That pic is hilarious!!!! BUT, the message is so true & right! Fitness/health foe me is always a priority. The real life, I tend to resemble that pic. Thx for the push!
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That pic is hilarious!!!! BUT, the message is so true & right! Fitness/health foe me is always a priority. The real life, I tend to resemble that pic. Thx for the push!