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TOP 10 LIST
OF Procrastinator Favourites (from The Procrastinator's Club Web
site):
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10. Pet:
Turtle
9. Food: Molasses
8. Sport: Fishing
7. Cliche: "Better late than never"
6. Appliance: Slow cooker
5. Rock 'n' roll song: Yesterday
4. Broadway song: Tomorrow
3. Magazine: TIME
2. Movie line: "I'll think about it tomorrow" (Scarlett
O'Hara, in Gone With The Wind)
1. Battle cry: "I'll do it tomorrow!"
-- Rita Emmett
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As a perfectionist, you're giving and generous. You never say no, even
when you can't do what you're asked to do, explains Yuen. "You're overly
compliant and pleasing. Ultimately you find yourself putting things off
because you can't do what you say you're going to do."
The stress of constantly racing against the clock can wear down your immune
system, she adds. It can cause hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome,
even stroke.
"Procrastination is also anxiety and fear-driven," adds Toronto psychologist
Anthony Quek.
Whether it's fear of failure or fear of success, "there is no genetic
basis for it," he says. "The anxiety of perfectionism, of having to do
something 'just right' creates a speed bump. You put it aside, resist
starting it and the longer you wait and worry, the more overwhelming the
task becomes."
Artistic people often procrastinate because they're creative, he says.
"They run on emotion and feeling, waiting for inspiration. They become
desperate as deadlines loom."
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