Productive Procrastination

Everyone procrastinates at some point in their lives. I, for one, am the queen of procrastination and have been for some time now. I have been trying to get better at not doing it, but you know what they say, old habits die hard. I probably procrastinate on not procrastinating to be honest. In the 5th chapter of "Steal Like and Artist", Kleon addresses this and encourages productive procrastination. If you are going to procrastinate on something, it might as well be something worth while like playing music, or going on a walk, or reading, but it has to be something that you truly enjoy doing. Not only will it make you happy doing it, but it will also benefit your actual job because it gives you a break from thinking in just one manner. Having and maintaining a hobby is important for productive procrastination because it is part of who you are and what makes you whole.

This is especially important for designers because we are always in constant need of inspiration. The more experiences we have and the more we do that is outside of design, the more ideas we will have. Sometimes, it's also nice to just sit around and do nothing. There is nothing wrong with that as long as you're not doing it all the time. I probably do it a bit more than I should. Every time I say that I'm not doing anything, 95% of the time that means I am on the internet either watching videos, reading random articles, checking the news, or playing games.

As for hobbies, I have a few, such as ballroom dancing, playing tennis, and playing video games, but my favorite one would probably have to be cooking. I love to cook all sorts of things, American food, Chinese food, and sweets. I even bought a fancy ice cream maker just so I can make ice cream from scratch (three words: nutella ice cream). There is something very relaxing and satisfying to me about getting all these ingredients that are not anything special by themselves and turning them into something delicious (most of the time, lol). It's also fun sharing them with other people and is a great way to bring people together and have a good time, as long as I don't have to wash the dishes afterwards. I was going to bake banana bread today anyways because I had some overly ripe bananas that needed to be used soon, so it was perfect timing with reading this chapter.

Behold! the ingredients to embark upon this baking adventure. 

Now it's ready for the oven...

It finally finished baking! This was my first time using whole wheat flour, so I hope it comes out tasting ok and the texture isn't too weird.