Productive Procrastination

I’ve come to realize the following:

Due to the inevitability to ‘Procrastinate‘ (which I’ve lately managed to cut down on), why not — as paradoxical as this may sound — procrastinate in the most productive manner?

For instance: instead of going onto Facebook or spending hours browsing YouTube, why not read a book or go for a swim?

Lately, to curb the occasionally uncontrollable fit of procrastination, I’ve resorted to reading Daniel Levitin’s This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession… among others.

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7 Responses to “Productive Procrastination”

  1. Humaira  on February 9th, 2009

    LOVE it. Makes much more sense than time-wasting, really =)

    ~ H

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  2. Lizzy  on February 9th, 2009

    A very wise friend of mine has said… “Procrastinate…later.”

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  3. Phoebe Yu  on February 10th, 2009

    That’s so clever I should give it a try =)

    Your swimming schedule is intense.

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  4. Tysune  on February 14th, 2009

    lol. I like to think I do that. But “staring at walls and thinking” isn’t always considered productive XD

    I like how Facebook (social tool) and Youtube (entertainment tool) aren’t productive yet reading (entertainment tool) and swimming (exercise) are. Like, I can see how they might be considered more productive, but I wouldn’t say catching up with people (yes, it’s online, but that’s better than nothing; plus it lets you catch up with more people than just the one or few you would be able to hang out with) and relaxing/educating oneself via videos aren’t so productive :P

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    • Eastwood  on February 14th, 2009

      Good point.

      Though, I guess it all depends on what you’re reading or watching. Reading a book on music and the brain seems, to me, a somewhat more worthwhile use of my time as compared to watching Fail videos.

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  5. francesca  on February 22nd, 2009

    Well this is a great way to procrastinate. However, I really don’t think procrastinating would take you anywhere. Sure doesn’t get things done.

    However, I do agree that reading is productive rather than fiddling on other people’s website:)

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