What are you procrastinating on?

Me, I have a job application I'm writing. It's an application for a type of job I've already applied for more than once, but this one wants a slightly different angle (one that's actually slightly less interesting to me, but I'm applying anyway). I also have a conference presentation next week, and I really have to call my grant management person this afternoon to try to set up a meeting with her so I can tell my poor research assistants how much longer I can employ them before I run out of money. Instead, I've spent the last hour or so futzing around and reading this very nice piece about leaving academia. I have rationalized this by telling myself it confirms my desire to bail. Which I had a crisis about yesterday, following excellent Wednesday discussions with my excellent mentor and two of my excellent colleagues, all of which made me feel that there are folks here who do, after all, understand me. Also, Dr. Mentor said that if I were sticking around she has a couple of great programs in mind that she thinks I'd be a good pick to lead; ironically, these are programs doing precisely the kind of work I'm applying outside to do. Tempting. The only sticking point would be staying here--but if I don't land a job, I'm going to buy her drinks at the end of the summer and say, "ok, let's get started on those." Maybe having a good project or two will keep me from offing myself next winter. I have also been replying to people soliciting my participation on panels for next year's Big Conference, and so forth. It's all very frustrating, this feeling that things are coming together, damnit, just as I am thinking of running off. I hate second-guessing myself. Even though I do it constantly.

Joe Drymala is procrastinating on writing, and is apparently rationalizing doing so by trying to pick fights in my comment threads.

So yeah, it's Friday afternoon. What are you fretting about / procrastinating over? Dump your angst in the comments. Then maybe you can leave it there, salvage your afternoon, and have a nice weekend.