How to Be a Better Procrastinator

Years ago, I was eating dinner at a restaurant one evening, at a table by myself, and overheard a conversation at another table. "It's my N - 1 theory of work," someone was saying. "You always do the second most important thing." It was so true I burst out laughing.

Another relevant article on procrastination: <a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/9wr/my_algorithm_for_beating_procrastination/" rel="nofollow">http://lesswrong.com/lw/9wr/my_algorithm_for_beating_procras...</a><p>This is one of the original sources on structured procrastination: <a href="http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/</a>

I liked the advice: First, don't listen to most of the advice offered to procrastinators. Second, don't sit around feeling bad because you lack willpower. Third, avoid perfectionism.<p>Sometimes procrastination happens because you are not prepared enough to do a specific task or achieve a goal. The article has some concrete suggestions to address those situations as well.

Thanks. Totally bookmarked this to read later.

Maybe people who get around to publishing articles in the WSJ aren't really procrastinators.

It isn't procrastination if by putting it off you might get out of doing it entirely.

Love to know when I'm already ahead of the curve: <a href="http://www.lanceramoth.com/blog/2011/09/how-to-successfully-procrastinate" rel="nofollow">http://www.lanceramoth.com/blog/2011/09/how-to-successfully-...</a>

OK, good read.<p>Now, raise your hand if you've ever had a manager who responded to your N - 1 theory of work protocol by eliminating all tasks other than N.<p>And how did that work for you?

My thoughts on procrastination: <a href="http://quandyfactory.com/blog/1/productivity_and_procrastination" rel="nofollow">http://quandyfactory.com/blog/1/productivity_and_procrastina...</a>

Pro tip: if you read this article right away, you've already failed.

Procrastination seems to be a hot topic on HN lately

Wow,<p>The whole article read like a description of my day to day life.<p>I'm a procrastinator and didn't even realize it till now!

Has anyone here had success with reducing procrastination using Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

Now I simply <i>must</i> go read the Wikipedia article on Tajikistan...