Procrastination is something we are all guilty of from time to time, I know I sure am. Writing a blog is a good example (teeheee).

I want to thank everyone that participated in sending me ideas for blogs, I truly appreciate it and I got alot of wonderful suggestions. I thought the suggestion on procrastination was appropos at this time.

You hear people joke about "never do today what you can put off until tomorrow". In that scenario procrastination is usually a detriment in several ways. You think about the task you need to do and it worries you, and then when tomorrow comes you still have to face it. You can miss out on many opportunities that are time sensitive, then you berate yourself for not doing it. You get "caught with your pants down" becaue you weren't expecting company and here they are staring at the dirty house you put off cleaning unitl tomorrow. You hurt someone's feelings because you put off doing something for them you said you would do and they are disappointed. The list could go on and on.

On the other hand, you may put off doing something because you have a "gut feeling" this is not the time. Sure enough a better opportunity comes available that you would have missed had you not procrastinated. You need to go to the store and buy something, but you just don't feel like going. The next day you see in the paper that the store is starting their 1/2 off sale on that item that day. You want to call someone, you hesitate wondering if they really want to hear from you or if you will be bothering them so you don't make the call. A little while later the phone rings and the person is on the other end, making you feel good because they called you.

Procrastination is often caused by apprehension or fear of jumping into something new, or it is caused by just plain laziness. Sometimes it is that "feeling" that the time is just not right. The reason you procrastinate could be the answer to whetehr it is a bane or a blessing.