Embracing Procrastination

Apparently, in Ancient Egyptian there are two hieroglyphs that effectively translate to ‘procrastinate’.

The first translates to mean: “laziness in completing a task“, which is how most of us typically use the term today. The second–more interestingly–means something like: “the useful habit of avoiding unecessary work and effort“.

Procrastination a useful habit? On the surface, that seems to fly in the face of conventional wisdom. But having thought about it further, procrastination can also be seen as a valid form of reduction, leaving you with things:

• that need to be done;
• that you want to do; and
• that others will help you complete (or partially complete).

In other words, a bit of procrastination saves your energy for the vital things!

Well, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it for the moment. I’m going to embrace it, rather than force myself to do things I’m not really up for.

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