New Yorker

I found this article in THE NEW YORKER, that I read for today's procrastination (see what I did there?).
My favorite part was

You may have thought, the last time you blew off work on a presentation to watch “How I Met Your Mother,” that you were just slacking. But from another angle you were actually engaging in a practice that illuminates the fluidity of human identity and the complicated relationship human beings have to time. Indeed, one essay, by the economist George Ainslie, a central figure in the study of procrastination, argues that dragging our heels is “as fundamental as the shape of time and could well be called the basic impulse.”

So yeah, that's what I'm going to go with. "Stop yelling Boss, playing solitaire  illuminates the fluidity of my human identity!" :-P
Go read the rest of the article if you have an important deadline coming up 

Is procrastination evil?

When you google the word "procrastination", thousand of results will show up explaining why it is bad and a variety of methods in order to beat it. Prioritizing and getting things done are the most popular keywords in those articles. But have you considered that procrastination might, in fact, be less evil than we originally thought it would be? My good friend Rosenred suggested this article from Lifehacker to me that supports my belief that a moderate amount of procrastination is actually productive and too much of prioritizing can lead to a state where you are constantly running in panic without any time to breath. So I agree with the article's author, I've been there and trust me, it's not a fun place to be...

Tips #1

Do you feel the sudden urge to start working?

Don't rush off to a hospital and don't worry, THE ART & SCIENCE OF PROCRASTINATION has your back.

• Create a list of what you're thinking needs to get done. Making tangible just how much effort you'll need to expend to accomplish everything will help clarify how disagreeable even beginning to try would be. Next, tear up the list you made and put it in the trash, or merely let it fall from your fingers onto whatever you happen to be standing or lying over at the time
• Don't be too tough on yourself when it comes to deadlines. For example, if you assign all the tasks you need to get done deadlines well beyond your life expectancy, you can make a reasonable assumption that you'll be long dead before you even need to get started on anything
• One thing you can't procrastinate if you're going to become a proficient procrastinator is excuse making. For example, excuses such as, "I didn't finish the project on time because my mom died of cancer", and, "Oh, is there a dead body in my house? I didn't notice it because I fell off a roof when I was ten and lost my sense of smell" are best made in advance to promote believability. Note: be sure not to claim the same family member died of cancer more than once

If you enjoyed those tips, you can read more at the Chuurch of Apathy.