I have to revise a paper for submission to a journal selected by the organizers of an important conference that I presented at earlier this year. And, I was actually "red hot" to complete the necessary revisions immediately after the conference; but then the organizers got the journal to grant a 2-month extension on the submission deadline. The extension expires next week. During these past 2 months, I HAVE devoted a good deal of time to "thinking about the revisions" and wonder if thinking rather than doing can be a productive use of time. A while ago, I read at least 2 articles on "effective procrastination" and would love to believe my procrastination qualifies as effective even though I have done nothing but "think" about the task. Is this delusional? Is there really such a thing as "effective procrastination"? If so, what determines effectiveness?
As an editor of a journal I'd say it sounds like unhelpful procrastination to me as you may still not reach the deadline. Thinking is not the same as doing. Probably better to think as you write as this is more likely to lead to an observable output from the journal editor's viewpoint.
What a brilliant strategy! This is certainly to prove useful as I take on more and more tasks. Thank you, Artur.
Gwen
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