April 15, 2011

The "P" Word


Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
-Mark Twain

It's Friday. Yay! But my "to do" list keeps getting longer and looks more like something you'd prefer to see on a Monday with a full week ahead to get stuff done. And it's sunny and warm outside today, and i've really been wanting to plant some potatoes. (Can you see where this is going?) So i started the day off with an unexpected wave of good ol' procrastination. Oh yes, it happens. And that endorsement by Mr. Twain didn't really help. So while i was procrastinating, i found this fun animation about procrastination:


The thing about procrastination is that it doesn't last too long, and i know that This Too Shall Pass...oooh! which reminds me of that amazing video by OK Go. These guys have made procrastination into an inventive and creative art form.


Now to get back to that list...or...

10 comments:

  1. I'm a 'P' person too! Though today I've fnished two projects off but I am 'not starting' something else, which needs to be finished tomorrow! EEEK!

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  2. I'd say you are making good use of your time with OK Go!

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  3. Very cool! Thank you for delaying the start of your projects so you could enlighten me with those most awesome videos!!! :) Good luck with your projects and I'll get back to mine now ;)

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  4. Love the videos!!!! Very cool! Those guys are very clever and definitely have too much time on their hands LOL!!! Enjoy your day!!!

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  5. Scarlett O'Hara is my role model - - - "I'll think about that tomorrow!"

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  6. Being the reigning QUEEN OF PROCRASTINATION I hereby declare those 2 videos PERFECT !!!

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  7. Fantastic blog post that is so perfectly timely!!

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  8. Hi Kate!
    I have something to send you and can't find a shipping address anywhere!
    Could you email it to me???

    Thanks!
    Barb

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  9. I love these videos. I am procrastinating on grading all the papers I need to grade right now. Argh!

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  10. Glad you enjoyed my procrastination video!

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