Procrastination at Its Best
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (126788)
Gainesville, Florida
December 30, 2025 3:16pm CST
I leave very early tomorrow morning for a long vacation at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It's something the family does every year to ring in the new year. So, having done this for many, many years, you'd think I'd be an expert at packing and preparing for the trip.
Yet, here I sit, at the computer playing on myLot, when I should be packing and getting ready for vacation. Nothing is packed, I haven't done any shopping for food and snacks on the trip, and I haven't even cleaned or tidied up the house.
It's a major case of procrastination. And knowing how I operate, tonight when my eyes are heavy and I'm about to fall asleep, I will force my self into hyperdrive and throw everything together at the last second.
I'm not a procrastinator, so I don't know why I'm struggling today to get everything ready for the trip.
Are you a procrastinator, or do you like to be prepared well in advance?
Photo is of my daughter and I on a day trip to Disney World a few months ago. We are the two people on the flume who are praying. I'm praying now that I get the motivation to start packing! lol
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8 responses
@AmbiePam (109030)
• United States
8h
I like your picture! 
You sound like me. I am a big procrastinator when it comes to doing things for trips. I pack at the last minute, and I leave things out of order until I scramble at the last minute.
You’re going to have such a great time!
You sound like me. I am a big procrastinator when it comes to doing things for trips. I pack at the last minute, and I leave things out of order until I scramble at the last minute.
You’re going to have such a great time!3 people like this
@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
8h
I'm usually packed and ready well in advance, but I just have no motivation today.
Whenever we go on rides that take photos, we try to do funny or unique poses. My favorite action photo is one that was taken on this very same ride, but many years earlier, and unfortunately I don't have the photo anymore. But I took a newspaper on the ride with me, and handed out pages to everyone in the log boat. I told everyone to pretend they were reading the newspaper when we went down the big drop. I didn't think anyone would do it, but our entire boat participated in the gag. It was the coolest photo ever, seeing everyone in the photo reading the newspaper on the big drop.
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@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
8h
@AmbiePam It was! It was the first and only time I've ever been able to get a complete group of strangers to cooperate with me on one of my gag photos. I have a printed copy of the photo somewhere, probably buried in a box, but the digital copy has long since disappeared. Or at least I haven't been able to find it.
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@DaddyEvil (164421)
• United States
8h
I'm usually packed two or three days before we leave for a trip. The gas tank is full the day before the trip and snacks or places to eat have been selected. I urge Pretty to get things ready for herself the day before the trip. I WILL leave her behind if she's not ready and had to prove that once when she didn't get ready early. I proved it to her mom once, too.
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@DaddyEvil (164421)
• United States
7h
@moffittjc I hope you leave on time and the trip goes well for all of you.
I hope you leave on time and the trip goes well for all of you.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
7h
@DaddyEvil Oh, we'll leave on time, I will make sure of that. I may forget half the stuff I need to bring with me, but we'll be on time!
Timing is of the essence when we leave in the morning, because we'll be driving south 1.5 hours to Disney, and my son will be driving 3 hours north to Disney, so we have to try and time it so we all arrive at the same time. We've pretty much got it down to a science. lol
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@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
8h
It's funny, as much as I'm procrastinating today, I will be the first one ready tomorrow morning, and nagging the girls to hurry up and get ready so we can go.
...and I still haven't gotten off my butt to start packing today.
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@wolfgirl569 (127188)
• Marion, Ohio
7h
I picked you out with ease. Hope you get things done
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@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
6h
Real easy to pick me out...I'm the girl sitting by herself in the back! LOL
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@RasmaSandra (92294)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7h
Best of luck to you and I hope you have a really good time, Just know that right now it's 58 in Orlando. Wishing you and your family a Happy joyful New Year!
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@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
6h
Happy New Year to you as well!
We keep checking the weather in the Disney area every couple of hours to make sure there aren't drastic forecast changes. Tomorrow will be a cold one in the land of the Big Mouse, but most of the other days should be pretty mild or not too cold. I'm not liking what I see at the tail end of our vacation, we might have a rainy day on Saturday. The percentage chances keep going up every time I look at the forecast.
@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
8h
I think the reason I am procrastinating is because our weather temps are going to be all over the place on this long trip, so I have to pack for freezing cold, mild, and blazing hot temps. Which means I have to pack way more than normal. I hate it. It's so much easier when you know the temps will be constant.
On rides where we know they'll take photos, we always try to do funny poses. My daughter came up with the idea to pretend we were praying.
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@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
7h
@noni1959 Not only do I have to try to plan clothes for the daily temperature differences, but also proper clothes for changing temps DURING each day. On several of the days, it's going to start off really cold in the morning, then get really hot in the afternoon, and then get cold again in the evening. It's hard to dress appropriately when the weather is all over the place.
@noni1959 (11772)
• United States
8h
@moffittjc That was funny to see. When I first saw the photo, I said that had to be you two. That can be so hard to figure out. I live in the PNW and it's even cranky here lately.
That can be so hard to figure out. I live in the PNW and it's even cranky here lately.2 people like this
@moffittjc (126788)
• Gainesville, Florida
6h
I can meet you halfway on your request...I'm half packed right now! But I'm starving, so I'm getting a bit cranky, I need to go eat dinner as soon as the girls get home in a few minutes.
