Comments on: We meant to blog this yesterday, but… http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/we-meant-to-blog-this-yesterday-but/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: kerul http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/we-meant-to-blog-this-yesterday-but/comment-page-1/#comment-79087 kerul Sat, 17 May 2008 13:28:53 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/we-meant-to-blog-this-yesterday-but/#comment-79087 Sometimes (often) what we think of as procrastination turns out to be to our advantage. This is the case when we think we have to pursue tasks, projects, responsibilities that, for us, turn out to be (or be toward) the wrong goals, or it's the wrong time, or we don't have all the information we need in order to move forward (hence, it would be foolhardy to do so). We spend a lot of time, as well as physical, mental, and emotional effort, on what, with closer examination, are poor uses of those capacities and resources. There's certainly destructive procrastination, and there are better ways of dealing with it than what most people attempt to use (discipline and will-power are over-rated). But there's also productive procrastination, which more of would benefit from learning about and embracing. For more info, check out www.Procrastivity.com. Sometimes (often) what we think of as procrastination turns out to be to our advantage. This is the case when we think we have to pursue tasks, projects, responsibilities that, for us, turn out to be (or be toward) the wrong goals, or it’s the wrong time, or we don’t have all the information we need in order to move forward (hence, it would be foolhardy to do so).

We spend a lot of time, as well as physical, mental, and emotional effort, on what, with closer examination, are poor uses of those capacities and resources. There’s certainly destructive procrastination, and there are better ways of dealing with it than what most people attempt to use (discipline and will-power are over-rated). But there’s also productive procrastination, which more of would benefit from learning about and embracing.

For more info, check out http://www.Procrastivity.com.

]]> By: Dummy Blogger http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/we-meant-to-blog-this-yesterday-but/comment-page-1/#comment-78936 Dummy Blogger Fri, 16 May 2008 19:22:40 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/16/we-meant-to-blog-this-yesterday-but/#comment-78936 A good companion piece would be a write-up on those who have been prolific but might have benefited career-wise from some decent procrastination skills. A good companion piece would be a write-up on those who have been prolific but might have benefited career-wise from some decent procrastination skills.

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