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http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/

Structured procrastination is the art of making this bad trait work for you. The key idea is that procrastinating does not mean doing absolutely nothing. Procrastinators seldom do absolutely nothing; they do marginally useful things,

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 02:59:10 PM EST

Re: A fun read (4.00 / 5)

commenting on ET?

by MarekNYC on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:02:15 PM EST
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Re: A fun read (4.00 / 2)

LOL!!!!

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:03:29 PM EST
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Re: A fun read (4.00 / 3)

Metavision, i just sent my comment to Sven on procrastination in screenwriting, and as soon as it appeared onscreen, right below it is this post.

Why didn't you wait? ;-)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:11:41 PM EST
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Re: A fun read (4.00 / 3)

Because you are structured? :D

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:16:24 PM EST
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Re: A fun read (3.50 / 2)

´we´ are not alone... (;

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:11:33 PM EST
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Re: A fun read (4.00 / 2)

I am glad to know that I seem to be a very talented structured procastinator. :-D

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:04:21 PM EST
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Re: A fun read (4.00 / 2)

Writing wikipedia articles?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 03:04:39 PM EST
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