A deadline comes to chew up a worker.
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deadline, deadlines, stress, stresses, stressful, worker, workers, working, job, jobs, career, careers, conveyor belt, conveyor belts, under the gun, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, put off, putting off, gear, gears, cog, cogs, cog in a machine, cogs in a machine, cog in the machine, cogs in the machine, modern life, modern times, white collar, white collar job, white collar jobs, cubicle, cubicles, anxiety, anxieties, anxious, anxiousness, stress, stressor, stressors, cope, copes, coping"Sometimes it's important to stop whatever break you're taking and just do the work."
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procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, break, breaks, writing break, writing breaks, writer, writers, author, authors, journalist, journalists, journalism, take breaks, taking breaks, office drone, office drones, office worker, office workers, worker, workers, manager, managers, management, tip, tips, worklife, corporate culture, corporate mentality, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, break room, break rooms, slacker, slackers, slack off, slacking off, put off, putting off, work, works"Now you're going to be procrastinating with the big boys."
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office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, boss, bosses, manager, managers, management, employer, employers, employee, employees, employment, procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, promote, promotion, promotions, big boy, big boys, men, man, hierarchy, promoted"We're still moving in."
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move, moves, move in, moves in, moving in, box, boxes, moving box, moving boxes, unpack, unpacks, unpacking, dinner party, dinner parties, host, hosts, hosting, lazy, laziness, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination, slacker, slackers, slack off, slacks off, slacking off"I'm listing my deadlines by due date so I can miss them in chronological order."
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deadline, deadlines, paperwork, due date, due dates, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinating, lazy, laziness, chronological order, shirk, shirking, irresponsible, irresponsibility, business woman, business women, businesswoman, businesswomen, businessperson, businessperson, business people, modern life, modern attitudes, fail, failed, failing"You're on our 'to do' list."
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couple, couples, double, double up, double date, dating, socialise, socialising, socialised, socialize, socializing, socialized, visit, visits, visiting, courtesy, courtesies, courteous, friend, friendship, friendships, friendly, companion, companions, plan, planned, planning, plans, to do, to do list, to-do, to-do list, lists, productivity, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinating, catch up, catch-up, swinging, schedule, schedules, visit, visiting, visits, modern, modern life, modern world, busy, poly, polyamory, poly-amorous"When you're through with that, there's a water cooler on seven that needs emptying."
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water cooler, water coolers, stall, stalls, stalling, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, break room, break rooms, breakroom, breakrooms, lunch break, lunch breaks, long lunch break, long lunch breaks, waste time, wasting time, loiter, loiters, loitering, office drone, office drones, office worker, office workers, linger, lingers, lingering, caught, rebuke, rebukes, sarcastic, sarcasm"The siege was yesterday."
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history, historical, historically, siege, siges, sieged, castle, castles, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination, deadline, deadlines, missed deadline, missed deadlines, diary, calendar, missed, invade, invaded, invading, invasion, medieval, peasant, peasants"It's great for multicrastinating."
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procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinator, procrastinators, lazy, laziness, multi-tasking, multitasking, multi-tasker, multi-taskers, multitasker, multitaskers, productive, productivity, desk, desks, work, computer, computers, standing desk, standing desks, treadmill, treadmills, exercise, exercise equipment, exercise machine, exercise machines, health, fitness, couch potato, couch potatoes, putting it off, putting things off, modern life, millennial, millennialsThe artist wakes refreshed, creative juices flowing.
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wake, wakes, waking, wake up, wakes up, waking up, cubist, cubists, cubism, inspiration, inspirations, idea, ideas, relax, relaxes, relaxing, relaxation, work from home, works from home, working from home, startle, startles, startling, nap, naps, napping, nap time, artist, artists, artistry, creative, creativity, creative process, creative processes, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination"Hey, I'm thirsty. I need a drink. A drink and a liverwurst sandwich. Hey, how about a sandwich and a beer down at Gallagher's, then we can go shoot some pool? Or maybe take in a movie. Hey, I'm talking to you."
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writer, writers, writing, author, authors, typing, muse, muses, writer's block, distraction, distractions, distracting, distracted, brain, brains, train of thought, losing focus, concentration, journalism, reporter, reporters, journalist, journalists, procrastination, procrastinating, procrastinator, procrastinators, bothering, annoying, angel, angelsWhat Harper Lee's REALLY been up to all these years
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literature, literary, novel, novels, american novel, great american novel, novelist, novelists, writer, writers, writing, write, you should be writing, books, book, bookish, book lover, book lovers, book worm, book worms, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinates, procrastinating, careers, career, career change, career advice, careers advisor, careers adviser, mmo, mmorpg, ghostwriting, ghost writer, ghost writing, witchcraft, wicca, witch craft, wiccan, age, ageing, aged"I make sure I spend six hours a day in front of my typewriter whether I have any ideas or not."
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typewriter, typewriters, typewriting, writer's block, writers block, author, authors, writer, writers, writing, tip, tips, trick, tricks, idea, ideas, inspiration, inspirations, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination, drink, drinks, drinking, drinker, drinkers, thought, thoughts"I find watering the plants in the middle of a conversation helps me keep my mind of what you're saying."
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distraction, distractions, distraction technique, distraction techniques, conversation, conversations, office plant, office plants, houseplant, houseplants, procrastination, procrastinating, water can, businessmen, businessman, bad manners, rude, rudeness, focus, focused, diversion, diversions, diverting, diverted, multitask, multitasking, multitasked, multitasks"I'm behind on my carrots."
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carrot, carrots, eat, eats, eating, diet, diets, special diet, special diets, vegetable, vegetables, jargon, boardroom, boardrooms, meeting, meetings, procrastinate, procrastinates, procrastinating, procrastination, cliche, cliches, business meeting, business meetings, executive meeting, executive meetings, catch up, catches up, catching up, playing catch up"From nine until one, you'll be getting nothing done. From one until five, you'll be asking yourself how that was possible."
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remote worker, remote workers, remote working, e worker, e workers, e working, e-worker, e-workers, e-working, eworker, eworkers, eworking, procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinator, procrastinators, lazy, laziness, theft, thief, thieves, steak, stealing, stealing work, plagiarise, plagiariser, plagiarism, plagiarisers, plagiarize, plagiarizer, plagiarizers, cafe, cafes, coffee shop, coffe shops"I would have gotten that report to you sooner, but I wasn't held enough as a child."
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upbringing, neglect, neglected, childhood, kid, kids, child, lazy, laziness, procrastination, procrastinating, excuse, excuses, making excuses, bad excuse, bad excuse, office work, office worker, office workers, report, reports, dodge, dodging, slack, slacker, slackers, child neglect, childhood neglects, early development, childhood development, businessman, businessmen, business person, business people, business man, business men, businessperson"Sharp pencils, clean paper, good light, comfortable chair, hot coffee, warm room... ready to work... perhaps the room is too warm..."
"Hey, can I call you right back in two weeks?"
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procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, procrastinates, procrastinated, exec, executive, executives, word play, word-play, play on words, businessmen, business man, office work, desk job, phone, phonecall, call back, call you back, postpone, postponed, postpones, management, manager, managers, managerial, put off, putting it off, put it off, workload, work load, busy, busier, busier and busier, backlog, back log, piling up, pile up, big business"I'll now show the doodles form the last committee meeting."
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committee, committees, meeting, meetings, doodle, doodles, doodling, doodler, doodlers, distraction, distractions, procrastination, procrastinations, procrastinating, procrastinate, procrastinated, office job, office jobs, office worker, office workers, attention span, attention spans, paying attention"Let's talk about it in the morning."
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stabbed, stabbing, stabbings, argument, arguments, procrastination, procrastinating, bad relationship, bad relationships, domestic, domestics, domestic argument, domestic arguments, underreact, under reaction, under reacting, underreacting, sharing a bed, sleeping together, living together, communication, relationship, relationships, wait, waiting, patience, ignore, ignoring, not dealing with a problem, dealing with a problem, problem, problems, issue, issues, resolve, unresolved, resolved