Every single human being that has any sort of creative endeavor will know what I mean when I utter the one word that is today’s post of the day. I had been pondering about it all day, driving to work, at work, driving home from work…ya, I think you get it.

Procrastination.

Aaron told me that I could prove I was not a procrastinator by doing an article about procrastination. That was two weeks ago.

It’s not like I do it on purpose. I truly don’t. I actually do have it in my mind that I will write when I plunk myself down in front of Greg. (Greg is my laptop. Yes, I have a habit of naming inanimate objects that I possess. Carma Sutra is the name of my car… but that truly is a story for another time.) Bless or curse technology, it is so easy to find oneself playing Mah-Jong for one more game, or posting on your other blog becuase you find that youtube video utterly fascinating. My most recent crutch is facebook. Death to facebook. That sucks all my time away it seems.

Last night, I was on Greg and pulled up Open Office to work on where I had left off for chapter one.  This was at 6:12. I had went online to ‘quickly check email, facebook, and the other blog’ when my food was put in front of me. This was at 6:30. I ate dinner. I finished dinner. I continued to do the evil that is facebook. Again, looking at the clock I was vastly surprised when it read 7:15.

I decided to that window down and I started writing. So I did. The next time I looked at the time, fifteen minutes had passed.

Feeling slightly disgusted at myself for wasting so much time earlier, I gave up.

What makes us procrastinate?

Is it because whatever we do that is creative is hard? Is it because it feels like too much work? Why is it that we must keep forcing ourselves to push on?

For me, I really enjoy being creative. It may not be relaxing since it usually ends up stressing me out, but there’s nothing more bloody satisfying than finishing even a chapter, leaning back and telling yourself ‘Damn self, you really are that good!’

Okay. I’d write more but there was just cake placed in front of me…