What do you most often postpone and avoid doing? What do you find yourself doing instead of what you should be doing?
What do you procrastinate with the most?
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What do you most often postpone and avoid doing? What do you find yourself doing instead of what you should be doing?
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I procrastinate doing laundry. I’ll see the pile growing, think “I’ll do it tomorrow,” and then suddenly I’m binge-watching a show I’ve already seen three times.
Admin stuff, it’s stupid because it’s important and it’s stressing me out because it’s always on my mind
Tedious work tasks and deep cleaning. I hate deep cleaning. I do a lot of light maintenance cleaning so the deep cleaning isn’t ever bad but I just don’t like it.
Laundry (I have a handicap with my right hand so it’s frustrating to do it). And making appointments.
Paying my phone bill. Everything else is paid on time, but I’m at home usually so I use wifi and don’t need data and I hate calls, so why should I pay for it
Refill prescriptions, meal planning and leaving for work.
Everything
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Laundry. SO MUCH.
Getting my Airbnb ready for an arriving guest. Check in is at 3pm, but so often I’ll wait until like 11am before I start washing the bedding. I used to be so much better about getting everything done the day before. I’m sure one day my procrastination will bite me in the butt. Lol
Piddly little home repairs. I know I’m more than capable of holding a screw driver, but I just hate changing that broken doorknob or replacing a burnt out light bulb. Currently, my sink needs some new silicone to seal it, and it’s been over a month. It’ll take 15 minutes to do the job, but I just don’t want to.
laundry, changing the bed sheets, i have a king sized kinda thick mattress and im only 5’6 125lbs 😂 so its hard to lift the mattress and clip the sheets back on after changing it
Everything 😂
Life
Making doctors appointments even when I know I need them
Making appointments
My Doom Room. The spare room aka Doom Room has so much stuff dumped in it that needs doing. Old clothes for the charity shop, toys, Xmas stuff that needs properly putting away (yes I know it’s march), old furniture that needs to go to the tip… i just pile stuff in there, put it on my mental to-do list, shut the door, and pretend it doesn’t exist.
Sorting through my wardrobe. Every now and again I think, ah yes I’ll go through it and donate what I no longer wear. It gets more overwhelming with time.
making phone calls (even though once im on the phone I have no problem talking) and scheduling appointments (doctors, dentist, literally anything ugh)
Mostly everything, but usually housework and chores are the worst!
I’ll tell you later
Cleaning baseboards, under coaches/ beds/ appliances, vents, etc.
Hair day! I have wavy curly hair and it takes so much effort to do it , plus my hair days are also my everything shower days so shaving with a full routine that includes exfoliating and sometimes a hair mask
TAKES HOURSSS
Boring day to day tasks. Wait until the last minute so it takes as little time as possible
Folding laundry, making phone calls, scheduling doctor appointments for me (but I schedule vet appt for my girl seconds after I think something is wrong with her).
Laundry. Specifically folding
Laundry and dishes. They were my responsibility since I was 8 years old, and I grew to hate them so much, it has carried into adulthood.
Cleaning… showering, brushing my teeth/washing my face (especially at night)
Putting anything away that doesn’t have a designated “home”.
Cleaning! I hate it, especially when my 4 kids make the mess and I have to clean it every day.
reading a book that gets boring, but because of the feeling of incompleteness, I can’t stop reading
Burocracy. It’s embarrassing really.
I’m a productive procrastinator.
If I had to study, then suddenly I needed to clean my room, or do my laundry, or do the dishes or something lol.
classes, i usually find myself doomscrolling or watching youtube instead of finishing lectures, later I feel guilty about it
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Admin.
Don’t mind cleaning or cooking. Hate taxes, forms, official letters. It’s not that bad when I start but the sheer amount just seems to increase as the years go by…
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I find myself mindlessly scrolling instead of just doing the dishes. It’s a problem
Let’s see… making dinner, getting gas before my weekly work commute, my taxes, letting my job know I have dr appt on the 31st of this month, getting court date for my name change (I got divorced in 2019). There’s laundry still in the wash from Sunday……You know just regular stuff.
Chores. I hate housework lol
calling people or cancelling plans I’m soooo bad for that
Sleep…
Hilariously, I don’t really procrastinate anything else my life except this lol
Taking care of myself inst and if everyone else
Getting ready for bed
Adulting, as well as anything that doesn’t provide instant gratification.
Anything adult like… renewing license, paying taxes, ect
Month end reports for work as a department manager.
It’s there before the deadline, like right before…
I be volunteering more of my time to help my team with their duties 🤣
Doing my laundry. I have to hype myself up to fold it
Living my life
Laundry and dishes
Paperwork work, folding clothes, cleaning.