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Good and Bad Procrastination
A great thought-provoking article from Paul Graham in which he describes three types of procrastination:There are three variants of procrastination, depending on what you do instead of working on something: you could work on (a) nothing, (b) something less important, or (c) something more important. That last type, I'd argue, is good procrastination.As I've been exploring a new career in green building the second type of procrastination has definitely gotten the better of me. I have a to-do list in iCal, and dutifully check things off as I go along. Unfortunately, many of the items are things like: "grocery shopping," "pay bills," "finish filing," and "clean out closet" (I'm saving the closet for when I really don't want to do something else).
Here's another insightful paragraph:Errands are so effective at killing great projects that a lot of people use them for that purpose. Someone who has decided to write a novel, for example, will suddenly find that the house needs cleaning. People who fail to write novels don't do it by sitting in front of a blank page for days without writing anything. They do it by feeding the cat, going out to buy something they need for their apartment, meeting a friend for coffee, checking email. "I don't have time to work," they say. And they don't; they've made sure of that.Of course, the massive irony here is that this blog itself usually falls squarely into the "b" bucket.
Hurm... lots to think about here. As a parent, I feel that raising my son well is the most important thing I can do with my time. That said, I don't think that focusing on him 24/7 is healthy for him nor me. At the same time, I can't go for days at a time working on some other project. (Although I guess I did just that when I went to Yestermorrow, but that required sacrifice from Kerah.)
Anyway, you can bet I'll be using this as a filter for examining my use of time. What's the most important thing that you could be doing with your time?
:: Keith 11:08 [link] :: ::