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These are all really great things to think about:

• "Mediocrity Breeds Contempt. For some procrastinators the thought of being ordinary can be so intolerable that they want everything they do to be outstanding."
  
• "When an ordinary performance can be attributed to the last-minute rush, they can continue to believe their ideal could have been reached, if they'd had more time. This allows perfectionists to avoid feeling contempt for themselves when they are simply average."
  
• "The expectation that one should be able to catch on  instantly, no matter how complex the material, brings many procrastinators to a grinding halt. Their dissapointment at having to work hard prevents them from making the effort requited to grapple with the material and master it. Instead, they avoid it by delaying. In the long run, their need to be smart keeps them ignorant."
  
• "People who 'choose to lose' procrastinate to such an extent that they guarantee failure, yet they still imagine that they could have won if they tried - like the bachelor who brags about all the hot romances he could have if only he had the time to make phone calls."

OK, gotta run now to pick up Mom from the airport. I'm sure she will be glad to be home. I know that it really felt good to be "home" when I got back.