Ther are a number of distractions that I find more interesting than things I am procrastinating and delaying. So the day ends, and I am too tired to do any more, yet I have the feeling that mostly I have submitted to spending my time in distractions, instead of longer term goals.
I like to post on Internet forums on Love and Politics. I have great aspiration to express fabulous politcal ideas, but I just dilly dally, and feel that I am too far behind in personal/family respnsiblities to visit or call anyone that might make things progress.
I like to read the newspaper or surf the intenet.
Doing the family bookeeping is something I usually do at the last minute, or later.
I should spend more time at my desk or entering family budget in Excel.
So I sometimes use a forum posting or thread to hold myself more accountable.
So here is a post that is a constructive interruption.
See the logic?
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Hmm. . . I'm not on here because I'm putting off doing studying for my test or anything. I really need the support.
I do like the idea of "constructive interruption" though. Puts a positive spin on procrastination. Does it really help to alleviate the guilt though?
Dear Jade Rock 54,
Guilt in procrastination should be a motivating factor to get things done to avoid guilt.
Maybe interruptions need to be classified into needs to be done soon ayway, and the other category, can really be delayed for a long time.
On the internet, starting to post a reply is a slippery slope, because I get rolling and type out a bunch of thoughts that need to be edited and checked for typos. Then I see that my thoughts are not supported, so I need to search the internet for supporting articles, and more revisions of my post.
I got my bills caught up yeasterday, but today, I am having trouble getting going to get ahead.