Procrastination..

Depends on where it fall on my wife’s priority list.

Maybe later. 

it depends on the task...

There's only one cure, and Nike got it right:  Just do it.

Seriously though, that's the only way I could get myself trained out of it.  It's a brain thing.  If you are serious about changing the behavior, you have to program your brain.  The way I started was by not letting anything slide.  Not even the tiniest thing.  If I laid my eyes on something that needed to be done, I did it.  Right then.  No internal conversations, so room for angel on one shoulder / devil on the other type debates.  I did it and now. Boom. Done. When you see something that needs to be done, your body is moving on it before your brain really has a chance to kick in.  And eventually, it just becomes second nature.  And then, when it does, the next step is to allow some more processing time that revolves around priorities, but still doesn't leave any room to let anything slide.  It's a "OK, this is hot, I'll do it now and then this, then this...." right on down the line to include everything.  It's only when you have really mastered getting things done on a regular basis and feel comfortable that you are in control of the behavior, that you start allowing yourself to talk about letting something slide  - but for only X amount of time.  You say, "I'm going to let the dishes sit tonight, I'm really wiped out.  But I'll do them tomorrow.  And then, you do them tomorrow - no negotiating. 

It sounds kind of weird, and there's a bit of up front work, but it really is effective.

Now, do NOT ask me how to train a HUSBAND'S brain....because I have been pitifully unsuccessful in all my efforts.....

Sorry I was going to post earlier, but some stuff came up. 

No I don't procrastinate.  

Hmmm.  I find list-making a fantastic procrastination tool for me...I can spend hours making a list of the things that would take me 5 minutes to get done.  On my list this morning...return a book to the library downstairs from my office (took longer to write it on the list & then cross it out) than it did to put it on the list...call my secretary to do something for me (well, it turns out she's sick today so its a darn good thing I took the minute to put it on my list)...hmmm, just thought of a couple other things I should put on my list. 

I like to bounce back and forth between list making and BT to see how little I can get done.

Kristen

Yeah, I was going to be ambitious and wash both bikes yesterday. If not both, at least the summer one... but I did neither.

I heard this quip in undergrad and has stayed with me ever since (and become a somewhat personal mantra)

the sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

on second thought - doesn't really relate to procrastination, but it could if you are on a deadline.

One time I was forced to sit through a CLE, ok it was a free lunch, but they talked about procrastination.  The speaker gave the general rule that if it takes more then 3 minutes to accomplish the task - you should just do it rather then even writing it down.

Whatever! 

All I remember was that the Tuna Salad was pretty good that day.