Want us to tell you our favorite joke about procrastination? We'll tell you later… (we needed a bad joke to break the ice) 💀)

This article has been very difficult to write. We were going to publish it two weeks ago, in the World Procrastination Day…but it all got complicated.

And you, who look like you wouldn't hurt a fly... are you going to tell us you've never procrastinated? Yeah, right, right...

In this world no one escapes: the king procrastinates and the pope procrastinates

Procrastination is putting off until tomorrow… what you wanted to do today.

95% of people do it in general, and 20% of adults and 50% of students. procrastinate until they have serious problems #real. We suspect the real number is higher, but that the rest of the respondents are procrastinating on sending their answers…

And this, in the classic narrative we've been told, is a cardinal sin of layabouts, delinquents, and social losers that we should all flee from because:

• You struggle with peace of mind because we all love the comfort of the sofa, but nobody is passionate about the regrets of not having started work on time.
• You're getting dirty looks at work because your boss was expecting something today. Next time, Tell him you're doing it for his own good..
• It obviously costs you your time because per 100 minutes You spend 27 hours watching videos of pimples and kittens; you lose 29 hours of work, 29 hours of leisure, and 12 hours of sleep.
• It costs you money, because your time is worth gold.

Extremisms: from procrastination… to toxic hyper-productivity

Before we continue ranting about procrastination, let's stop for a moment.

Why do we talk about 'spending' time? Where does the obsession with productivity and efficient use of time come from?

Well, this comes from outside; it's been imposed on us, to some extent. We live in a society addicted to productivity. To a toxic degree. Even with a pandemic that forced you to stay home, you were compelled to learn languages, bake bread, redecorate your house, to do, to do, and do some more…

We've been taught that we're only as good as... the things we achieve (and then post on social media): the extra hours we work, the sacrifices we make for our family, our weekend hobbies, our projects outside of work hours...

We have learned to present and describe ourselves by our achievements, and so if we do 'less'... well, we are 'worth'... less.

That's why we tend to embrace the hamster wheel of hyper-productivity as "good." If your self-esteem is built solely on constantly doing things and "not having time," you'll probably never have the incentive or desire to be alone with yourself and love yourself for who you are, not for what you do.

What if conscious procrastination were the perfect trigger for that busy life syndrome?

Procrastinating, which is a gerund

Procrastination, in this sense and as long as it is not pathological, opens up a range of positive consequences:

• It's a emotional mechanism to manage negative moods of short term
• It brings you closer to the 'last minute' dopamine rush moment where certain people perform much better.
• It is a space of creativity in which your mind 'wanders' because it is not yet convinced that you have found the perfect answer/approach.
• You regain energy. Would you try to draw water from a dry well? Well, it's the same as trying to extract raw productivity from your body when you're completely exhausted.
• You gain happiness. Sometimes we We spent hours scrolling from bed Because, simply, they make us happy (as long as I'm warm...). If we are happier, we are also more productive (and not the other way around).

In the end, procrastination isn't so bad after all...

You already face too many demands. To be 'more', you don't have to get up at 5 am, meditate, go to the gym every day, work 10 hours only to come home and keep working, or run marathons every weekend…

Lazing around shouldn't make us feel bad; instead, it should encourage us to be more forgiving of ourselves. Lingering during nap time connects you with what truly matters: yourself, who you are, and your thoughts.

… well, look, not so bad.

That said, you can go back and finish alphabetizing those creams before it becomes your next task on the procrastination list.

P.S. Oh! We almost forgot the postscript. This is what happens when we leave it until the last minute…

Today's post is sponsored by our Heroes' Recharging Mask, The face mask with a recharging effect for those who procrastinate out of necessity. Come on, curl up on the sofa like it's your defensive moat while you get your face ready and Netflix asks you, "Are you still there?"

We're still here and we're going to stay here, for a little while longer.