So, I'm still experiencing this lag between me and the world. The latest thing I missed--to my knowledge--was International Procrastination Day, which was apparently last Friday, March 26.
This morning, I came across a Daily Telegraph article which identifies David d'Equainville as its founder. What caught my eye was d'Equainville's casting of procrastination as "a political act." And not just any political act, but "a crucial act of resistance" in an increasingly overwhelming and speeded up society. This is right up my alley.
Author of "Manifesto for a Day Put Off," recently released in French and soon to be published in English, d'Equainville says
To procrastinate is to refuse to do what the context -- be it from bosses, administrative obligations or a culture of results -- asks us to do. We must absolutely take the time to think about the tasks we accept to execute, or we will lose all control over our lives.
So I'm not a laggard, I'm a time activist.
d'Equainville (my new hero) advocates taking time, not just to escape the rat race, but to reflect on decisions and actions, about "the tasks we accept to execute." He gives the example of Shakespeare's Romeo, who could have benefitted from some thinking time.
If Romeo had put his suicide off a bit on Juliet's tomb, the two lovebirds could have grown old together.
d'Equainville gives his blessing to a delayed celebration of the day he established, so I'm declaring today for my observance of International Procrastination Day. For the next 24 hours, I will tackle no project before its time.
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