The Procrastinator’s Creed

1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.
2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.
3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.
4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.
5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.
6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given.
7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.
8. If at first I don’t succeed, there is always next year.
9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.
11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task.
12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is wait/plan/plan.
13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.
14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator’s Society) if they ever get it organized.

This is me all over!

• Irene

  This is so cute! I’m not a procrastinator as such, but I did giggle at a few of those. My favorite is number eight, “If at first I don’t succeed, there is always next year.” I love that. ^^

  January 07, 2007 at 2:27 am

• Nick

  “I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.”

  Haha, that one’s just great!

  January 07, 2007 at 8:10 am

• Charity

  That is so me! I love that!

  January 08, 2007 at 9:48 pm

• Lissi

  Oh man, that is so totally me. I’m such a giant procrastinator.

  January 09, 2007 at 5:20 pm

• Cynthia

  HA! That’s just hilarious.
  It has me written all over it.
  In fact, it took me just under an hour to write this since i kept getting ‘interruptions.’ =]

  January 10, 2007 at 1:08 pm

• Hannah

  Haha, that wonderful!

  I’m sooo a procrastinator as well!

  January 10, 2007 at 2:47 pm

• Vanessa

  So all of that pretty much should apply to me. Heh, I procrastinate too. :/ It’s not always a good thing. Boo & sigh.
  I am totally counting down until the end of the semester too! Except I have two more weeks. You lucky dog.

  January 11, 2007 at 4:51 pm

• Joseph

  wow, that countdown clock is amazing lol

  January 11, 2007 at 7:22 pm

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  January 11, 2007 at 8:19 pm

• Sai

  Haha… that is so me. I’m a total procrastinator, even though I try not to be. It was funny to read though… certainly made me laugh out loud a couple of times.

  January 11, 2007 at 9:13 pm

• Grace (Despair)

  hahaha I love that list! Alot of that applies to me

  January 12, 2007 at 12:55 am

• Suzanne

  I love that list..reminds me of myself!

  January 12, 2007 at 4:54 pm

• Raymond

  Interesting list you have in your entry and its like reading my own list haha..I wonder when I could change from being a procrastinator.

  January 12, 2007 at 5:56 pm