Procrastination

procrastination

Pronunciation: /prə(ʊ)ˌkrastɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

noun
[mass noun]
the action of delaying or postponing something:
your first tip is to avoid procrastination

Phrases

procrastination is the thief of time
proverb if you delay doing something, it will take longer to do later on:
maybe TV and procrastination really are the thieves of time

My inevitable example:

The amount of stuff I've found myself doing this morning and into the afternoon putting off writing this blog post...

I know there was a reason that I promised myself I would write at least one post a week, but right now it's escaping me.

Plus, I know I have, in the past, read blog posts by my favourite writers and gone "No! Why are you wasting time on blog posts when you need to be hard at work on your next novel! Go - write story things!"

So, that's it for now - I'm going to go write story things.

...Well, maybe after I've cleaned the bathroom. Oh, and there were those things I've been meaning to sort...

(On a more serious note, if you want to be kept updated about progress with our next novel, you can now add it to your 'to read' shelf.)