Comments on: Coming Out of the Flake Closet http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/ Getting Things Done in Spite of Yourself Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LaVonne Ellis http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-759 LaVonne Ellis Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:47:25 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-759 Ah, what I get out of it -- now, that is a good question! I get to fantasize about all the great things I'm going to do without having to actually do them, for one thing. I get attention from other flakes who commiserate with me in the comments. And of course, I get to COMPLAIN about it, lol. With an lol, so people know I'm in on the joke. Lol. Ah, what I get out of it — now, that is a good question! I get to fantasize about all the great things I'm going to do without having to actually do them, for one thing. I get attention from other flakes who commiserate with me in the comments. And of course, I get to COMPLAIN about it, lol. With an lol, so people know I'm in on the joke. Lol.

]]> By: Linda Esposito http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Linda Esposito Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:41:08 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-758 I'm trying not to piss off by ya know, analyzing your flakiness, but maybe just ask yourself what you get out of it? Afterall, there's an ulterior gain to almost everything we do, even if it is something that we're not necessarily happy about.<br><br>I just sat down to write a post on anger, and here I am, procrastinating...We're all somewhere on that spectrum!<br><br>Great post! I'm trying not to piss off by ya know, analyzing your flakiness, but maybe just ask yourself what you get out of it? Afterall, there's an ulterior gain to almost everything we do, even if it is something that we're not necessarily happy about.

I just sat down to write a post on anger, and here I am, procrastinating…We're all somewhere on that spectrum!

Great post!

]]> By: LaVonne Ellis http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-549 LaVonne Ellis Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:52:58 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-549 Wow, does THAT sound familiar. Good tip, thanks! Wow, does THAT sound familiar. Good tip, thanks!

]]> By: mzumtaylor http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-548 mzumtaylor Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:44:44 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-548 I have found that if I have two projects going at once, I am much more likely to get something done. If I'm not working on one, I can be working on the other. But, if I only have one project going, I don't get anything done because I procrastinate by doing something completely unproductive. I have found that if I have two projects going at once, I am much more likely to get something done. If I'm not working on one, I can be working on the other. But, if I only have one project going, I don't get anything done because I procrastinate by doing something completely unproductive.

]]> By: LaVonne Ellis http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-547 LaVonne Ellis Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:10:38 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-547 I hear you there. Now that the blog is my 'something else,' I find I'm<br>actually getting the dishes done. I'm doing them to procrastinate on<br>blogging about procrastinating! I hear you there. Now that the blog is my 'something else,' I find I'm
actually getting the dishes done. I'm doing them to procrastinate on
blogging about procrastinating!

]]> By: mzumtaylor http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-546 mzumtaylor Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:49:45 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-546 Oh man, most of the time I managed to hide or subvert my complete flakiness and actually get things done (this took YEARS of practice, and possibly multiple personalities, at least one of whom is NOT a flake), but every so often I despair at getting anything done that means anything. <br><br>Sonia's post was a revelation to me, too, especially coming from someone I admire as much as I admire her. <br><br>You've got yourself an avid reader, I look forward to going through your blog while procrastinating on doing something else. ^_^ Oh man, most of the time I managed to hide or subvert my complete flakiness and actually get things done (this took YEARS of practice, and possibly multiple personalities, at least one of whom is NOT a flake), but every so often I despair at getting anything done that means anything.

Sonia's post was a revelation to me, too, especially coming from someone I admire as much as I admire her.

You've got yourself an avid reader, I look forward to going through your blog while procrastinating on doing something else. ^_^

]]> By: LaVonne Ellis http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-63 LaVonne Ellis Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:52:58 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-63 Wow, does THAT sound familiar. Good tip, thanks! Wow, does THAT sound familiar. Good tip, thanks!

]]> By: mzumtaylor http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-62 mzumtaylor Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:44:44 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-62 I have found that if I have two projects going at once, I am much more likely to get something done. If I'm not working on one, I can be working on the other. But, if I only have one project going, I don't get anything done because I procrastinate by doing something completely unproductive. I have found that if I have two projects going at once, I am much more likely to get something done. If I'm not working on one, I can be working on the other. But, if I only have one project going, I don't get anything done because I procrastinate by doing something completely unproductive.

]]> By: LaVonne Ellis http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-60 LaVonne Ellis Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:10:38 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-60 I hear you there. Now that the blog is my 'something else,' I find I'm<br>actually getting the dishes done. I'm doing them to procrastinate on<br>blogging about procrastinating! I hear you there. Now that the blog is my 'something else,' I find I'm
actually getting the dishes done. I'm doing them to procrastinate on
blogging about procrastinating!

]]> By: mzumtaylor http://completeflake.com/coming-out-of-the-flake-closet/comment-page-1/#comment-59 mzumtaylor Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:49:45 +0000 http://flake.webhostplanet.org/coming-out-flake-closet/#comment-59 Oh man, most of the time I managed to hide or subvert my complete flakiness and actually get things done (this took YEARS of practice, and possibly multiple personalities, at least one of whom is NOT a flake), but every so often I despair at getting anything done that means anything. <br><br>Sonia's post was a revelation to me, too, especially coming from someone I admire as much as I admire her. <br><br>You've got yourself an avid reader, I look forward to going through your blog while procrastinating on doing something else. ^_^ Oh man, most of the time I managed to hide or subvert my complete flakiness and actually get things done (this took YEARS of practice, and possibly multiple personalities, at least one of whom is NOT a flake), but every so often I despair at getting anything done that means anything.

Sonia's post was a revelation to me, too, especially coming from someone I admire as much as I admire her.

You've got yourself an avid reader, I look forward to going through your blog while procrastinating on doing something else. ^_^

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