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“I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life...procrastinating and rationalizing.”

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“The whole thing of working in all these different mediums, it's just so that I can always be playing hooky from one of them. I can always be rebelling against my boss. Like, I'm supposed to be writing this book, but - heh heh heh - I'm writing a movie, secretly. I'm procrastinating, and in my off-hours I'm working on this movie that I'm not allowed to do, because I'm supposed to be writing a book!”

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Author:Miranda July

“Procrastinating, fighting and avoiding will only make it more difficult. The way out is to get it done.”

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Author:Ralph Marston

“The secret of forgiveness is not to procrastinate, but to free yourself immediately of stress by totally forgiving this instant.”

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Author:Gerald Jampolsky

“Why Do We Procrastinate? P - postponing life R - resisting change O - overly cautious C - contemplating course of action R - reasoning and justifying A - afraid of success S - summoning up some courage T - trouble moving forward I - inability to see the outcome N - not able to trust in your abilities to make decisions A - attempting to control the situation T - time to reflect on your motives E - erodes progress”

“The reason why you'll never be successful, is because you procrastinate.”

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Author:Eric Thomas

“I got myself a really nice nib pen, with like 15 kinds of India Ink, and tons of different nibs; I think I was just procrastinating, like, once I have the right nib, the book is just going to jump right out of my fingertips... but then it just ended up looking like the shitty drawings that I usually do.”

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Author:Demetri Martin

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”

Motivational Achievement Eternal Tasks Eternity Clever Procrastination Procrastinating Hanging On Stop Procrastination Procrastinator Funny Procrastination

Book:The Letters of William James

Source: The Letters of William James

“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”

“The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.”

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Author:Hesiod

“Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.”

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Author:Adam Grant

“I try to write a lot and my process is kind of back and forth. I procrastinate a lot so when I do sit down to write, I'm pretty lazy at it. And it's such a frustrating thing sometimes - writing - when you don't do it all the time, you get that thing in your head that you have nothing to talk about and you can't write songs.”

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Author:Courtney Barnett

“Live now. Procrastinate later.”

Motivation Procrastinating

Book:How to Be Happy, Dammit: A Cynic's Guide to Spiritual Happiness

Source: How to Be Happy, Dammit: A Cynic's Guide to Spiritual Happiness

“When you focus on just one thing at a time, without rushing or procrastinating, you cultivate a sense of timeless awareness that creates feelings of calm and well-being.”

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Author:Deepak Chopra

“I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.”

Writing Moments Inspiration Settling Indecision Procrastinating

Author:Ariel Pink

“Being pregnant taught me how to be a better writer. It was a lesson in negative capability and surrendering to necessity. Suddenly, my body instinctually yielded to the needs of this growing being, and I had no choice but to embrace what was happening and all that lay ahead, even if I was afraid and uncertain. So, while being a parent has made writing more challenging, it has also made being a writer more certain. There's no room to procrastinate; there is to time for fear.”

Writing Choices Parent Challenges Negative Embrace Capability Pregnant Being A Parent Procrastinating

Author:Robin Beth Schaer

“Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.”

Giving Moments Light Care Courses Worry Anxiety Deserve Skins Treats Take Care Bugs Slap Mosquitoes Procrastinating Critters Slappers

Book:Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear

Source: Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”

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Author:Don Marquis

“Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being honest.”

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Author:Rachel Nichols

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”

“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.”

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Author:Robert Benchley

“Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.”

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Author:Steven Pressfield

“Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.”

“Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.”

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Author:James Surowiecki

“Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more driven by profits and marketing, and generally less congenial - but my day is the same: get out of bed, procrastinate, sit down at my desk, try to write something.”

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Author:Paul Theroux

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.”

“I think I grew a grey watching you procrastinate.”

Thinking Grew Grey Procrastinating

Author:Brandon Boyd

“I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.”

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Author:Bill Watterson

“If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.”

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Author:Rita Mae Brown

“Procrastinate now, don't put it off.”

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Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“Why procrastinate when you can precognitate?”

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Author:Tom Robbins

“There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we must do that which is of greatest importance. Let us not procrastinate those things which matter most.”

Ifs Matter Today Remember Tomorrow Importance Procrastinating

Author:Thomas S. Monson

“Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.”

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Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”

Men Made Choices Decision Circumstances Procrastination Passivity Procrastinating Gonzo Choices Made Passiveness

Book:Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”

“With the notebook resting ominuslously on Janie's bed, Janie procrastinates. Does her homework first. And pours herself a bowl of ceral. Breakfast - one of the five most important meals of the day. Not to be skipped.”

Firsts Doe Important Five Bed Meals Breakfast Bowls Notebook Homework Procrastinating Janie

Author:Lisa McMann

“I'm a big believer in putting things off, In fact, I even put off procrastinating. -Ella Varner”

Facts Bigs Believer Procrastination Procrastinating Putting Things Off Jack Travis

Author:Lisa Kleypas

“I have no point in procrastinating any longer.”

No Point Procrastinating

Book:Sybil

Source: Sybil

“Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate.”

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Book:I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight

Source: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight

“If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining”

Ifs Thinking Believe May Mean Hours Survival Rain Fingers Accomplish Lifts Procrastination If You Believe Believe You Can Procrastinating Think Twice Ark Cramming Eleventh Hour

Author:Max Brooks

“Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

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Author:Benjamin Franklin

“♥"I'm a procrastinating underachiever at heart."♥”

Heart Procrastinating

Author:Pete Wentz

“We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.”

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Author:Erica Jong

“To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.”

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Book:Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret

Source: Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Won't Regret

“Procrastinating is number three on my Stupid List. You still end up exactly where you didn't want to be, doing exactly what you didn't want to do, withe the only difference being that you lost all that time in between, during which you could have been doing something fun. Even worse, you probably stayed in a stressed-out, crappy mood the whole time you were avoiding it. If you know something is inevitable, do it and get it over with. Move on. Life is short.”

“Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.”

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Author:Don Roff

“If you ask me, reincarnation is just another way to procrastinate.”

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Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“I know I have to do the right thing. And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don't have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life? Instead, you procrastinate and think about it and put it off and think about it some more until that one little pebble grows into a giant block inside your head.”

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Author:Candace Bushnell

“I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.”

Wells Persons Facts Order Pressure Under Pressure Procrastinating

Author:Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.”

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Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

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