Main Entry: pro·cras·ti·nate from the Merriam-Webster online Dictionary
Pronunciation: \prō-'kras-tə-'nāt, -\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -nat·ed; -nat·ing
Etymology: Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, from pro- forward + crastinus of tomorrow, from cras tomorrow
Date: 1588
transitive verb
: to put off intentionally and habitually
intransitive verb
: to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done
synonyms see delay
— pro·cras·ti·na·tion \ noun
— pro·cras·ti·na·tor \ noun
Some days...I'm just raring to go. I set up all my stuff in a pile and I work through it. I accomplish.
Other days...I'd rather shovel snow than actually get work done.
Today is one of those days. Must...resist...the urge to waste time...must... I promise I'll get to work as soon as I sharpen all the toothpicks and paint the dog's toenails and prune the poinsettias and restack the dishes and count my thumbtacks...somebody help get me motivated, please?
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