Sleep On It

I have a 3000 word assignment due in 4 days.

And I tell myself I have a heap of time.

So I procrastinate.

And BOY do I procrastinate well.

So, on my favourite website, Open Culture, I see a talk from John Cleese,of whom I am a HUGE fan. 

(Well, obviously not huge enough to notice he was in Harry Potter, I was shocked I had missed this.)

The talk, on creativity, explains how we need to avoid distractions, set boundaries of space and time, sleep on a problem, and DO THE WORK. 

Hah, ironic that I watch this in the middle of doing the exact opposite of what he says.

Thanks irony, 

I will take the hint. 

(just after I blog about it)

And if you want to watch an older, longer talk on the same topic, this one would do the trick: