Dear DP,
With a sudden vengeance my Inner Procrastinator has reared Its ugly head. Thought I had conquered this Foe long ago, but apparently It was only quelled. I find myself by varying degrees from being at a stubborn stand-off with this Deviant to being completely at Its mercy.
Although I'm never late for work and always return calls promptly, the rest of my professional and personal life seems to be nothing more than an inertia-inducing, mentally-paralyzing, last-minute, mad-dash sprint to meet real and arbitrary deadlines.
As if to mock me, my battery-operated desk clock stopped overnight at 02:37.
Please advise.
Just sign me,
Nick O. Time
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Dear Nick,
Your clock was sending you a strong message by stopping on the day you wrote to DP. Even tho it stopped working, how many times during the day did you look at it? Perhaps you learned to 'tell time' too early in your childhood. The great George Carlin once said so succinctly 'You don't tell time - time tells you!'
DP suggests that you watch the movie 'Somewhere in Time' and read the book 'The Time Traveler's Wife'. Then let us hear from you again. No time like the present!
Ever,
DP
Dear Nick,
Remember "Time waits for no man" so kick it up a notch and get yourself a day planner. Also post it notes work great as gentle reminders of deadlines. "A stitch in time, saves nine." So start mending that little flaw of yours before things begin to seriously unravel. Or, if like me, you don't own a sewing machine....I recomend large rolls of duct tape.
Oh shoot....I've been blogging too long....I'm gonna be late for work!
DP (done procrastinating)
Hi there, Nick,
Instead of tying a string around your finger to help you remember the importance of not putting a certain thing off until later, you could perhaps do one of the following:
1. Much like when we tell ourselves before retiring:,"I must wake up at 6:30," and then, finding ourselves waking up at this exact time without an alarm clock, so can you program yourself to get things done without procrastination. This is simply creative visualization and it works!
2. Tell yourself about the importance of your time here on Earth. You have a set number of daylight hours to be proactive and as productive as possible with the comforting thought of a reflective, relaxing night when you can look up at the stars and tell yourself, 'Today, job well done!'
3. You simply don't have a problem, Nick. The proof is that you arrive to work on time week after week. What could be keeping you procrastinating on other tasks could quite possibly be lack of passion or boredom. Maybe these tasks put on the back burner until the last minute aren't really worth your time in the first place. For brilliant people, like yourself, its always a good idea to hire someone to take on humdrum domestic duties, mundane chores and errands, while you work on the more important business of cultivating professional partnerships, following your creative impulses and giving voice to your intellectual and spiritual musings, all of which have the ability to uplift mankind.
Dear Nick O. Time,
Procrastination can get the better of all of us from time to time. In fact, I'm just barely meeting my deadline in my response to your submission. What works for me in my attempts to stay on top of by all my tasks and deadlines, is to not take on too much at one time. Learn how to say "no" to others, and more importantly, yourself. There are so many things that I want to do, I know I can't do them all at once; so I just choose a few that are most important to me, and focus on them. When those projects and tasks are complete, I move on to something else. Take the time to take a step back in order to look at the big picture; I think you’ll be glad you did.
dP
Dear DP,
Big thanks to all of you! I'm implementing your keen suggestions, turning my 'deadlines' into 'lifelines'!
It's not too surprising that I also 'happened' to come across two 'time' quotes since my first letter.
The first quote, found in the book The Power of Premonition by Larry Dossey, MD is by Richard Feynman, Nobel physicist: "What is time? We physicists work with it every day, but don't ask me what it is. It's just too difficult to think about."
The second quote about 'time', found in the book The Unexplained by Allen Spraggett is by St. Augustine: "Ask me not what it is, and I know; ask me, and I know not."
Oh! I'm also using my full name now!
Just sign me -
Nicolette Gogh
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