>> Slate’s put together a whole feature on procrastination. It’s vaguely interesting.

>> Far more interesting is John Perry’s article on structured procrastination (via 3qd):

The key idea is that procrastinating does not mean doing absolutely nothing. Procrastinators seldom do absolutely nothing; they do marginally useful things, like gardening or sharpening pencils or making a diagram of how they will reorganize their files when they get around to it….

If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him do it. However, the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely and important tasks, as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important.

>> An oldie but a goodie: zefrank on procrastination: “A good procrastination addiction should feel like you’re inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.”

>> Got a looming Monday deadline? Procrastinate by downloading Nine Inch Nails’ free album.

Update, 11/17/08: More unique ways to procrastinate!

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