As you may have heard, Thursday was “Fight Procrastination Day.” I was going to post all this then,
but I didn't get around to it. No,
seriously, I sort of waited on purpose because if I had actually done a post on
procrastination on the scheduled day, I would have lost my membership to the
Procrastination Society. This is a big
deal for me, because as far as I can figure it, there are only two members in
this prestigious group. Here's the true
story.
In college, my roommate Bob was doing a little research in
the library, reading through some old magazines (this was before the internet,
folks). He came across an ad in one
magazine for joining a Procrastination Society (I forget the actual name,
sorry). This was about 1986, and the
magazine was dated 1983.
He showed it to me, and having joked about our own
procrastination problems before, we thought it would be some fun to send in a
three year old ad for a Procrastination Society. We thought we could make a copy of it, send
it in with the date on the magazine and all, and wait for the laughs to
begin. Good joke, right?
Now, here's the honest truth about how things turned
out. We never got around to sending the
thing in! Seriously. We talked about it more than once, really
intended to do it, but just never got around to it. Therefore, we figure that this means we are
the only two “real” members of the Procrastination Society. I mean, if you get around to joining, you
sort of disqualify yourself, right?
Now you know why I couldn't possibly post on procrastination
until at least two days after the scheduled day; even if the day was intended
to fight procrastination. Some things
are worth fighting for, and some aren’t I guess.
So here's to me and Bob, the only two official
procrastinators we know of. Of course,
if you have a similar story, I’d love to hear it and make you a member, too…if
you ever get around to telling me about it!
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