Procrastination is actually a sign of giftedness! But let's talk about that next week! Procrastination isn't an indication of giftedness. On the contrary. Living with a partner who's taciturn and hard to motivate is a burden, so much for giftedness. Okay, fine. The joke's missing here. Clearly. So here it is: Last week, I asked my highly esteemed, eloquent colleague (a self-proclaimed procrastinator) via online chat if he could adjust the parameters x and y for our joint project so that it would steer towards a. (I won't explain a, x, and y here; it's irrelevant.) About 48 milliseconds later, his reply came: "Yes, I've definitely planned to do that on Monday!" Welcome to Procrastination Nation, where every task meets hesitation. “Yeah, I’ll do it Monday,” he declares with pride, though Monday’s always somewhere on the other side. Is this brilliance or pure delay? Tell me, friend - do geniuses work this way? --> He wrote that! --> On Tuesday! My reply took me longer than his 48 milliseconds, and you can read it above. That's the sentence about his giftedness. I hereby bow down to his genius! Welcome to Procrastination Nation, where every task meets hesitation. "Yeah, I’ll do it Monday," he declares with pride, though Monday’s always somewhere on the other side. Is this brilliance or pure delay? Tell me, friend - do geniuses work this way?
