As you may or may not know, procrastination is a favorite topic of mine. Not for any personal reasons or personal experience, of course, but because it’s something that’s generally interesting that has absolutely nothing to do with me at all.
In case you’re wondering.
But if you, like some other people who aren’t me, are prone to procrastination, I’ve decided a nicer way to describe it is dallying. Not only is it a much more pleasant word with its curves and satisfying resolve, it feels a little more accurate.
If I knew what procrastination was like, that is. Which obviously I don’t.
And here’s the other thing about dallying: it gives you space for thought, for ideas. Air for the seedlings of speculation and the light to let them grow.
Faster isn’t always better, and that is something I do have to remind myself.
Give yourself a moment to dally. Or several moments. You never know what you’ll sprout.
(And in a delicious twist of irony, this, my dallying post, is the one posted the earliest so far. Oh life.)
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I do like a good dilly-dally 🙂
https://iainkellywriting.com/2018/04/04/d-is-for-dresden-germany/
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Right? Sometimes it’s all you need!
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Hello, it’s good to see you today. My link on the ‘D’ list is 3 down from yours and this was the most interesting so far. I dallied today about posting my link. There is no rush really. Here is my D post.
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LOVE the word “dallying”! 😀
Calen~
Impromptu Promptlings
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Isn’t it so much better than the alternative?!
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Absolutely. Reminds me also of stream-of-consciousness writing. 🙂
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I am a master of the dally and thanks to your post, I need not feel guilty. Ha!
My eternal gratitude 😀
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I am always here for a nice justification, er…pep talk!!
Thanks for including both links, it makes it SO MUCH EASIER.
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Dally is much like dancing your way to what you want to get done with a different attitude in place. I like to dally sometimes myself.
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I love that description! It really is, and you get there eventually.
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I had to force myself not to write about “distractions” for D. I sense similar brain patterns? 🙂
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I’m think that’s probably a yes!
I’m pretty sure I’ve used “distractions” in past years. Not for any obvious reasons, of course 😉
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I, too have to remind myself to ‘Dally’…stop and smell the roses…slow down…give it a rest! Thanks for this alternative word for procrastination, and thanks for visiting CollectInTexas Gal and commenting on my Dishy Aprons.
Sue at CollectInTexas Gal
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Oh yes, I loved the dishy aprons! Thanks for the return visit, I look forward to seeing what else you cook up!
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While I’m a planner at heart, I enjoy a good refreshing dally on a daily basis. It’s just that I plan it into my schedule, more or less. I file it under lollygag & fritter, as that seems to be how I think of it.
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You have no idea how much this response tickled me!
That’s exactly what they say you should do for productivity. And of course now I have the mental filing cabinet image.
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I almost never comment on other people’s comments, but that is priceless and has made me chortle in a most undignified way. Thanks both 😀
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I am a dyed-in-the-wool dallyer…I love to dilly-dally. Heck, I love to procrastinate! Cute post!
Donna B McNicol, author & traveler
Romance & Mystery…writing my life
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Thanks! I figured I couldn’t be the only one!
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Throughout elementary school, I was known as a Dally Dreamer. My mind was so often elsewhere, but when the teacher of that year called on me, it was to try to catch me in my ways. Worked, some of the times. Others, I just knew the answer.
It’s always good to let your mind go for a bit of wandering.
Stu
Tale Spinning
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I totally agree, that’s where my ideas are!
And there are much worse nicknames, that’s for sure 🙂
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I like the sound of dallying sounds more sophisticated than procrastinating!!
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Absolutely! I mean if you’re going to do it, do it with style 😉
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Correcto!!
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I try to fight procrastination. Usually sh** doesn’t get done on its own, and it starts piling up.
Love dolphins, such smart and friendly creatures 🙂
https://thethreegerbers.blogspot.ch/2018/04/d-is-for-denver.html
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Wouldn’t it be so nice if it did, though?!
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Dallying is a great word for April. I don’t blog much for the rest of the year so I don’t feel guilty for spending so much of April dreaming, planning, reading and writing. So pleased tomorrow is Sunday so I can dally through other posts at will.
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