I am such a procrastinator.  And of course, we all have our favorite ways of procastinating.  I pretty much do everything but write. 

• Reading Blogs: They’re entertaining, inspirational and they give me ideas.  I have a pretty decent list of blogs I love to read…I may have to share that list sometime. 
• Podcasts: I have yet to listen to any of the ones I’ve downloaded, and for some reason, I feel the need to download more that I probably won’t listen to, but there are a few that have potential…if I can focus long enough to listen to any of them.  Why write when I can listen to podcasts about writing?
• Reading: reading a good distraction…when I’m not thinking about my goal of actually reading.  I tell myself that I’m just trying to find something that I can put my own twist on, because I’ve gotten inspiration from books before (namely Harry Potter and the Giant Prehistoric Chicken).  But really, it’s just my excuse to not do anything.
• Cooking/Baking: also a good way of putting of my writing.  And even though I tell myself it’s for a good cause, because I’m testing out potential food for NaNo, it’s really just an excuse to not write anything.
• Research: I tend to not do much in the way of research for NaNo, as I gravitate more towards the pantser end of the contiuum.  And when I actually have an idea that requires research (read: Turning Point or historical fiction), I tend to pay more attention to the research, and trying to find every last detail instead of the writing. 

As much as I love writing, it does frustrate me that I don’t do more of it, especially since I have the time to do it.  The fact that I have oodles of time on my hands is probably working against me.  I have a lot of time that I can use to write, but since I have so much time, I decide not to write, because…I have a lot of time.  Procrastination is really hard to overcome, so maybe I need to write first before doing anything else.  Or maybe for every 30 minutes I write, I can do other stuff for 30 minutes.  Okay, maybe it doesn’t have to be 30 minutes, but whatever time I decide to give to writing and doing other stuff.