{"id":132,"date":"2019-03-29T20:04:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T20:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/?p=132"},"modified":"2019-04-01T18:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T18:52:19","slug":"the-positive-side-of-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/2019\/03\/29\/the-positive-side-of-procrastination\/","title":{"rendered":"The Positive Side of Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How many times have I started a blog post, saved it and then not posted it until weeks later? How many times have I looked at my never-ending &#8220;to do&#8221; list and then spent my half hour prep time scrolling through Twitter? And how many times have I left report card writing right down to the wire before the deadline? Too many times. Or so I thought&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/files\/2019\/03\/emma-matthews-973230-unsplash-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" width=\"264\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/files\/2019\/03\/emma-matthews-973230-unsplash-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/files\/2019\/03\/emma-matthews-973230-unsplash-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/files\/2019\/03\/emma-matthews-973230-unsplash-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/files\/2019\/03\/emma-matthews-973230-unsplash-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/files\/2019\/03\/emma-matthews-973230-unsplash-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I listened to a Daily Ted Talk podcast this morning that made me feel a whole lot better about my regular procrastination routine. According to Adam Grant, procrastination is one of the &#8220;surprising habits of original thinkers&#8221;. He explains how there is a sweet spot of procrastination that actually allows people the time and space to consider different perspectives and come up with more original ideas. He&#8217;s not talking about chronic procrastination, because chronic procrastinators are people who spend too much time goofing off to think of original ideas, but he refers to people who might start something and then stop to do other things before returning to the task with fresh eyes and a fresh mind. Therefore, procrastination is actually a catalyst for creativity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love this idea, and it seems to connect perfectly with the design-thinking ideals of Cohort21: we begin our action plans, then return to them several times to re-think and iterate and discuss with colleagues. We blog: sometimes all in one sitting, sometimes in multiple sessions to arrive at something original and wonderful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe the members of Cohort21 are truly the original thinkers of our schools. We are the changemakers and dreamers and innovators. So let&#8217;s keep on procrastinating! Now I better get back to marking those French assignments&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><a style=\"background-color:black;color:white;text-decoration:none;padding:4px 6px;font-family:-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.2;display:inline-block;border-radius:3px\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@emmamatthews?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=photographer-credit&amp;utm_content=creditBadge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Download free do whatever you want high-resolution photos from Emma Matthews\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;padding:2px 3px\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" style=\"height:12px;width:auto;position:relative;vertical-align:middle;top:-2px;fill:white\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><title>unsplash-logo<\/title><path d=\"M10 9V0h12v9H10zm12 5h10v18H0V14h10v9h12v-9z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span style=\"display:inline-block;padding:2px 3px\">Emma Matthews<\/span><\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxbCHn6gE3U\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have I started a blog post, saved it and then not posted it until weeks later? How many times have I looked at my never-ending &#8220;to do&#8221; list and then spent my half hour prep time scrolling through Twitter? And how many times have I left report card writing right down to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/2019\/03\/29\/the-positive-side-of-procrastination\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Positive Side of Procrastination&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22,21],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-face-2-face-sessions","tag-creativity","tag-productivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/mackenzieneale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}