A review by nancyinoregon
The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging, and Postponing, Or, Getting Things Done by Putting Them Off by John Perry
5.0
I have practiced structured procrastination much more effectively since I read Dr. Perry's essay (http://www.structuredprocrastination.com) (which won an Ig Nobel prize, BTW), discovered there was a name for it, and learned some explicit techniques for doing it more effectively.
For example, this morning I was online investigating bamboo lumber for a future planter stand, when I realized I was using it as an excuse not to read about how social security benefits are taxed. I promptly switched to searching for hiking pants online, until I thought of another important thing I should be doing today, at which point I got the information I needed about taxation. In the process, I organized the information about social security and Medicare benefits that I have collected so far and picked up some other information about social security I didn't know I needed. In the end, I accomplished quite a bit this morning.
For example, this morning I was online investigating bamboo lumber for a future planter stand, when I realized I was using it as an excuse not to read about how social security benefits are taxed. I promptly switched to searching for hiking pants online, until I thought of another important thing I should be doing today, at which point I got the information I needed about taxation. In the process, I organized the information about social security and Medicare benefits that I have collected so far and picked up some other information about social security I didn't know I needed. In the end, I accomplished quite a bit this morning.