Planning isn’t the problem; the lack of a dream is

Most procrastinators (or those that I know) don’t have problems planning out their days, their lives, or their goals. I set goals to paper several times a week. I also ignore those goals most days, because they’re boring. I don’t want to do most of the stuff on my to-do lists, whether I written those to-dos on paper or on an imaginary list in my head. Why don’t I want to do them? Because, as I said before, they’re boring.

That’s never been more clear to me than after Continue reading this article »

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Passion and Procrastination

There used to be a site here. I mean, things still look the same, but there’s something significant missing.

All the old posts are gone.

I changed hosts—not exactly true—I didn’t change hosts so much as I changed accounts under which I was hosting this account, and in the change-over I needed to restore my backup for this site’s database.

I procrastinated. In fact, I’m still procrastinating. I have the backup and I could restore it, if I wanted to. But… it’s work, and frankly I’m not sure it’s worth the effort. My old posts weren’t all that good anyway.

How many times can I tell the world that I’m about to start posting regularly before they start to think I’m just a big fat liar?

Procrastination is an insidious disease of the psyche. I will probably never overcome my procrastinating ways, but I’m tired of trying.

I’ve found a better way. Continue reading this article »

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