If there's anything I hate, it's passive leisure. I don't like the idea of seconds ticking by, and not doing anything productive. I really take the maxim, "live life to it's fullest" seriously. I do not procrastinate a lot, but when I do, it's doing things that I want to do instead of the things that I don't want to do (and should do).
For example: I have 130 pages of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" to read...Instead, I read "Life of Pi," the book I want to read, but it still qualifies as a major piece of literature.
I am including a list of things you can do to procrastinate the correct way when you just don't feel like sitting down to write another chapter in your book.
1. Create a metaphor about procrastinating or personify it. My friend Eric and I have a very good mutual friend named, "Mr. Procrastination." He wears a yellow beanie and he just loves having cups of Earl Grey tea with us.
2. Spongebob Squarepants may be very tempting to watch, but "Shark Week" on the Discovery Channel is much more educational...Occasionally they show the ocean section of "Planet Earth." This show teaches you that sponges do not live in pineapples under the sea...
3. Instead of listening to music on your iPod, get out your guitar and sing the songs yourself! You'll have so much fun that you can tell your MP3 player that "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," because you sound much better than Taylor Swift, thank you very much.
4. Instead of writing on your blog that you're supposed to be doing for English class, write a very eloquent blog post on procrastinating on your personal blog!
Gee, that reminds me...
I gotta go!
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