Why we procrastinate

[BookstoreEscapee]

Procrastination is such a pervasive element of the human experience there are over 600 books for sale promising to snap you out of your bad habits, and this year alone 120 new books on the topic were published. Obviously this is a problem everyone admits to, so why is it so hard to defeat?

To explain, consider the power of marshmallows.

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/10/27/procrastination/

I am reading about myself...when I should be doing other things. (Actually, at the moment, I should be sleeping.)

[draggar]

That's really bad if you procrastinate sleeping.

[TheSHAD0W]

Hum. I was going to post an intelligent reply, but eh, I'll do it later.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I recall a B.C. comic strip from who knows when, wherein the kid ant says (paraphrasing) "Dad, what's 'procrastinate' mean?" and the dad says "I've been gonna look that up..."

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

How interesting, I myself am planning to write a book on procrastination...sometime.