Procrastination

the ultimate form of procrastination

Wasn't the article about procrastination fun? I waited till the last minute to read it, of course, and not for effect. The facts in the article seem true--we focus on the short term and long term goals are put by the wayside. The article talks about how procrastination stems from seeming to have so much to do that one  becomes overwhelmed and does absolutely nothing. The short-term self wins out; what is happening in the here and now always wins out over things that seem like a far-off goal. For example, writing this blog post. I thought I had all the time in the world to write these posts this week and every day said, "Oh, I'll do my blog posts tomorrow." What BS! Anything I was doing at a given moment seemed more important. Another point the article made that was particularly interesting was the idea of "planning fallacy." It's so hard to set aside an hour to do an assignment and strictly spend that hour on it--something always comes up. This morning I was trying to do these posts and a friend ended up coming into the room and talking to me, and suddenly I was set back an hour and a half!  Anyway, this article was eye-opening, but I doubt my days of procrastination are over.