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3 Reasons Procrastination is Brilliant

Roo Betty
5 min readNov 6, 2020

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Mental Health in the workplace is always in the spotlight and as someone who works for themselves and is also a stay at home mum, I have those dark days just as much as when I worked in an office, except this time there’s no chat in the staff room or bar of chocolate placed on my desk by a caring colleague. But hang on in there my lovely, hear me out, for a little Procrastination doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom! I’m gonna stick my neck out and say procrastination could actually be your BEST FRIEND!!

Yep, we’ve all been there, well I certainly have, and on more than one occasion. Sitting there, either doing Sweet FA! Or fannying about doing ALL the other jobs that suddenly become way more pressing. (Yes I am cleaning my keyboard as we speak because did you see all that fluff!!!??? And look at the state of my knicker drawer, it’s so cluttered, I really can’t see all my black pants individually. Or actually I’m binge watching Top Boy because it’s research into my new career, as a crack dealer, ‘cos, well I figured that may be sooooo much easier a job than the actual one I’m doing now!) To name but a few asides that I tend to do other than the actual job in hand.

It’s not that I’m lazy (honest I’m not) It’s not that I don’t want to work, it’s just that I don’t want to do THAT thing! That one thing, that’s super important or pressing that probably…

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Roo Betty
Roo Betty

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Once upon a time there was a very sad girl, until one day she pieced together all her therapies and found the answer to a happier life. The end

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