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I finally made my peace with procrastination when I stopped fighting against it. Now my secret to productivity is to load several projects onto my agenda so that I end up getting work done as a way of avoiding getting other work done:

http://quandyfactory.com/blog/1/productivity_and_procrastina...




You mean structured procrastination?

http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/

Maybe I'm just idealistic and I'll eventually get to the point where I adopt this strategy but I'm fighting it for now :)

EDIT: Sorry, I posted this before checking your post and seeing that you linked to it.


Reading that essay was a revelation. It provided a name and an explicit description of what I was already doing - albeit in an ad hoc, guilt-ridden manner.

It wasn't until I decided to accept my temperament and make it work for me that I became comfortable with how I get things done.




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