procrastination
An episode of Grey's Anatomy quoted Ben Franklin as saying, "the secret to success is never putting off till tomorrow, things you can do today" I looked at Jill and said, "if that is the case, I have no chance of ever being successful" Most of the time my procrastination doesn't bother me to much, in my pollyanna way I spin it to mean I'm good under pressure. but sometimes it gets to an intolerable level and all of a sudden i'm totally behind at work, my house is a mess, i have overdue speeding tickets looming and i haven't worked out in probably a month. the worst part about all of this is how paralyzing it is. there's so much to do, i don't know where to start, so i end up watching tv or reading all night. i know this isn't anything earth shattering. i'm sure there are a million people with procrastination stories that would put mine to shame, but pain is relative and mine is just as real as anyone else's, and unless something changes soon, i'm doomed to wallow in my uselessness for at least a month or two and honestly i just don't feel like doing that right now. so, here we go - i'm starting the blog back up - perhaps it will work as a motivating tool or maybe just a record that shows how little i'm accomplishing. of course, i'm hoping for the former.To help with this motivation, I've found this website called 43things.com. it lets you build a list of goals and lets you connect with other people also trying to accomplish these goals. so far the only 2 goals i have are to wake up when my alarm goes off and to make pillows in the shape of tetris blocks. I've been doing better with getting up in the morning, but the tetris pillows are a long way off.
i feel like the more i document this period, the less likely i am to slip into a rut and wake up this summer with nothing to show for it but a big body and a small bank account. i've been telling all my friends that i need to find some sort of motivation. the question is, can you just create motivation from thin air?
posted by girl @ 10:35 PM
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