What's the opposite of a procrastinator?
I was fascinated by this comment from Scott Adams, over on the Dilbert blog.
A reader asked if Scott ever had problems with procrastinating. Scott's answer was, "No, I am whatever is the opposite of a procrastinator."
Well, of course, I was intrigued by this. What is the opposite of a procrastinator? Those of us who are procrastinators know what we are. There's a word for us.
What about you non-procrastinators? What do you call yourselves? And if there's not a word for non-procrastinators, does that mean that the majority of us are procrastinators?
Because it seems like if there were a word, Scott Adams would know it! I did a halfhearted search on Thesaurus.com and Dictionary.com, but "procrastinator" is barely even recognized as a word. And when you look up "procrastinate," the antonyms are "hurry," "hasten," and "rush." So would that make a non-procrastinator a "hurryer" or "rusher"? That's just nonsense. "Expediter/expeditor" isn't bad, but that's already being used.
So, jump in here with your thoughts. What's the opposite of a procrastinator? I'm dying to know.
11 comments:
I would love to know what a non-procrastinator is so it will give me something to strive for!
A decider? Like our president? *giggle*
Um, seriously though... "go getter"? It doesn't quite have the same punch as procrastinator, althought it does bring to mind someone on the move.
Opposit of procrastinator? Freak of nature. How about focused since that isnt what I am when I procrastinate.
You guys are good. Some of the Dilbert readers have come up with some good ones: concrastinator, precrastinator, anticrastinator. . .
I even got an e-mail from a "bot" this morning with an answer for me, although it was a repetition of what I had already posted. :-)
I've been looking for this one too for a long time. I tought of "justdoitor"... But we need a word that is inspiring. What about Proactor or Protractor?
Heh - "justdoitor"! And of course "protractor" is brilliant. :-)
Simple it is zealous activist or activator. Break the word down in syllabuls and do the opposite. Carey Barton
There is no such thing as not procrastinating. We're always procrastinating on something.
I think that is the sad truth.
My wife hates to procrastinate doing anything that needs to be done. The best word for this condition was mentioned above: antiproctrastinator.
Thanks for your input, Bill!
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