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 Procrastination1 is avoiding doing something.

 
Procrastination is not being able to get started.
 
It's reading a book. 
 
It's descaling a kettle.
 
It's colour coordinating2 your shelves.
 
It's sharpening your pencil.
 
Procrastination is spending 30 minutes looking for the right pen.
 
It's spending 10 minutes getting the right pen to work.
 
Procrastination is making a cup of tea.
 
Procrastination is finding the most difficult way of doing something.
 
It's jumping from one idea to another, to another.
 
It's checking your emails, writing your emails.
 
Procrastination is thesaurusizing words in your emails.
 
 
 
Procrastination is making a cup of tea.
 
Procrastination is staring at the window. 
 
It's watching the neighbours.
 
It's watching television.
 
It's being unable to stop watching television.
 
It's smoking a cigarette.
 
It's doing the dishes.
 
Procrastination is tidying your desk.
 
It's creating a fire escape plan.
 
Procrastination is rearranging your furniture.
 
It's playing computer games.
 
It's playing imaginary computer games with your furniture.
 
Procrastination is pairing up your socks.
 
It's writing “thank you” letters.
 
It's not writing “thank you” letters.
 
Procrastination is daydreaming3.
 
Procrastination is petting something.
 
It's watering a plant. 
 
It's doodling.
 
Procrastination is trying to grow a mustache.
 
It's chasing a fly. 
 
It's tapping your pencil.
 
It's doing eight things at once and not getting one done.
 
Procrastination is taking a nap.
 
Procrastination is getting drunk.
 
It's scratching yourself.
 
It's making a cup of tea.
 
It's cutting your finger. 
 
It's oiling the bike. 
 
It's picking your nose.
 
It's waiting for the postman.
 
It's trying to avoid the inevitable4.
 
 
 
Procrastination is writing lists.
 
It's not being able to decide what way to do something.
 
It's over-complicating things to yourself.
 
It's being afraid to finish something.
 
It's not knowing when to finish something.
 
It’s not knowing how to finish something.

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1 procrastination lQBxM     
n.拖延,耽搁
参考例句:
  • Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
  • Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。
2 coordinating fc35d08ba9bb2dcfdc96033a33b9ae1e     
v.使协调,使调和( coordinate的现在分词 );协调;协同;成为同等
参考例句:
  • He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
  • He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的,难道我们不去请他? 来自电影对白
3 daydreaming 9c041c062b3f0df80606b13db4b7c0c3     
v.想入非非,空想( daydream的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Stop daydreaming and be realistic. 别空想了,还是从实际出发吧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework. 比尔坐着空想, 他母亲要他面对现实,去做课外作业。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 inevitable 5xcyq     
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
参考例句:
  • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
  • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

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