Anti-crastination

We all have stuff we should do but which isn't getting done because we don't want to do it.

That's a given.

If you're reading this at work, that's an illustration.

Individuality, creativity and good old-fashioned panache are shown in our choice of avoidance mechanisms. For example, if you really are reading this at work, that shows tremendous panache.

There is no panache in the fact that I'm writing this to avoid two onerous tasks. Dicking around online is an established procrastination tradition. A blog post, even one ordained by a challenge, doesn't get Auntie any points.

But if I go to get the smog certificate for my car, THAT'S a validly creative procrastination technique. It's intrinsically unpleasant and necessary. So much so that it shouldn't count as procrastination. It should be called anticrastination.

Anticrastinastion, noun. Definition: Doing something unpleasant and useful to avoid having to do something else unpleasant and useful.

You learned a new word today, which is useful.

You're welcome.