Feel free to add to the list!

1. It affects the lives of others (a CPA who needs to process someone's tax returns the DAY OF the due date because the client is ADD, etc.)

2. You take days to change the litter in your cat's litter box (ouch!)

3. You realize that the bad smell throughout the house in the past few days is from the tons of dishes that piled up in the kitchen sick - and not from the cat's litter box!

4. You remember to pay a bill when someone from Collection calls

5. You need to move to a new place in 3 days and all you did so far is mapquest the nearest UHaul location

6. You start a thread like this when all the above still need to get done :)

:eek:

Good one, ADDer. I could relate to that at different times in my life. Thank goodness I no longer have cats.

Pfft..easy -
When you don't deposit a 300$ check until the bank can't except it anymore :(

Pfft..easy -
When you don't deposit a 300$ check until the bank can't except it anymore :(

Are you my long lost twin??? I *just* found my $300 refund from the Dr's office from TWO YEARS AGO, sitting on my desk waiting to be deposited. :o

LOL this week I also found a $550 check from last year I never cashed...!

:D This is great! (I mean bad...in a great way:p)

Yeah.. now I'll wait another year and then call the bank to see if something can be done about this

lol

I can relate to this...
Having to ask grandma if she could give you this years and last years birthday check, because you just found last years check, after you put it in a "safe" place.

Still having your moms christmas present in your car ready to be shipped.( its a fairly large package too)

Barley passing a class because you only got partial credit on the 2" stack of homework you handed in on the last day of class....happened way too often...

hmmmm later is a good time for everything, but later never comes...

You know your Procrastination is bad when...

You have an assignment past due (overdue) and you still haven't started yet...

(done this myself...)

.......give your childs teacher the Valentines Day card you got for her on the first of March.:o

You know your procrastination is bad when...

1) It's cheaper to buy a DVD then to rent one from Blockbuster
2) It takes TWO trips to the dumpster to get all your trash out of the apartment
3) You know to pay your cable bill when it gets shut off.
4) All your late fees to your apartment can add up to a month's rent.
5) You buy new socks from Walmart because your laundry pile comes up to your waist.
6) When you know how far past 'Empty' you can go on your gas gauge.

I haven't even mentioned my good (aka: sad) ones either!

....when you are interviewing for a new job (in the same company), you know that you'll get a new job w/in a couple of weeks, your current filing is months behind and no one knows, AND you still keep hiding more documents for filing!

you have not unpacked boxes for 3 years.

You find the Christmas present you got for your sister in law, except she and your brother have been divorced for years, and she is dead.

Seriously, my sister did this, and then gifted the present to my brother's new wife! (don't tell her that)

You find the Christmas present you got for your sister in law, except she and your brother have been divorced for years, and she is dead.

Seriously, my sister did this, and then gifted the present to my brother's new wife! (don't tell her that)You better hope she doesn't have ADD and joins this forum.

True procrastination is when you have gone so long without feeding your two dogs that one day you can't find one and you wonder why the other is fatter...


No, I never did that! You people will believe anything! :D

You Know you Have Add when,

Hang On I'll have to finsih this post later, I have to....hmm...I forgot...

You know your procrastination is bad when...

1) It's cheaper to buy a DVD then to rent one from Blockbuster
I hear you bro.
(Carrying on in the same vein, it's cheaper to buy 3 books than borrow one from the library.)
You are chalking up heavy fines for a DVD you haven't even watched yet.
In fact, you never have any money to buy anything for yourself because all your money goes to overdue fines.
Food in your fridge has completely liquified.

You better hope she doesn't have ADD and joins this forum.
Nope. Not ADD. Just bipolar. :D

You collect your new student card for the year in the second semester.

You forget the password for your new Net Banking but don't call them to sort it out and spend the next year transferring money through someone else's account.

You genuinely intend to write a sincere thank you card to someone. That was three years ago and you still haven't posted the card.

You really want to cancel your donation to Greenpeace because you are extremely low on funds yourself but put off finding their phone number and when you finally get their phone number, put off calling them. Hence you remain broke.

You have clothes in your closet with the tags still on them. :rolleyes: Right next to the ones you don't wear anymore, hung up when you moved in,.... 5 and a half years ago.

u find urself eating off ur cleanest dirty plate (now where did i put those paper plates)..

when you renew your 05 inspection sticker in 2007.

http://noisebot.com/images/pro-navy.gifTeam "LATER"!!

When your 2004 income tax return still needs to be filed...and 2005...oh, and 2006 is due so very soon!

You realized you have to go to an event but the event is long past.

you vow to give up procrastination for lent . . . next year.

you have not unpacked boxes for 3 years.

I have one box I packed and labled 1997 and I have moved it seven times and still have yet to open it. . . .hope it isn't parshable.

When it's taken 2 days to post in this thread which is just so much about me it's not funny.

when you have a pair of soccer shoes from last fall that have been sitting in a box waiting to be returned to the online store you bought them from ..and you've already submitted a request for a free UPS shipping label from the company a FEW times and
its just gathering dust beside your dining room table.

when you drop out of college courses but you really don't 'drop' them, you just start no showing. and then you sell your books back a semester and half later...

when you drop out of college courses but you really don't 'drop' them, you just start no showing.I have quite a few of those on my academic record.

When you and your partner are sitting at home sweating cas its 90degrees inside. The airconditioner you say? You keep forgetting to call to have it repaired. The heat is just so distracting! *fans self*

when you drop out of college courses but you really don't 'drop' them, you just start no showing. and then you sell your books back a semester and half later...yup thats me to a T.

I had the worst attendance record out of all the students the year I was at college. I still got through..must have been all that hard work..ouch! I started a degree and couldn't find any of the lecture theatres the first day I was there so I didn't go back the next day. I started another degree (different faculty) several years later. I did half of that degree and then switched to another faculty. I finished the third degree, two kids and a few years later..(ADD = CLD = chaotic life disorder = doing too many things at once).

You know your Procrastination is bad when... Your pets have learned how to open the frige.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... There is so much alge in the pool, one of the people you payed to mow the grass fell in.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... the person you payed to mow the lawn needed a matchetie, and a compass.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... the cookies always need "another 5 minutes" untill they eventually turn into a fine black powder at the bottom of your oven.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... the liveing room furnuture doubbles as a dresser.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... its been so long since you re-colord your hair, people are complimenting you on your blonde tips.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... it takes you 2 hours to check the voice mails on your phone.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... people are starting to send you e-mails, telling you to check your e-mails.

You know your Procrastination is bad when... "sleep" becomes a option.

(I just hope that at least one of these were funny :p)

LOL x 9. Anyone would think you've been reading my mail!

Thanks to all who've contributed to this thread! Feel free to keep it going... I'll add some more myself this weekend!

From post # 2 in this thread:

Good one, ADDer. I could relate to that at different times in my life. Thank goodness I no longer have cats.


That is just too funny!

(disclosure: I have a cat!)


P.S. I have done most, not all, but most, of the things in this thread! I live up to my user name, I guess! I even procrastinate things I genuinely want to do!

I was going to, but I saw something shiny...


since distractible and procrastination are buds ... ... ...

when one reads the signature above and is then (staring at the avatar) away with the faeries (staring at the avatar) - wondering whether the shiny thing (staring at the avatar) was 'emerald' in the (staring at the avatar) distance at the end of the yellow brick road (staring at the avatar) ... ... ...

follow the yellow brick road ...
follow the yellow brick road ... ...
follow the yellow brick road ... ... ...

back to Kansas.

You know your a procrastinator when you realize that the puzzle on the table has been there for 2 years and still isnt finished.

When you move and you find tons of half done projects in your closet, including ones you started in Highschool. Then take them to your new house and put them in a craft closet to be done later.

:D Hahaha, this thread is hilarious, you guys have described my life! I have so many stories of my own, I don't even know where to start. I will post some things here later, not now.

(No, I am serious. One day you will scroll down and see my next post :foot: )

No, I am serious. One day you will scroll down and see my next post

Unless I put it off until "later"

You know your procrastination is bad when you put off thinking about stuff you shouldn't put off. . . . I'll procrastinate later. . . . right now I am just not going to think about hmmmm what was I saying???

Procrastination - an addiction to doing something else!

You know you are a procrastinator if the old joke doesn't read "How many [people of one group or the other] does it take to change a lightbulb?" but "How many years does it take to change a lightbulb?"
(In my parents' case the answer is: eight years and counting.)

You know you are a procrastinator ...
when one stops to marvel at
the unbearable lightness of being
which characterizes the underlying nature of most of what the majority of wo/man dedicate our precious lives towards ...

... procrastination is simply the sign of 'mind coming to its senses'.

No - I don't want potato salad and fries with that straight-up baked potato
... yes, I realise that the menu states potato salad and fries with all dishes exceeding $2.00
... but no - I don't want to worship at the feet of the myriad faces of potato this lunchtime
... what do you mean?
I have to accept the potato salad?
And the chips too?
... ... what do you mean - it says so on the computer screen?

man!

all-seeing eyes, potato eyes or inner eyes?

... ... ... the sign of 'mind coming to its senses'
... and about time too.

I started a degree and couldn't find any of the lecture theatres the first day I was there so I didn't go back the next day.

I have recurring dreams about going to some kind of class and not being to find where it is so I give up. And I don't recall that ever happening to me in college. Wonder what it means? :confused:

...you have "sort it out later" piles all over the house, and it's never "later"

...you load the dishwasher when the sink is full and there's no counter space

...you need new prescriptions and you end up going to the doctor when you have one day's worth left

u find urself eating off ur cleanest dirty plate (now where did i put those paper plates)..

I have done that many times.

How about, you know your procastination is bad when you start eating from pots and pans

you Know you Have put off Cleaning the House for WAAAAY too long when...

1. You have forgotten what color carpet you have

2. The telephone is ringing but you can't find it

3. There is a gold mine of treasures underneathe your bed. ( I myself have found money, packs of cigarettes, objects I had lost and couldn't find, and items I forgot I even had!! WOW!!!! Treasure hunting is FUUUUUN!!!).

4. You can write down phone numbers using the dust on your furniture

5. You can't figure out what that green moldy stuff in the refrigerator is

6. The cockroaches leave you a note that says, " Clean this place up!"

7. Washing the dishes is an all day project

8. You can't find your cat or dog

9. You open your closet and you get buried by a huge avalanche of stuff falling out

10. the sound of the door bell leaves you in an absolute panic

I keep trying to clean my house, but I'm the one doing the work.
My wife is an internet hog. LOL
We have seperate connections, but she's on hers all the time.
So "I" cut the grass, wash the clothes, wash the dishes (have a few but not as much since we switched to paper plates), wash the cars, etc.
I don't have time to clean the house really.
And if I do, I'm too tired.
She's a procrastinator, admittedly, and comes from a long line of them. LOL
I wish I had the luxury to procrastinate, but someone has to do something.
BTW Jett, #9 applies to me, only it's a room!