Saying hello...

Writing an introduction to you all to say hello. I recognize myself as a life-long procrastinator. I have several years 12 step experience, both working through the steps myself and helping others to do the same. As a result of multiple 4th & 5th steps, I recognized procrastination as a primary destructive habit pattern some years ago. While I am fairly successful in a very competitive creative field, nonetheless, I waste a LOT of time. Most of the time, I set my own schedule. After years consistent effort, of my own resources, the most I've been able to adhere to such a schedule is perhaps 2 out of 5 days--even when the schedule I lay out for myself is well-considered and realistic. Other manifestations of serious procrastination include the following: taxes very late, or unfiled, several years in a row; multiple creative projects that are well funded and ready to go, waiting on action from me that fall by the wayside due to my inactivity; small home improvement projects that I stop in the middle of doing that wait a year or more for completion or are dropped; and, perhaps most tellingly, procrastinating about doing anything about procrastination to such an extent that I'd completely lost touch with it as a major problem that I need to address until my wife sent me the BBC article. I've sought other 12 step programs related to productivity and I do not suffer from the particular spiritual pathology that they seek to address. I qualify for this program, however, quite completely. I just took Piers Steel's procrastination survey and received a 100 out of 100, 'achieving' Master Procrastinator status. As I write this, I'm thoroughly humbled by the Steel's survey process. I'm currently directly experiencing ego-deflation at depth. While this experience is far from comfortable, past experience teaches me that this is a fundamental, and essential, part of the coming transformation process. At least I hope it's coming! Needless to say, I feel I'm in the right place. I'm here to receive help and perhaps one day to offer it. Thank you all for your efforts. I look forward to sharing in this journey with you all.