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Who would’ve thought? I have moved into a state of procrastinating flow. I have taken procrastinating to the next level. I am procrastinating doing what I was procrastinating doing in place of what I was originally procrastinating to avoid doing in the first place.

Had I had this higher plane of procrastination as a goal, it would not, could not have happened. Such is an oxymoron—that would have been a procrastination commitment. The achievment here is procrastination raised exponentially. I have earned my proverbial procrastination wings. I am a procrastinating pro.

It’s not that I can’t make or keep a commitment. I've decided that today I’m just procrastinating about fulfilling it. It’s immaturity, and I’m enjoying it. A little irresponsibility is sometimes good for the soul.

Ironically as part of my distraction, I researched procrastination while in the act of procrastinating my research on commitment, which was the part of my procrastinating the writing of a book and a letter I haven’t finished yet. Even while researching I skipped the procrastination data I might use. Instead I let these quotes and tidbits do. I’ll research the rest in the next day or two.

In the meantime here are the tidbits, hope you find them inspiring. Maybe you need a weekend too.

Procrastination means never having to say you're sorry. —Toni Epstein, New York

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.—Napoleon Hill

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. —George Carlin

Disorder and procrastination help avoid boredom; one never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do. —Unknown

And the WINNNER IS:

The Procrastinator's Creed

1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.
2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.
3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.
4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.
5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.
6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given.
7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.
8. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.
9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.
11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task.
12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is wait/plan/plan.
13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.
14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator’s Society) if they ever get it organized.

I’d write a pithy ending, but that can wait. I’m into procrastinating Zen. It’s Moody Blues In Search of the Lost Chord, Track 12, “Om”. That should take a while . . . then there’s a nap . . . another shower . . . dinner . . . Oh yeah, sorry there's no photo, but I guess you can figure out why.

—me strauss Letting me be