Sunday, November 12, 2006
(12:27 PM) | Adam Kotsko:
Advanced Procrastinatory Strategies
via Ben Wolfson, I find this insightful essay that partly describes my strategies.For instance, yesterday, during a period of time I had mentally blocked out for finishing my paper on Zizek's Paul, I read over 100 pages of David Harvey and started Deleuze & Guattari's What is Philosophy? -- both necessary tasks, which additionally needed to be done before the paper in question. Yet somehow they became ways of procrastinating.
Even better, yesterday I graded a single (redone) paper and e-mailed the student to tell her her grade, because I knew she was working on the next paper, due Tuesday, and would want to know if she had been on the right track. A caring, considerate thing to do -- also a great way to procrastinate!
Today I have looked up the courses available during the Winter and Spring quarters at the Div School, as well as checking on what Eric Santner is teaching; written to a professor to ask about a directed study that I have scheduled for him on my program of study; and inquired about the status of two publications of mine that have been delayed. (The last one is an especially important gesture of goodwill, as it will allow the recipients an opportunity to procrastinate by responding to me, if they so choose.)
I currently have 3.5 pages left to go on this stupid paper, which I have been planning to do "this coming weekend" for approximately four months. Hopefully I'll be done in time for Family Guy.
