Just as I thought that I had got it sorted

Yep - I've whizzed through my life, wasted most of it and now I don't know what to do with the bit of time I have left. Can't go back to school and do it properly ... can't go back and sort out my lack of parenting skills ... can't get motivated enough to get off my hefty backside at all. All that haste for nowt ...

I am a big procrastinator and I have tendency to procrastinate till is too late. I have to work hard on my habits, I have learn that finishing everything early pays off....

Yep. Like, just when I thought I had a certain Mr. Fish sorted and swimming upstream to spawn with ........(just what do you call a female fish?), he makes a Uturn and starts swimming downstream and I'm left in the shallows thinking 'what the hell....'. Ok, ignore me. That just popped into my head when I saw this in my inbox and my fingers got ahead of my good sense.................. ROFL

LOL no. I'm one of those procrastinators that come skidding in at the last minute. Its the same with pretty much everything in my life. If company is coming, even if I have a weeks notice, i'm still scrambling to get the cleaning done as they are pulling in the driveway. All my paperwork is turned in at the last possible second and my bills always arrive on (or sometimes a little after) the due date LOL. Oh well, makes life interesting.

Yeah, but if you are early, you know you won't be late getting it handed in.

Hi Pikey! I don't remember having this happen to me when it was just me but I am sure it must have at some point in my life! If I have a deadline and if I am in Complete control, (no one to depend on for anything), then whatever needs to be done Will be done early with plenty of time to spare. I hate to wait until the last minute to do something, although at times, when I need someones help etc. then I must wait and of course go on their time schedule and many times I find in this case things get done at the skin of the teeth so to speak! This makes me a raving lunatic because I Hate to be late, I Hate for anyone to wait on me and I Hate to be short of time running around like crazy getting all upset that something will not reach the deadline when I could have taken my time and sailed through the project with plenty of time to spare. Then I have no worries and can play all I want while all of the other fools are running around going nuts! I always find also if something is due by a certain time and the deadline is not met then there is always a price and punishment to be paid for being tardy!! Oh look at me! Now I sound like one of those old time school Ma'am's with the wool sweaters, skirts, socks and sensible shoes carrying a paddle around school ready to spank all the bad little boys!!

I can honestly say that has never happened to me...it's more likely that I would be handing something in too late...thinking I had an extra week and taking my sweet time to make it "perfect" when if I had handed it in when finished I would have been on time.

Hi p1ke, am sure that has happend to me but my memory forsake's me at the moment to think of a time that I have had to do something and done it before needed..yet my memory is awful anyway...lol...hugs LoLo

that drives me nuts! of course im usually the one that rushes no matter what so i wont be late (although i have been slacking and becoming a person putting stuff off) but yeah when i think i have to have it done earlier than i thought and im wrong i do get irritated because that was more stress than should have been on me

yeah i am usually one to rush things to get things done but i rather have it done way early than constantly be thinking "will i have enough time if i put it off till tomorrow/next week/etc)

Hi p1key, Well at least you don't have to worry about them now and relax, the only time I've done something like that was when my hubby came home with some new trousers fro work and he asked me to turn the hem up, there I was kiling myself to do them as he has to take them back and change each time he goes in, so when Idne them only for him to tell me he won't be nedding them till the end of the month as he was moveing department and he was not in a hurry, grrr. Hugs. Tamara xxxx

Not very often. I've worked on my sense of procrastination so long that it's generally more like an artform...lol. Any loose ends, where I used to finish a few things ahead of schedule have been corrected by the discovery of websites like this one. Now instead of thinking about the time that something should be done by, I'm more thinking about a target day...or even week.

I've done that before--usually after finishing something before the deadline, I'll give myself time to relax. I'll sit and read a book or go to the park. It's a nice change from being stressed out while procrastinating.

the key is time management. and knowing the real deadlines. i mean, you can do stuff in advance because for example you have a lot of other things to do.

this reminds me of my school days when i thought there is exam the next day(monday),so i was burning the midnight oil,only to realise the next day that the exam was on following monday!!

I don't see why being in this situation upsets you. If you unexpectedly finish something much in advance, and then find you have extra time, that is fabulous. We sometimes then to procrastinate whenever we know the time something is due. We tend to do it just before the due date. This creates a lot of stress. How wonderful to find that you are finished way ahead of time and can now relax. It's like finding a 20 dollar bill you didn't know you had in that old jacket that you decided to put on again.

Hi P1kef1sh, the only time I can remember getting everything organized thinking I only had that day to do it was when I was expecting guests so I got all the bedding and towels all washed and ironed and put back on the beds only for them ringing at the last moment saying it would be the following weekend instead, but at least it was ready well in advance and I could relax a bit before they arrived knowing the spare room was done LOL Huggles. Ellie :D

Usually I work in haste. I'm a lazy type of man. When I get a task I usually waste time.Without pressure I can't work. Sometimes beyond my expectation I get good result.

Lol i've been in such situation where i was asked to make a presentation and i was at the office till 11 in the evening making it..but then the next day the presentation did not push through..ughhh it was really irritating and dissappointing.

Oh sure. But what a wonderful feeling, knowing it was ready and I didn't have to worry about it any more. You're right about all the time getting filled up with other things though. It's just life.