Thanks for sharing your list. It was brave of you to share some of your personal reasons for do things you consider unproductive.

I think all people probably procrastinate at least some of the time, but I also think it is important to achieve balance.  We spend a lot of time beating ourselves up about what we "should" do.  And then proceed to procrastinate anyway.  So maybe cut down on the guilt and accept the fact that we are human and need a little facebook time now and again.  Not everything is equally fun in our lives, but until we are actually ready to do those unpleasant tasks, we are going to fiddle around.  I'm procrastinating about a stack of papers I need to grade as I type this.

But remember that creativity needs time and space to grow and you never know what will seed your next blog post or great idea.  The news, facebook, twitter, and a lot of other distractions help me find the inspiration to focus and get what needs doing done.

So thanks for sharing your thoughts and giving me a little place where I can think about procrastination. I'm headed off to grade those papers now because I'm ready, and because you've reminded me that I'm not alone.

Deb