Comments on: Two Minute Warning http://zanshin.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fzanshin.net%2F2008%2F08%2F14%2Ftwo-minute-warning%2F&seed_title=Two+Minute+Warning because not enough websites start with the letter "Z" Sun, 23 May 2010 23:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Vera http://zanshin.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fzanshin.net%2F2008%2F08%2F14%2Ftwo-minute-warning%2F&seed_title=Two+Minute+Warning/comment-page-1/#comment-2101 Vera Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:37:43 +0000 http://zanshin.net/?p=1544#comment-2101 Annoying, isn't it. But most of us do this in many areas of life. Students loaf until the evening before an exam, then they cram all night... Christmas shoppers have all year to find the right present for someone, but they storm the stores in a frenzy of last-minute shopping the week or day before the holiday... we don't really worry about debt when we go into it or while we live with it "comfortably" (how can there BE such a thing??) but when the payments become too much to handle and dealing with it can't be avoided anymore... "lose ten pounds for bikini season" is another example, or driving less only when gas prices are finally high enough to break the bank. Taking steps to take care of problems and projects is a hassle, so we procrastinate until we're faced with that "two minute warning". It's not good for business or people, but it seems to me that it's just part of life in these days of short-term thinking and minute attention spans. Annoying, isn’t it. But most of us do this in many areas of life. Students loaf until the evening before an exam, then they cram all night… Christmas shoppers have all year to find the right present for someone, but they storm the stores in a frenzy of last-minute shopping the week or day before the holiday… we don’t really worry about debt when we go into it or while we live with it “comfortably” (how can there BE such a thing??) but when the payments become too much to handle and dealing with it can’t be avoided anymore… “lose ten pounds for bikini season” is another example, or driving less only when gas prices are finally high enough to break the bank.

Taking steps to take care of problems and projects is a hassle, so we procrastinate until we’re faced with that “two minute warning”. It’s not good for business or people, but it seems to me that it’s just part of life in these days of short-term thinking and minute attention spans.

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