Absolutely, Flexi- ;) Mind if I call you flexi? ;) he he he... Yes, with the ability to organize one's own time, and no real hard-landscape (this is the almost an exact definition of a grad-student) procrastination is really easy... or even not procrastinating on everything, just on the most important tasks... when you have a huge task list, it's easy to get little things done, and not the most important things. That's one tricky bit for me, I have to go and re-read GTD to get back on board with the critical items.

The NOW habit just came in today, so I'm also looking forward to reading through that.

And, actually, you're absolutely correct. When I get knee-deep in work, sometimes I can hyper-focus. That's sometimes good, but it also often has the effect that I decompress after the hyper-focus and find it difficult to get back into it. Knowing how exhausting it was previously... but you're absolutely right. I'll check out that link! Thanks, Flexible!

Also, thanks for that better address. That's the one I wanted to post... dunno why I copied the second one. :)

I do have to admit that with so much on my plate right now I find it very difficult to allow myself downtime. Since I'm an efficient procrastinator I also generally *know* I'm behind and have so much to do... that often the procrastination removes my enjoyment of the time I should be enjoying. This is one of the ways procrastination seems to be self-feeding. [I have more to think about on that mark - may try and blog about it later on next week if I have time.]

Cheers!!