Am I The Only One?
I've noticed that I have become extremely lazy lately. Does this happen to other people? I have so few things to do that I end up getting nothing done.
The sum total of things I needed/wanted to do this past weekend were:
finish sealing the deck and return the deck furniture to its place
change my passwords on accounts that are expiring
work on my cross stitch project
work out
create my blog entry for Monday
go to the store and get some fruit
balance my checkbook
go through my mail
fold my laundry
This is what I got done:
bought diet coke (no fruit)
watched tv
did 1/2 of one work out tape and then quit
Now, a few days later there are a few more things on the list that "must" get done. This is what I did today:
changed my passwords
created a blog entry
went through my mail
folded my laundry
washed the dog
repacked my suitcase
created blog entries for the next four fridays
cleaned out my email folders
cross stitched
plucked my eyebrows
and, generally, just got shit done
So, why when I had a whole bunch of time did I get nothing done and then when I had to get things done, I got more done than I needed to get done in a fairly short amount of time. It's as if there is a critical mass of chores. When there are fewer chores than that critical mass, I just don't do anything. Time pressure seems to be required as well. What is that?
The sum total of things I needed/wanted to do this past weekend were:
finish sealing the deck and return the deck furniture to its place
change my passwords on accounts that are expiring
work on my cross stitch project
work out
create my blog entry for Monday
go to the store and get some fruit
balance my checkbook
go through my mail
fold my laundry
This is what I got done:
bought diet coke (no fruit)
watched tv
did 1/2 of one work out tape and then quit
Now, a few days later there are a few more things on the list that "must" get done. This is what I did today:
changed my passwords
created a blog entry
went through my mail
folded my laundry
washed the dog
repacked my suitcase
created blog entries for the next four fridays
cleaned out my email folders
cross stitched
plucked my eyebrows
and, generally, just got shit done
So, why when I had a whole bunch of time did I get nothing done and then when I had to get things done, I got more done than I needed to get done in a fairly short amount of time. It's as if there is a critical mass of chores. When there are fewer chores than that critical mass, I just don't do anything. Time pressure seems to be required as well. What is that?
3 Comments:
"Created blog entries for the next four Fridays", yet here it is, Friday at 5:13 P.M., according to my atomic clock, and still no Friday entry. Must have been a really short to-do list today!
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Anonymous, at 4:15 PM
By the way, is this word verification crap to post your idea or something that you can't get rid of easily? Most annoying....
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Anonymous, at 4:16 PM
Hey Anon -
Thanks for regularly checking my posts... if the internet had been working when I was on the computer this morning, my new entry would have been posted around 10am. Alas, not so much. Couldn't even check my email. Very annoying.
The word verification is to avoid the spam comments. Those comments left by an automated process that link to blogs trying to sell you something. They bug the crap out of me and I don't have time to police the comments in order to trash them in a timely manner. Sorry for the bother.
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chemgoddess, at 7:30 PM
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