Reading this interesting article about procrastination is a great way to procrastinate at work.
“Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle. McClellan was also given to excessive planning, as if only the ideal battle plan were worth acting on. Procrastinators often succumb to this sort of perfectionism.”
This seems familiar…
Look at me just reblogging this for the all too relevant quote above, and to read the article later. I mean I’m on here right now for the thousands of links to academic journals that tumblr shares. Definitely not procrastinating.