Productive Procrastination

It’s Sunday night.

I’ve put off my homework all day long.

I’ve got to get it done.

I sit down, ponder beginning, and turn to my left and my right.

“Huh..” I ponder aloud, “my room is dirty..”

Without hesitation, I stand up and begin cleaning. This goes on for a while. Before I know it, it’s an hour and a half later, and I am still no closer to getting any of my homework done.

Why is this?

Productive Procrastination.

You see, lazy is a good feeling, but when it is accompanied by the feeling of not getting something important (such as homework) done, then negative emotions start sneaking in. Whenever I want to feel lazy, but have something important to be doing, I start cleaning my room. This way I can procrastinate, without the cost of the bad feelings of not doing that one, necessary thing. The feeling of being productive (cleaning my room) fully counters the feeling of procrastination (homework). This is productive procrastination.

I don’t really have more to add than that, but does anyone else suffer from the same problem?