Kröhöm. Seth Stevenson kirjoitti Slaten viivyttelyviikolle (jonka laitoin talteen kaksi viikkoa sitten ja luin siis äsken) mainion jutun Letter to a young procrastinator.

Sitaatteja:

The root cause of my procrastination, in technical terms, is this: I’m lazy. Extremely lazy.

Get off your fat badonk and stop procrastinating. Right now. No, not after the Gilmore Girls rerun ends. Now now. […] Will you do this? No. You will not. You will dabble at the crossword for a while. Later, you might get a yogurt. Eventually, you’ll start reading pointless crap on the Internet. You see, you’re doing it as we speak! Because: You are lazy.

Understand that this will never, ever change. You will always be lazy, and you will always procrastinate. I know it’s tough for you to hear, but it’s a harsh truth that you need to internalize. I’m serious about this. It’s bad enough that you’re so damn lazy. People like you can’t afford to be delusional on top of all your other problems. […] When I was young, my procrastination was merely debilitating. As I age, it gets far worse.

Take, for instance, this assignment. I first learned of it two weeks ago and, since then, I’ve gotten really, really superb at Guitar Hero III. Now I’m awake in the middle of the night, facing a deadline that’s hours away, and I’m guzzling caffeine and just getting started. Crikey, I haven’t done a lick of research! My editor specifically asked me to find historical examples of procrastination. Hold on, gonna Google a couple things …

Okei, ei ole ehkä tolkkua käydä koko hommaa läpi näin. Lue itse.