I even procrastinate with bananas!

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Seriously, I just realized how my procrastination works - I always, only ever do things if they absolutely need to be done... at the very last second. So, with bananas, I only eat them just before they go off... which means I'll probably eat six in two days, which is stupid, of course.

But, yeah somehow... this is the same for films too, even though I end up enjoying most of what I watch: I can only watch them on iPlayer just before they expire. And if I have something that I can watch indefinitely I end up never watching it.

It's not that I usually don't like what I'm going to do - although always an element of that - it's that somehow in my mind time doesn't exist, even though I *do* intend to consume whatever it is, time never ends up materializing. If I was a prideful business person I guess I'd say I was 'busy', but somehow I think that's even more pathetic as an excuse than only consuming something at the very last second.

Me too. Another hour down the toilet.

When I need to do some work I ALWAYS find something else to do, even if it's going to the toilet. Usually I'm on my third coffee before I eventually start (and then I'll need the toilet again).

Does coffee help you not procrastinate? (I don't regularly drink it, and technically I don't have 'work' to do as such, merely read and finish off what I intended to the day before.)

No, it doesn't, it probably makes it worse, I get more fidgety.

[Takes sip of 5th mug of coffee] Not for me. It tends to make it worse. I often say to myself: "I'll first have a nice cup of coffee, and then I'll start." And then I have another cup of coffee.

Hey, I procrastinate with bananas too! Only in my case I also forget they need eating, and end up having to throw them all away.

If you're tired of having to eat six of them at once, put some of them in a smoothie with yoghurt and some hazelnuts.

I don't really have anything helpful to add except that I know exactly what you mean and my life is lived that way too. I have to self-inflict deadlines or I wouldn't get anything done. I often miss them and have to set new ones since I couldn't be more awful at meeting deadlines, but at least it makes me more likely to do it than otherwise.

very entertaining thread title.

If you let the bananas go even a little longer you could make banana bread.......they have to be almost bad before you can make it so it'd be perfect (if you like banana bread).