Procrastination for the Nation

I've been planning to write this blog entry for oooooh about three days now. For once reason or another I just couldn't do it. At first I blamed it on the fact that I couldn't settle on a subject. My train of thought shifted indecisively between yet more tales of the London Underground and the tried-and-tested assorted ponderings on the meaning of life.

It seems I quickly dismissed the former idea on the grounds that I had already made such a post under a week ago, and despite it being one of my favourite topics I did not want to cause my vast numbers of readers and minions to defect elseblog. EVEN though I have recently discovered that loads of Tube Stations are haunted and I really want to tell you about them.... but...

This left me no choice but to post on the latter subject, which, until this morning, I had plenty of opinions on and an actual formation of an idea in mind. However, when I sat down to write my blog, I promptly forgot what I was going to write. This led me to think about how bad my memory can be, especially when being selective.

THEN I got thinking about how I tend to write blogs when I should be working, and how whenever I have seemingly endless quantities of time to play with, I can never come up with any content of substance.

I therefore present you with:

The Procrastinator's Creed

1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.
   
2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.
   
3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.
   
4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to
   the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from
   missing them.
   
5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for
   new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve
   from my obligations.
   
6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable
   regardless of the amount of time given.
   
7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle,
   though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.
   
8. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.
   
9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I
   decide to change my mind.
   
10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step,
    and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.
    
11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that
    the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the
    work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task.
    
12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is
    wait/plan/plan.
    
13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget
    about forever.
    
14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-
    Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator's Society) if they ever
    get it organised.