It is quarter past six on Monday morning, and I just got back from the office. I also have a flight to catch in a bit, and won't be back till tomorrow. So blogging will on the light side of normal.

You may ask yourself it is that I find myself coming back from the office at this time of day. It is all due to my uncanny ability to procrastinate coupled with the fact that I am nocturnal. Usually I cannot indulge in my nocturnal lifestyle, as most meetings and business is conducted during daylight hours, but occassionally working through the night is a welcome relief, and my productivity is much higher. It also helps there are no phone calls to interrupt my thoughts and I can actually concentrate on work. This was one of those nights. A bit of deadline pressure also helps to focus. At times like these I truly wonder how much work I could get done if it weren't for the constant distractions of a normal working day. The problem there is that many of the distractions are functional and work-related, so they are not a complete waste of time.

Today won't be too bad though. I napped yesterday afternoon as part of the grand plan. And I can sleep on the plane in a bit... that'll give me enough rest to survive the lunch and meetings that will follow. I could, of course, have started to work in the afternoon, but that seldom produces the right kinds of results.

Procrastination is a wonderful thing. I do think I need more practice though. Ideally, I'd prefer to do everything at the last minute. Either that, or not to have to sleep at all. That would give me twice as much conscious time not to do things until I can't avoid doing them anymore. Procrastinating at this level is not easy. You may think there's nothing to it watching procrastinators performing on TV, but let me tell you, there is a lot of skill involved. If you just set out to procrastinate without giving it any thought at the last minute, you'll likely find yourself way past your deadline. The ideal act of procrastination lets you finish whatever needs to be done just in time for a small victory lap before hitting the send/print/save button.

Back to my verbs. I should have looked at them last week.