Poll: Which non-translating task(s) do you tend to postpone the most? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Which non-translating tasks do you tend to postpone the most?".
This poll was originally submitted by Federica D'Alessio. View the poll results »
[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2011-01-20 11:11 GMT]
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Carla Catolino
Italy
Local time: 10:56
Member (2008)
Italian to English
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| Everything, except | Jan 20, 2011 |
marketing.
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Adnan Özdemir 
Türkiye
Local time: 11:56
Member (2007)
German to Turkish
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| Creating/updating glossaries | Jan 20, 2011 |
Personally;
I am polyglot. Internet and my brain have enough resources-sources.
I am happy with NO creating/updating of glossaries (imho naturally). 
Anadolu'dan selamlar
Saludos desde Anatolia
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| Ah, the fine arts of procrastination and displacement activities | Jan 20, 2011 |
Filing in my case, both physically and virtually, is at the bottom of my list of things that I am likely to get round to.
Incidentally, this is how I discovered that ironing is not my most hated task - I have been known to iron rather than file!
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John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 10:56
Spanish to English
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| All of the above except... | Jan 20, 2011 |
Studying.
I've mentioned in other polls that I'm studying for my university entrance exam for over 45s. I can't afford to put off studying or the time and money invested will all be for naught.
As for all the other options, I see them at best as necessary evils that force me to spend more time than I'd like to in front of the computer.
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David Wright
Austria
Local time: 10:56
German to English
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cos all the rest I don't even think of finding time to consider fitting it in somewhere
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Graeme Walle (X)
Finland
Local time: 11:56
Finnish to English
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aceavila - Noni wrote:
Filing in my case, both physically and virtually, is at the bottom of my list of things that I am likely to get round to.
Incidentally, this is how I discovered that ironing is not my most hated task - I have been known to iron rather than file!
lol....agree
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Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:56
Spanish to English
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| Bookkeeping... | Jan 20, 2011 |
..and filing/admin more generally. Pure tedium!
When I have studying to do (I'm studying on and off with the Open University), I'll procrastinate wildly, but given the choice between writing an essay and doing my accounts, the essay wins every time.
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| Updating profile/website = marketing | Jan 20, 2011 |
I immediately clicked on "Updating..." since I have been meaning to update my website for more than a year now. But this is part of marketing, IMO, so the Marketing option fits even better, since it shows why postponing this is so bad.
Matthias
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Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 10:56
English to French
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Cleaning my office (especially the "physical" part windows, dust, floor mopping, etc.) Used to have a cleaner (and I figure I'll try to find a new one eventually) but even her coming was a hassle
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:56
Spanish to English
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... er... all of the above. Shouldn't even be on here right now...
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| Other - filing | Jan 21, 2011 |
And it's important, because I think more clearly when my desk is in order and there are no piles of papers around.
I've been procrastinating with filing all my life - I can remember how the papers used to pile up in my first office job more than 50 years ago.
It's the physical papers that drag me down. I'm pretty good about files on my computer, thank goodness!
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