Easy, Cheap Procrastination Killer

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[Karen]

Rosa - I love the thought of adding more fun to my time at my desk. And as I started reading this post, I felt like - hmm date stamp, that would definitely be defined as clutter on my desk (along with all the other junk that's on there at the moment). But the more I read of your post, the more the lightbulb went on - it's all about showing you where you are procrastinating... and that is something I could sure use some help with! I put a lot of things in the 'too hard basket', retickler-ing, and deferring decisions indefinitely until I have time to think about it. And when is that? Never usually. I'm considering a visit my office supply store this week to invest in one of these little guys. Thank you and let me know what you name him!

[Rosa Say]

Bingo Karen. You think you know your own habits and idiosynchrasies, however I started to see the dates pile up with time-wasters I never realized I handled so much, and delayed doing so unconsciously.

I hate to so publically admit it, but I even caught myself cheating on that two-minute rule!

His nickname right now is Gotcha! but I need to get more creative than that... I'm up for any ideas!

[Matthew De George]

Ah-ha! So your equivalent to my glue stick fetish is a date stamp! I must confess that much of my technique for getting organised actually has its origins in my long suppressed desire to have a reason to own a bunch of glue sticks. I now own glue sticks and while I don't use them everyday it's nice to know they are there.

[John Richardson]

Great Idea Rosa! I can only think of one "stamp" I would like more and that is one that says "DONE" in capital letters. I'd like to use that one every day!

[Adrian Trenholm]

Genius. I am off to the stationers!

Why not hold a "name Rosa's date stamper" competion?

[Debra Estep]

The date stamp is a wonderful idea.

Thanks to my Grandmother Laura Rothacker, I've adopted her wonderful habit of dating anything I send to a person.
Be it a gift or a card.
I also date items that folks give to me.
Grandma had a vast collection of porcelain
figurines for every occasion, some just for everyday. She would pencil her name and the date on the bottom or backside and then
go over it with clear nail polish to set it for good. Ha, those were the days before Sharpies.
I have Christmas tree ornaments that were hers and I know exactly when she purchased them due to her dating of EVERYTHING.

I've also turned into a 'Sharpie-holic'.
It started out as a way to put that
permanent date on items, now it's just gotten out of hand. I have thin ones, pastel ones, silver ones and the new clickable ones. Well, come to think of it
I don't have any of the mini ones.

And on the naming of your date stamp.
I think you should consider 'Buster'.
As in procrastination... buster. :)

[Lamar Cole]

Procrastination is the flowerbed of undone deeds.

[Chris]

OOh Rosa
With all that catholic guilt stuff in my every fibre this one might just get me off my arse when i see all those endless dates.
And it allows me to go to Officeworks (Australian Small Business heaven/stationary and every thing else store)
I'm a-buying!!

[John Richardson]

I think that might work for me Rosa. Just one ker-ching on my forehead and I would be a marked man. A genuine procrastinator. It would be interesting to see how long the date would stay there :-)

John