procrastination

sometimes when it is really bad and i really shouldn't and i have tests coming up and i have deadlines to meet and people i should see but don't... it is at times like these that i use my favorite little tactic of sudden antiprocrastination initiative...

i write a 'to do' list of things i have already done in the last few days (with perhaps the rare inclusion of a few new items) and slowly and methodically put ticks next to words and phrases. every new tick makes me feel increasingly productive until by the end of ticking of all my done items i feel like i have been admiringly busy and need a break.