I need to change my perspective. I know that once the tasks are done, I’ll feel huge relief. But they’ll need to be done again next month.

thanks for information…….

J’aime, I’ve also found myself procrastinating in similar circumstances. I always try to get all the relevant info I need before I begin, or at least enough relevant info to get started on parts of the project.

And yet, the next time a project comes along with new, uncertain, unfamiliar parts to it, I’ll find myself procrastinating again, rather than immediately going to find the missing parts. I guess it must be true that my brain thinks of uncertainty as danger! Good grief, brain, it is a project, not a predator.

Angela, I sometimes procrastinate on administrative tasks and other small but important things, usually because I want to spend my time on “more important” stuff. I usually solve this by doing it in the evening, after I’m done with all the day’s heavy lifting.

I need to change my perspective. I know that once the tasks are done, I’ll feel huge relief. But they’ll need to be done again next month.

(Sigh.) I need a personality transplant. 🙂

Graham, when I find myself with significant holes in my work schedule, I’ll usually take a vacation, anywhere from 3 days to a week or more. I love to hike, so usually I drive someplace beautiful in Oregon or northern California.

Yep — works that way for me too. Part of it is feeling guilty about not having much to do yet feeling the need to be in the office, so I “fill the time”. I’m starting to budget time better by scheduling half-days off during the slow times to get more done around the house instead, or play with the kids. Finish the work in the morning, head out in the afternoon, (mostly) guilt free.

~Graham

The trap I sometimes fall for is when I don’t have much work, I’ll put the work off until shortly before the deadline. But then I get more work and suddenly I’m close to overload.