Procrastination

Procrastinate: verb - to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring

for some reason (and its not a hard reason to comprehend I'm sure) when ever essays are due there is always something far more interesting to do. suddenly my muse decides to throw everything at me and i MUST sit and write. Or the floor suddenly seems particularly dirty and i MUST vacuum. or there is washing to do and dogs to walk and new recipes to try and ovens to clean and emails to catch up on and things to edit..... it goes on and on with things that are ultimately more exciting that writing a few thousand words on the Cold War, or African oil production.

House work does seem to be a prevailing theme however - that's not necessarily a bad thing i suppose. except that it is never done. you can dust on Tuesday and by Thursday the dust will be back. the dishes that you do in the morning will fill the sink again by night. it is an endless cycle of tedious and unpleasant tasks.

perhaps that is why it is so good for procrastinating - there is always something else to do.