{"id":507,"date":"2018-01-16T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2023-02-20T17:09:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T22:09:49","slug":"procrastination-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/practice\/procrastination-love-story\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Types of Procrastination: Which Do You Favor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wonder why you spend so much time procrastinating, even when whatever you’re avoiding is something you actually want to do? Frances Cole Jones, author of\u00a0How to Wow: Proven Strategies for Selling Your (Brilliant) Self in any Situation<\/span><\/a>, has a few ideas about procrastination, and today, we’re sharing her thoughts here on the OmStars blog! Read on to see what Frances has to say about our procrastination habits.<\/p>\n

Hello, hello,<\/p>\n

I don’t know how you’ve been spending your day, but here, I’ve been procrastinating.<\/p>\n

That said, I can tell you that I\u2019ve spent my procrastination time thinking about the different levels of procrastination\u00a0(I\u2019ve identified this behavior as\u00a0\u201cmorally unimpeachable procrastination\u201d\u2014more on this below)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes,\u00a0I spent this time making a list of the various ways a person can procrastinate. Below, my top three choices:<\/p>\n

The Eyelash Procrastination:<\/strong>\u202fLike an eyelash in your eye, this one is that very small thing that you\u2019ve decided MUST be coped with before you can move on with your day. For example, you simply must brush the dog, pluck that weird hair out of your eyebrow, water the garden, empty the dishwasher\u2026.and then you will be able to move briskly along to the work you don\u2019t happen to be doing\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Broken Window Procrastination:<\/strong>\u202fThis one is an extension of an idea put forward by Gretchen Rubin in her excellent blog piece entitled\u00a0\u201cWhat are Your Broken Windows?<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0Based on the police theory that broken windows in a community lead to more serious crimes, she maintains that broken windows are\u00a0anything\u00a0in your life that make you feel out of control. My Broken Window Procrastination Theory, takes this one step further: these are activities you engage in that you tell yourself are morally unimpeachable\u2014they are keeping you from feeling out of control! \u2014 but they are really various ways of procrastinating. What kinds of things am I talking about? Well, balancing a checkbook, redesigning a website, or cleaning all the bathrooms come to mind\u2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Elephant-in-the Room Procrastination:<\/strong>\u202fThese are the big ones we come up with so that we don\u2019t have to do whatever it is that we feel we\u00a0\u201cshould\u201d\u00a0be doing. The classic?\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t go to the gym until I lose 10 pounds.\u201d\u00a0(In my world this sounds like,\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t go to yoga until I get more flexible\u2026\u201d\u00a0Um\u2026no\u2026.) Other options?\u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t break up with her until after her friend\u2019s wedding.\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t write my book proposal until I\u2019ve finished doing all the research\u2026.in the\u202fworld\u2026.\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t start looking for a job until the fall\u2013\u00a0no one hires in the summer\u2026.\u201d\u00a0Like that\u2026<\/p>\n

The trouble with procrastination is that it\u2019s a confidence \u2014 and a joy \u2014 killer; because no matter how delightful the procrastination activity is that you\u2019ve chosen, you won\u2019t enjoy it as much knowing that you\u2019ve told yourself a fairy story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, buckle up, dig deep, get it done. I promise you\u2019ll feel better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019ve written this, I do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By Frances C. Jones<\/p>\n

\"Frances<\/p>\n

Frances Cole Jones is the author of How to Wow: Proven Strategies for Selling Your (Brilliant) Self in any Situation and Wow Your Way into the Job of Your Dreams.<\/p>\n

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Ever wonder why you spend so much time procrastinating, even when whatever you’re avoiding is something you actually want to do? Frances Cole Jones, author of\u00a0How to Wow: Proven Strategies for Selling Your (Brilliant) Self in any Situation, has a few ideas about procrastination, and today, we’re sharing her thoughts here on the OmStars blog! …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[188,15,78,187,189],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice","tag-frances-cole-jones","tag-insight","tag-omstarsblog","tag-procrastination","tag-self-study"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/pexels-photo-374694.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}