"Should" is the operative term here.

Probably the worst word you can say if you have a speech impediment. Well, make that the second worst word after "impediment", if you suffer from it.

There's always something significantly more interesting to do than what you should be doing. Somehow, everything I've ever wanted to look up in my entire life comes crashing in the minute I decide to sit at my laptop and finally get my Phd Proposal done. Nothing, and I mean nothing, matches watching the soon to be critiqued crappy romantic comedy still being filmed at Apple trailers.com when you in fact should be looking up definitions of critical theory for the thesis you ideally should be proposing. When else- you tell me- can I possibly work on my triceps with those 2kg purple dumbbells I just bought? When? After the proposal's done? Well that would take the sweat right out of it, wouldn't it?

But then I come to thinking as I procrastinate, why do we procrastinate? It has been said that those who procrastinate are in fact perfectionists, but I think that's bullshit really. Perfectionists worry after they've done the task, not procrastinate about doing it (I base these findings on one person, my best friend, an anally retentive perfectionist extraordinaire, and I consider these findings to be totally conclusive). I'm more inclined to be believe that it's about fear, which definitely applies to yours truly.

Dr. Piers Steel, psychologist at the University of Calgary has research that states that people are more likely to procrastinate if the task is less urgent, less appealing or daunting to the person facing the task. He also says, quite intelligently, that "other factors may be involved." Yeah. Finally, he ends his discussion on procrastination by saying that "more research is needed and the sooner it is collected, the better." So. What's HE doing then?

I'll end this little procrastinatory session with a quote by good ol' Monty Python that should get me working: "Procrastination is like masturbation.  At first it feels good, but in the end you're only screwing yourself. "