Comments on: Bite me, National Anti-Procrastination Day

By: Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little

Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:11:45 +0000

Thank you so much for this article. Seriously, this is probably the best thing I’ve read since Victoria Nelson’s On Writer’s Block. For me, the two are the same: writer’s block is procrastination. At least when it rears up as writer’s block I can sort of identify the emotional processes at work. But most of the time it’s just a terrible mishmash of psychological suck.

This article is one of the most intelligent, spot-on, and compassionate things I’ve read about procrastination in all its forms. Thank you so much.

So I hear you have this book out…? :-D

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:30:45 +0000

Oh my goodness, I love all of your National Something Something Days.

Also that Dick Cheney is in @Kelly’s head. No, that’s screwed up. But it totally made me laugh.

You guys are the best. And I’ve calmed down a bit by now too!

@Gary – You crack me up!

@Steph – *blows kiss*. I think you’re pretty great too.

By: Karl - Work Happy Now

Karl - Work Happy Now — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:14:59 +0000

You should be upset. These jerks are trying to bully us in to getting things done. No one likes a bully.

We need to meet our procrastination halfway. If all we do is kick ourselves in the ass, we’re going to end up with a bruised ass.

It’s the same when a person does Yoga. S/he meets their muscle at the tight spot and gently cajoles it to open up. The muscle becomes a friend, not an enemy. And we all need more friends.

Karl – Work Happy Nows last blog post..How Transitions Can Dramatically Improve Your Productivity

By: Gary Fletcher

Gary Fletcher — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:45:05 +0000

National Procrastination Day? Nah, I’ll do that later…

Thanks for all your really wonderful procrastination info. Since I read your Dissolving Procrastination sampler I haven’t stopped doing things I want to do. I’m almost ashamed to say I was so busy I even put off buying the full package (embarrassed looking smiley would go here, except I keep putting off learning to type one, but I’m cool with that).

Well, maybe I’d better buy the package before I read any of those links, and before Sunday, of course…

Thanks hugely!

Gary Fletchers last blog post..Are Good Ideas Killing Your Projects?

By: Janet Bailey

Janet Bailey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:41:42 +0000

Some expert actually called it “this enemy”? Yow.

I’m tempted to create “National Procrastination Day.” A whole day of guilt-free, permission-granted procrastinating!

By: JoVE

JoVE — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:26:46 +0000

The only one of those National something something days that I really kick myself about missing every year is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Could someone arrange for that one to be printed in commercially available planners?

All good points. I love Kelly’s image. Don’t get all stressed. We need you to destress us.

JoVEs last blog post..Coming out of my knitting funk

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:56:36 +0000

LOL, Kelly, that is the most terrifying thing I have read all day. I definitely think it is time to fire Dick. Sonia Simones last blog post..Does Your Business Have the Support It Needs?

By: Kelly Parkinson

Kelly Parkinson — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:38:40 +0000

Dick Cheney lives inside of my brain. He’s actually a miniature replica, but he’s very real and very determined to keep me on task at every waking moment. His job is to diligently wait for me to do anything non-work-related or non-billable, and then flick my head with a tiny, electric rubber band. So, every time I visit your blog, take a nap, go outside for any reason whatsoever, or, NATIONAL CRISIS MOMENT–stare into space without doing anything at all (this is the thing he hates most) I get a tiny electric heat flick. It’s annoying, but it doesn’t actually keep me from doing the thing. What it does do is increasingly annoy me so that I do the non-work thing even more, and then I really do wait until the last possible minute to do the work thing. This is how he supports himself, because paradoxically, when he snaps my head with his electric rubber brand, that activates a miniature gumball machine, and he so he gets all hopped up on gumballs all day, making him increasingly trigger happy. And me increasingly irritable. Anyway, I need to let him go. We’ve got an election coming up, so this is as good a time as ever. Thanks for the reminder! I’m going to start by giving him the rest of the day off.

Kelly Parkinsons last blog post..How to Always Be Right

By: steph

steph — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:24:06 +0000

Once again, you’ve managed to touch on so many things just in this post that I’ve been approaching the wrong way for eons, that have been my biggest deals, like guilt, for instance, over not being efficient. It’s uncanny, sort of, but then maybe not, because I simply sound like your ideal client, and that makes sense.

You have so much wisdom, Havi. You make me want to follow you around while you talk like this unceasingly and do exercises and wave your hands at me. Like a mentor.

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By: Elizabeth Potts Weinstein

Elizabeth Potts Weinstein — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:02:45 +0000

I found the most powerful thing I’ve ever done about procrastination is to stop resisting it. Stop putting all kinds of energy into fighting procrastination or resisting resistance. For me it’s been about simply being in the moment & going w/ the flow in a positive way, instead of forcing it.

But I guess a lot of people make money off of the guilt industry.

BTW, I’m changing my cash flow program b/c calling it a bootcamp was kind of dumb, since it has nothing to do with being hard or sweating or killing people. It will be about creating and money trees or something else fun & positive.

~ Elizabeth

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