I generally procrastinate for some indeterminate period and then go through a period of accomplishment where I get a whole bunch done in a stupidly short period of time. I would be much more effective if I could accomplish a little at a time over a much longer period but I get the lazies too bad... -CurtNeed to get some of Dan's magic AC sealer for the Jetta... From: Rick Knoble via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 6, 2015 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] This would be a good buy Dan writes: > > Is this procrastination or just avoidance? > <snip of physically painful job> > Or am I arguing semantics?
Semantics. Procrastination IS task avoidance, or doing something more pleasurable (less painful), instead of a task that is more important (or urgent). When the pain of avoidance overcomes the perceived pain of the task, the task will get completed. Simple explanation, I know. Trust me, most folks on this list (including you) are NOT chronic procrastinators. I read some of the write ups of work being done, and I am in awe. We have not one, but two guys here that have done W124 evaporators, and both have the same physically incapacitating illness. I read of such things, and I am inspired to do more myself. Rick Who is about to put dye in two beater cars a/c systems and find the leaks... _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com