Procrastinating – let’s be honest, we all do it. In fact, I’m procrastinating right now! There are things I tackle right away ‘cause I like doing them. For example – I love doing things at work that demonstrate my computer savvy. Spreadsheets with calculations? No problem. Mail merges? No problem. Designing and administering a database? No problem. Those things are fun! But how about being creative? Writing a formal business letter – arrgh! Writing meeting minutes – yuck yuck!
So as I sit here eating a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, typing this and procrastinating, I wonder – what do you procrastinate about doing at work? What do you do when you’re procrastinating? I go to the bathroom, visit the vending machine, make myself a tea, , email friends, re-write my to do list, placing the thing I was supposed to be working on at the bottom of the list etc… The one thing I can’t do is visit blog sites and comment. So if you’re pissed off at me for not visiting, it’s not ‘cause I don’t want to – it’s ‘cause I have no time to – Cut me some slack! I’m the working mother of a freaking toddler (there’ll be more on the toddler thing in an upcoming post). (Actually I doread your posts, thanks to google reader – but unfortunately I’m not able to visit and comment). It’s funny how many things I can find to do when I’m procrastinating but when I’m anxiously waiting for 4:30 pm on a Friday afternoon, nothing I do seems to make the time go by fast enough!
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I like to process credit reports, issue invoices & clean my desk. I don’t like making collection calls or issuing credits. I always procrastinate when I’m supposed to be doing either of those things.
Of course, being at home for the last 8 months has given me a whole new set of things to avoid doing. Laundry is at the top of that list.
Well for my husband, he cleans the house when he procrastinates which is good for me! I usually stare endlessly into space…and maybe drink something sweet. WOW STILL BREASTFEEDING!! THAT@S AMAZING AND GREAT!
I tend to check one more time to see if any of my RSS feeds have been changed. currently, I’m not procrastinating as much anymore, but I am multitasking fiend when I get home.
Not sure how to answer this – being a SAHM. In general, my sick brain will try and convince me to do all the quick and easy stuff first – cleaning, cook a new meal etc, BEFORE I do anything I WANT to do, or something that SHOULD be done that I haven’t done in a long time – read, scrapbook, exercise, organize papers, etc. Logic being, do all the quick and easy stuff first, so I can sit down and enjoy the stuff I really want to do, or bigger projects that need to be done. Problem is that there is ALWAYS quick and easy stuff to do. Usually, I end up spending 90% of the day just doing stuff with Konnor and the rest of the day cleaning up behind
Usually, I just surf blogs and news. If I couldn’t do that, then I’d grab a report (any ol’ report) and walk around with a really pissed look. If you look pissed or disturbed, people assume you’re thinking about work.
File under: things I learned from Seinfeld.