Background: Jim Gordon, who writes BossHatch, is a twenty-something who actually enjoys talking on the phone (I love talking on the phone:) and I really enjoy our conversations. I also love Jim since he recently took pity on me and kindly designed a new logo for Leadership Turn (launching soon—I hope).

Jim and I were having one of our ‘call me about X’ conversations that end up covering at least a dozen other topics. (Hey, we’re both interesting people.) In passing Jim said that he procrastinated and I said that in comparison to me he was a rank amateur.

We argued it a bit and I said I was going to write it about it, yet with no deadline I thought I’d do it next week. But Mr. Non-procrastinator did his today, so here I am doing mine for tomorrow, so we can link and do good things for our traffic.

First, I agree with Jim about the difference between procrastination and irresponsibility—my solution is to avoid as many commitments and deadlines as possible—a talent I’ve honed for years and at which I’m very good.

The most hilarious part of Jim’s post was when he said, “When talking to Miki, she mentioned her technique of writing everything a day (or even a week) in advance. As incredibly organized and efficient that method seems – writing articles at the last second just seems like the right thing to do – it feels natural.”

It was so funny I sent it to my sister and got back a note that said, “Miki and organized is an oxymoron.” (My big sister is the organized one.)

It was a misunderstanding. It’s Kelly and Bob who’ve been talking about how doing extra posts ahead makes it easier to meet b5’s contractual requirements their when they get busy. I’ve never been organized enough to write that far ahead.

I only recently managed to start writing tomorrow’s post today—mainly because I found that having it go live at 6 AM EST instead of 3 PM (I’m on the west coast) increased my paycheck, which motivates me.

I lived for 23 years in San Francisco, then three in San Mateo and I’ve been here nearly four years and still have some stuff that that’s never been unpacked or used. I like it too much to get rid of it and one of these days…

So, who wins the procrastination crown, Jim or I?

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