Plan, Procrastinate or Plunge???

Do you ever think about how you work? Does it have to do with who you are and how you generally approach your life? Are you able to justify your particular work traits logically? Do you even give a rip?? Sometimes I look at how I accomplish (or don't) certain tasks and it causes me to pause and reflect on whether or not I put my efforts into planning to the point of it becoming procrastination. And still, when I commence work, I usually work at a decidedly good clip and in a "straight line". Which brings me to the title question...Do you plan, procrastinate or plunge. For myself, I find that I do a little of all three at various times but mostly I'm a "plunger". Now you may lay the "semantics card" on the table but personally , my definition of "planning" is probably a bit different than yours. I "plan" almost entirely in my head. (This is where my wife gets into the semantics thing and will accuse me of procrastinating.) While many woodworkers view planning as a multi-step preliminary to actual commencement of dust creation, my planning rarely requires putting pencil to paper, no hi-tech, extravagant software generated cut-lists or multi-paged, exploded view printouts. I prefer some of the simpler forms of planning.....napping and showering being two of my favorites. Both can produce excellent ideas or serve to work out the kinks of ideas dreamed up earlier. Plus , of course, there are the added values of rest, refreshment & cleanliness. (Hey...you multi-task your way........) Aside from a few hen scratchings here & there to get an idea as to the quantity of lumber I might need, I personally find measuring and calculating all to be a part of the actual construction phase of any given project and best utilized when getting to the point of needing said computations. No, for me planning is all about visualization and if I can truly visualize it before starting , then I know I'm good to go and I know that the piece is going to look in the end exactly how I visualized it before starting. This brings me to the point of procrastination. There are times when even the best intentions are sidetracked for viable reasons.....lack of time due to commitments, lack of funds to purchase materials for the project or being sidelined by illness. But if you aren't facing those things, you are failing to commence simply because you are lacking confidence in something (likely your ideas or abilities). That unfortunately is procrastination and we need to move beyond it. And yes, I, myself still procrastinate for those very reasons on occasion. But the actual joy I most often receive is that of The Plunge. Once I find my mental visionings to be complete, I really can't wait to see them come to fruition if for no other reason than to be able to say, "See Self....right again!!! Just as you visioned it!!!" Does all this mean that you will never have to stop along the way to work out a detail here & there....of course not. But what you will usually find is that you now have something in progress that you can reference to. Example: If you're a "paper-planner", how often have you designed a table with "x" amount of overhang of the top only to find that what it looked like on paper (while to scale) looks nothing like it should in reality? Hmmmm.....x + 2" looks better. So, what's my advice in all this?? Put the paper, pencil and tape measure away for a change, get a handle on your inner procrastinator and take the Plunge! Hey...you may wake up rested and have some great ideas! If not....hit the shower!!