The hidden powers of procrastination

My teaching colleagues always benefitted, when my forward plan was due, I would bake.
As soon as they saw the staffroom table laden with goodies, they knew I hadn't done it.
I am another who works best under pressure.

I have A Round Tuit, it's decorative absolutely indispensable and I do read it occasionally for inspiration.

Oreo

Casdon

Do you find that when you really don’t want to do a particular urgent task, you procrastinate by doing other useful but much less important things?
I’ve had a very productive day today, I got up early, I cleaned the whole house (rare in one go) and then finished my longstanding ironing pile - all because I had to fill in my tax return, having procrastinated for at least six months, and the deadline is tomorrow. I’ve just done the return, which took me less than two hours after all that angst. It’s ridiculous, I can’t seem to change my Last Minute Annie approach, but at least the house is spotless now.

Do you think it’s something to do with the distraction technique widely used by cats when embarrassed , worried or alarmed they suddenly sit and start washing a back leg like crazy for ages.😽
I can’t stand the the thought of putting an important job off so am opposite to a procrastinator, I would have done it before breakfast 🤭

I don’t know, I think there’s something in what Laura Norder said, about doing your best work when you have a looming deadline. For creative stuff, writing essays etc. I would procrastinate for ages, then write the whole thing in one go without really trying, and it would be fine without editing - it’s buying thinking time when you procrastinate. I’ve got no rationale for the tax return though, I just loathe doing things I find boring so I’ll distract myself with other tedious jobs so I don’t have to do it until the last minute. We all have our crosses to bear I guess.

DH calls it "displacement activity" and declares this to be my default setting. I will spend ages doing unneccesary things to avoid doing what I SHOULD be doing.
He also has a term for that thing most DH's do at times - you know the one where you'll be chatting away and realise that he's NOT LISTENING! I say " DH, you're not listening are you?" and he'll reply "Oh, sorry, I was filtering, just filtering!"
[i.e. filtering out the bits of no interest to him.]
I love DH.

No! If something has to be done I just do it! My DH is the complete opposite and drives me nuts!!

Allira

I have A Round Tuit, it's decorative absolutely indispensable and I do read it occasionally for inspiration.

I had one but it got lost in one of our moves.

Found this one on Pinterest

You spend more time thinking about not doing something, than actually getting on and doing it. Well, I do anyway.

Oopsadaisy1

Found this one on Pinterest

I found one like mine, which is a plate but couldn't post the picture on here. My own is packed away somewhere at the moment, hence the inertia!

I'll keep reading the one you posted 😁