Procrastination

I'm a procrastinator; I declare that I shall do a thing and then I don't. I either find ways to make accomplishing the task too complex so it needs to be done at a later time when I am more able to handle the complexity; or I simply put it off to be done tomorrow or the day after. I procrastinate with a great many things such as painting, blogging, exercising, reading a book, cooking dinner, putting clean laundry away, making a grocery shopping list... I practice non-discriminatory procrastination- I equally procrastinate against both things I know I'll enjoy doing (painting, learning to sew, working on my blog) and things I consider boring or unenjoyable (putting laundry away). Why would I procrastinate against things I actually enjoy doing- especially considering the number of times I've whined, "I'm bored." According to the great wikipedia (all wiki info being taken with a grain of salt of course), procrastination in its various forms is a psychological behavior serving as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision. There are certainly varying degrees of procrastination, but no matter the pattern or severity, it is indeed counterproductive. Then I realize, that reading about procrastination is just one more way to procrastinate. I'm off to go do. I'll let you know how that works out later.