procrasticleaning
Today I offer you a gift. The gift of gab. Sort of. Today you will have one new word to gab with. See, this blog is educational. Tell that to your boss or nosey coworker next time you get caught surfing here.
Question: Have you ever had stuff that you had to do, but you didn’t really want to do it? If you answered “no” to this question then you probably have the sideburns of the future; you come from a time where conquering aliens dominate the earth. The aliens made us more efficient slaves by genetically engineering us to not procrastinate. However, those of you not from the alien slave future know what I’m talking about.
My friend Stephanie told me that she had a habit of cleaning up around the house when she’s trying to avoid work. She then told me she calls this “procrasticleaning”. I think this is a freelancer phenomenon. Who else is at home trying to avoid work? If you’re cleaning up around the office when trying to avoid work, your co-workers will think you’ve gone insane. What does the janitor do when s/he needs to procrastinate? Does s/he sit in a cubicle and write up a few memos?
That’s all for now. Stop procrastireadingmyblog and get back to work. Or take a few minutes more to procrasticontributeacomment…
May 10th, 2005 at 7:23 am
Not only do I procrasticlean, I procrastivent. When I am pissed, I clean — rapidly. It’s cathartic, I swear! Nothin’ like a good clean argument with some person to trigger my not-so-discreet need for control and, by extension, a cleaning flurry.
Based on the current state of my apartment (dirty), I apparently have not gotten in enough arguments lately, and I do not have enough work to do.
May 11th, 2005 at 2:34 pm
Sorry to correct you, but I believe that’s called a venticlean. If you disagree, we can argue about it and maybe then you can get that dirty apartment under control.
May 25th, 2005 at 9:25 pm
I am a closet-procrasticleaner. I only clean when I have way too much work to do and only when no one is home… if anyone asks, it was the cleaning fairies doing the cleaning… becuase *I* was doing my homework the ENTIRE time.
May 27th, 2005 at 1:01 pm
Really, this is not just a freelance thing. Talk to female students and you’ll discover procrasticlean starts in undergrad and gets much, much worse in grad school. Just can’t study if the apartment’s not clean because it’s “too distracting.” Kinda makes sense if you consider the space we live and work in (especially dangerouse if the two are the same place)as a reflection of our mental and emotional state. I think that’s why so many people study at coffeeshops and bookstores now - because they can’t clean there!