I’m over it. We are now on our 12th day of this new decade, and I’m sick of hearing about New Year’s resolutions, “Best of the year, decade, etc” lists, and am ready to just live in this new decade. That said, I read a fun article in the Washington Post by Jennifer LaRue Huget telling the New Years resolutions of three prominent healthful living experts. It’s a quick enjoyable read. Check it out.
In the NY Times reporter John Tierney comments on a Science Times podcast about procrastination of fun. That’s right. We all think procrastination of disagreeable tasks is a problem. Maybe putting off enjoyment and fun is as big a problem for many of us. Enjoy this –now:
Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow
For once, social scientists have discovered a flaw in the human psyche that will not be tedious to correct. You may not even need a support group. You could try on your own by starting with this simple New Year’s resolution: Have fun … now!
Jim Gorman, a science editor, explores some of the topics addressed in this week’s Science Times.
Then you just need the strength to cash in your gift certificates, drink that special bottle of wine, redeem your frequent flier miles and take that vacation you always promised yourself. If your resolve weakens, do not succumb to guilt or shame. Acknowledge what you are: a recovering procrastinator of pleasure.
It sounds odd, but this is actually a widespread form of procrastination — just ask the airlines and other marketers who save billions of dollars annually from gift certificates that expire unredeemed. Or the poets who have kept turning out exhortations to seize the day and gather rosebuds.
But it has taken awhile for psychologists and behavioral economists to analyze this condition. Now they have begun to explore the strange impulse to put off until tomorrow what could be enjoyed today. (check out the full article)
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