I sat down this morning to write a post on procrastination. But a quick Google search revealed the CJ Mahaney has been blogging on this topic for over a week now, so instead of writing something new (and inferior) I will commend those three posts (so far) to you.

I am a reforming procrastinator. I hate details, I eschew schedules and calendars. I would rather stick a fork in my eye than sit in a planning meeting. My thinking is that people of extraordinary talent and brilliance simply don't have a mind built for grasping petty details, like whether or not NFL games can end in a tie. Hold on, everyone knows that. Never mind.

But recently I've come to grips with the fact that my procrastination does not serve well the people I lead. It works out OK for my sermons since my family has learned to adjust to my way of doing things (yikes... I don't like the way that sounds). But I notice that large administrative tasks that I must address as the pastor (e.g., the church budget) often get done at the last minute, with unnecessary stress to people who are more organized and scheduled than I am.

As I said, I am reforming. In God's wisdom, I am married to the most organized woman ever to walk the earth. So she's running my Google calendar for the time being. I find the seven (7!) to-do lists a bit overwhelming, as it's stressful to see all of the tasks that you don't have time to do listed out in black and white. But I think that I've accomplished more administration (including administrating the church administrator) this week than I have in the last three months.

If you're at all like me, take a look at CJ's posts. Don't wait. Dig around in your soul and you'll probably find a lot of selfishness and escapism. But the good news is that Jesus died to deliver us from those sins as well!

Greg, I look forward to your post about being a self-righteous Type A calendar fascist.