overcome procrastination

Up until now I was constantly rattling about procrastinating at work. Now I have a new type of procrastination to rattle about: unpacking all the boxes at the new apartment.

The task is so overwhelming that I have just stopped. Instead of giving it a good push, I have come to get used to all the boxes all over the apartment’s floor … and that’s a lot of flooring space I’m talking about.

At first I thought to take periodical photos to cover the progress in the unpacking mission, but I have no idea in which box my camera is stored …

I just find 1,000,000 things I ‘d rather do at any given minute, things that do not involve any kind of unpacking.

I think that my filing-phobia is connected to my unpacking one.

Any suggestions ????

I have encountered today a new type of procrastination: “The client induced procrastination”. Such phenomena happens when your client gets on your nerves and tremendously irritate you. In such case you cannot get yourself to get forward with your client’s affairs.

Today a client insisted to speak only to my boss and not to me (he’s chauvinist). It doesn’t matter that I’m in charge of the file and knows better than anyone else in the office. It doesn’t matter that in the meeting we once had with a senior official lawyer, this senior official told him I’m an excellent lawyer. He wishes to speak only to my boss.

Never mind the expiring time bar. Never mind the court’s dead-lines. He will wait until my boss is available and speak only to him.

So, guys, is it understandable that I cannot get on with the stuff I had to do for him (after all I am the lawyer in charge and it’s my job, not my boss’s).

I’ve posted it under the wrong goal …

I think (hope) it does not count as procrastination, as doing things for your self – your soul and heart – shouldn’t be shoved into the last place in your to do list.

Does it make any sense or am I rationalizing my procrastination?

check this out.

What do you think?

I’ve been procrastinating one chore by finishing another task….

As a hired lawyer my desk is always full with chores. Some are smaller, such as writing letters or following up on files and clients, but some are big and strenuous, thus creating a fertile ground for procrastination.

Today I was encountered with two strenuous tasks, both of which are naturally designated for procrastination. One: writing summary pleadings for an appeal; and the second: revising a draft of a mediation agreement we received from the other party.

As yesterday night I thought about all the arguments I want to raise in the summary pleadings (instead of sleeping), this morning I was completely exhausted and couldn’t bring myself to write anything.

So I have started revising the mediation agreement between one argument to another. At first, slowly, and then, progressively, I came more and more into it, until it was finished . . .

I’m happy, but I still need to finish with the summary pleadings . .

Does it count as procrastination? What can I do about it?

1. Writing an appeal
2. Filing (I’ve decided to do that myself without secretarial help, but I do not do it at all…)

My trophy: Writing some more in 43T.

I’ve been procrastinating more than I’ve been working. I just cannot get myself to work – although I have got tons of important and urgent things to do.