Procrastination

Blogthings has a procrastination quiz.

Apparently I’m “a bit of a procrastinator”. Aren’t we all?

The things I put off include filing my bank statements, organising my tax papers and clearing my in tray.

I attended a management course once with Rural Press and the trainer suggested that if something has stayed in your in tray for more than a month you might as well throw it out.

I’ve always followed that advice and my in tray gets cleaned out every couple of months.

Writing about procrastination reminds me of the gag about the meeting of Procrastinators Anonymous, which had to be cancelled because they couldn’t decide where to meet.

Here’s my summary report from the quiz:

“You tend to get things done in a timely manner, but you can’t help but put off tasks you hate. You have no problem getting the fun or easy stuff done. You generally enjoy taking care of responsibilities.

“However, if a task arises that you dislike, it might get shelved for a long time. And even though it’s human nature to procrastinate, your procrastination is hindering your productivity.

“Take a look at the things you are putting off doing. Do they really need to be done?

“Complete any task that’s important. The other stuff you’re procrastinating is probably not worth doing.”