How To Practice “Productive Procrastination”

Can’t face work? Then cultivate some side projects — and channel your work-avoidance into fun opportunities to learn

Clive Thompson

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A stop sign with two street signs on top of it, entitled “Homework Ave” and “Procrastination Pk”
Photo by Pedro Forester Da Silva on Unsplash

I’m a writer, so I procrastinate.

It’s almost syllogistic, right? I am a writer; all writers procrastinate; therefore, I procrastinate.

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net