Introductions and Procrastination Discussion

My name is Odette. I stumbled upon this forum today and immediately knew I had to join, because procrastination is taking over my life. I am a 20-year-old junior in college who has let her good grades for the semester slip almost out of reach. Procrastination has never been a problem until now, because until this year I never had to study. I made it through college courses in my high school years and first two years of college with all A's, but now that the courses are getting difficult I've found myself in a gridlock.

  My birthday was at the end of August. My Mother lives rather far away, so she mailed me my birthday present. It was an absolutely lovely present, and I should have called her right away to thank her...but I didn't. She sent me an email at the end of September, because she was worried I didn't get the gift. I still didn't call her. She called and left a message on my phone last week, and she sounded very hurt. I still haven't called her. I've thought about it everyday since my birthday, but I haven't done it.

Hi Everyone,

I'm Bodhi - a world class procrastinator ;-) I joined recently thinking I would benefit by doing the daily check-in that many of you do. As someone who works alone from home (theorectically ;) it is so valuable to have a way to externalize my process knowing others are there "listening" in some sense... I'm sure it can help to deal with the isolation of working from home. I've been hesitant to start this process though, I feel like I'm needing more than to post my to do list for the day.

Hi everyone!

I just found this website today and could nearly have cried with recognition.  I am so a procrastination addict.  I had no idea there was such a thing but after reading about "crisis junkies" I obsessively searched the interwebs for more, more, more...!  I am incredibly relieved to be able to label what's wrong with me, having chased after so many other explanations and never having felt quite satisfied that I'd hit exactly on it yet.

Hi, I'm a smart, capable, and well-intentioned person who can't seem to DO anything.

There's a passage in the literature of another 12 Step fellowship to that just totally speaks to me as a "multi-position-player" type of addict:

I just read this new blog post about procrastination which makes some interesting suggestions I've not seen elsewhere, including focusing on and enjoying the small task we're in the midst of, rather than focusing on what we're dreading in the future.

http://zenhabits.net/procrastination/

Mollie2007

Is there any support available for the family members and friends of compulsive procrastinators?  Does anyone have a significant other who would like to get in touch with others who understand?

My hubby has a lot of program and would probably be great to talk to, but I haven't asked him if that's okay :P