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Thirteen "Hypocritical" Time-Wasting Games

September 24, 2002

1. "Shuffling through the same papers or clutter over and over.
2. Playing computer games.
3. Having long, chatty telephone calls that aren't important to you.
4. Lingering with unexpected visitors who aren't important to you.
5. Surfing the Web.
6. Attending unnecessary meetings.
7. Working aimlessly without objectives, priorities, or deadlines.
8. Trying to do too many things at once and underestimating the time available to do them all.
9. Being indecisive.
10. Saying yes when you should be saying no.
11. Pushing yourself when you're too tired to function well.
12. Doing things that don't need to be done (or that somebody else could do).
13. Doing an excessive amount of preparation (Emmett, 2000, p. 49)."

Reference:  Emmett, R. (2000).  The procrastinator's handbook: mastering the art of doing it now.  New York:  Walker and Company.

Do you play any of these games?

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Created: 2008-12-13, Updated: 2009-01-06