Productive Procrastination

In the next 36 hours I have 7 articles to write that I am not especially excited about. I asked for them, I need the work and I'm thankful the assignments are there, but still. I picked them up on Friday afternoon. They had a 5 hour deadline, which I knew wouldn't be enough time so I asked for an extra day, and in lieu of the holiday weekend the deadline was extended to Monday evening. Good thing? Yes and no.

One added day to the deadline would've made the project doable, but just stressful enough to keep my butt in gear. Ideally, I had wanted to finish those assignments, and take a few more but with the illusion of having extra time, they are sitting.

The good news is although I am still procrastinating, I am managing a sort of "productive procrastination." Like many people I have my mental "to-do" list that can sometimes be a little crazy. Like any to do list there is a hierarchy of priority. There have been things on that list that I've put lower on the hierarchy that I just haven't gotten around to. Like actually starting to blog daily-- it's been sort of a ghost town here.

But now that I am officially a "full time freelancer" I have to walk the walk or find a good sturdy cardboard box, and being that I live in Minnesota, walking the walk is preferable.

The good thing about productive procrastination is that it actually serves a purpose more worthwhile than say, a game of solitaire. Yesterday, I did not write any of those seven articles but I did make a giant pot of chili and wrote 3 things for other sites. And yes, I played a some solitaire, lurked on Facebook and spent too much time playing games there as well.

I'm making a second pot of chili today, but my prep work is done so it won't take long to get going. Today, I am determined to get at least three of those assignments done, along with spending a little time with family, and they will be done by the deadline. And now, I've restarted my blog -- something I really wanted to do, and the chili is delicious.