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When Procrastination Pays Off

When Procrastination Pays Off

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Sometimes the perfectionist in me just can’t make things happen. For those of you who also suffer from this terrible affliction, there’s always a case when procrastination pays off. Procrastination I can’t help that it’s Word Wednesday. Procrastination comes from the Latin words pro for “for” and cras for “tomorrow.” Literally, it means “for tomorrow.” […]

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The Flip-flopping Definition of “Off-Putting”

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What does “off-putting” mean? When we talk about something “off-putting,” we describe something disturbing, disagreeable, or repellant. This is a relatively new definition of the phrase, dating to the 1930s. In the decades prior to that, “off-putting” as an adjective used to mean procrastinating or delaying. Primarily used in Scotland, it is similar to how

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