1. An advanced form of procrastination wherein a specific task is avoided to complete another equally important task.
2. Avoiding something important by doing something equally important, but where time isn't necessarily a factor.
2. Avoiding something important by doing something equally important, but where time isn't necessarily a factor.
Some examples of 'Executive Procrastination' are:
Avoiding writing an essay by sorting out rent.
Avoiding going to the dentist by going to the gym.
Avoiding writing an essay by sorting out rent.
Avoiding going to the dentist by going to the gym.
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Instead of scouring the bookstore or internet for assistance with his calculus homework, Steve spent untold hours engaged in relevant procrastination researching netbook computers "for his mom".
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When one finishs a project long before the due date and then forgetting about the project completely.
Reverse procrastination can lead to lack of editing, forgetting the due date, or losing the project completly.
Reverse procrastination can lead to lack of editing, forgetting the due date, or losing the project completly.
I completed a project two months before the due date, but because of reverse procrastination, I forgot where I put it.
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Ugh, work is so tedious today! I should be work procrastinating for the rest of the day, even if I don't make the deadline.
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Get the procrastinate mug.The act of delaying a shit purely due to laziness or lack of willingness to get up.
This can be due to the engagement in an activity such as drinking, being in the cinema, watching TV or chatting with friends.
This can be due to the engagement in an activity such as drinking, being in the cinema, watching TV or chatting with friends.
"Man, I was bursting for a shit, but I was watching TV so I just procraptinated for a bit."
"I so would've won that poker game if I could've procraptinated for longer!"
"I so would've won that poker game if I could've procraptinated for longer!"
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