Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow....

You know what feels good? I mean really REALLY good? When you finally get down to doing something that you thought you would never get done. You get that smug looking smirk on your face as you smile to yourself and tell that twerp inside, " And you said I would NEVER get around to doing it." Oh boy I would love to see the look on his face (if at all my inner voice has a face) now.

The fine art and craft of procrastination has always been my boon..i mean bane ( NO! I really mean it!!)..Putting off things always came naturally to me..it still does..whether it was studying for my exams, or that niggling assignment, or that promise to go jogging, OR, as has been the situation these last few days, this big clutter of paper on my table. Those papers are still catching dust as I type, staring at me as I stare away into this screen of mine. They can wait..oh yes they can..this post had been waiting for much longer than they had ever been.

The first person to ever tell to my face that I had the gift of procrastination was my first boss. I was a 21 year old fresher then..all wide-eyed (not because of the women in the office..there weren't any worth the name..and NO! it wasn't because of the men EITHER!) and eager to learn about my nascent profession. This man would give me all sorts of reports to work on..without any specific deadline. And whenever he had the chance to pass by me, he would ask , "What's the status on that report I had asked you to write". And I would say something about something else having come up.."Always procrastinating and procrastinating...It will be the end of you..you will never get things done!" and leaving these words hanging in the air for more than their undeserved 15 seconds of fame, he would walk away shaking his head...

Now ofcourse I am wiser..I no longer say that it isn't complete. Instead I say that I had already mailed it across and that I can't figure out why it hasnt reached yet...and then I say that I shall send it over "immediately"..and then I get my posterior to work (pun NOT intended)..

This post was something that I had been putting off for such a long time..but something kept coming in the way..dont ask me what..but you know how it goes..you come into your room, you flex your muscles ( you dont do that before you type???you really should..does wonders for your blogging confidence!)..and sit down before the monitor..then you wait for the blogger homepage to open. you are just about to login when the horribly green damned to damnation telephone starts ringing its ugly head off..it never fails to repeat history..or else it would be some misguided visitor.THERE! I am not lying but my friend just walked in..i can forsee the future! I can see!! My eyes are open!! Okie I might have overdone it a bit there...but my friend DID walk in now to go for dinner..i sent him off for a smoke instead..bought five minutes..

Other things that I have been putting off for a while now:

1) Quitting smoking - 7 years (High time!!)
2) Confession - 2 years ( Can wait!! dont want the priest being held up)
3) Sunday Mass - 5-6months
4) Jogging - More than a month
5) Trying out some of those tips from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari ( I felt so charged up when I was reading it that I felt that the next day would see a new me)- two weeks atleast
6) Office paper work - 4-5 days now..( I am going to pay for every single sheet of that!!)
7) Dinner - Can't wait any longer..friend is back after his smoke...

Procrastination is also an Art..but unlike most other things, I never had to work it..never!

Shain