Perfect Procrastination?
Procrastination. Such a delicious word, don’t you think? It’s derived from the Latin verb procrastinare, meaning “to put off until tomorrow”.
Sadly though, whilst the word rolls so beautifully off the tongue, possessing this particular skill is not so great. And believe me, I should know. Over the years I have really mastered the art of procrastination. In fact, I’d say it is one of my most practiced and honed skills!
For example, I’ve been talking about blogging for at least 10 months, yet I’ve done nothing about it. Nothing, that is, other than have loads of extra thoughts swirling around in my already very busy and somewhat chaotic mind. Which in turn has led to various feelings – occasional delight at the ideas I’ve generated, but mostly just frustration and a sense of failure directed towards myself, and then…more procrastination.
So, what on earth is procrastination all about? And just how many of us slip into this pattern of behaviour without even...