one of the things that i like the least about myself is this: since i have been a stay-at-home-mom with some time to kill every week i’ve fallen down the slippery slope of procrastination… sad, but true! it is in no way my childrens’ fault… i let it happen! and it has not always been this way… just ask my co-workers at the district attorney’s office! i was o-c-d & hyper-organized & loved marking things off my lists!
things procrastinating could get you:
keeping a dress that you don’t want & can no longer return… paying for express shipping… almost getting a speeding ticket… forgetting your other memory card when your daughter is skiing… cold hands… almost peeing your pants… coffee without creamer… driving on fumes… staying up too late working when you should be drinking wine & snuggling your hubs… a forehead that moves again because the botox has worn off… yucky chipping toenails… blog posts waiting for their glory moment… headaches… wrinkly clothes… a completely full in-box… off-site back-ups that take a week… a shedding dog… a messy office… a crazy personal schedule… an argument… a terrible road trip play-list… having to watch a months worth of “pawn stars” with someone that actually loves it… taking your child to a birthday party on the wrong day… not a drop of wine in the house… no popcorn on family movie night… a lunchable instead of a natural, organic sandwich… overdue texts… people that stalk you via email… a stack of christmas cards that were never sent out… a years worth of taxes to be organized in one weekend… an unbalanced checkbook… filling up the entire cardboard recycling bin… no new netflix movies… a set of luggage under your eyes… leaving the house without sunglasses… a strange hotwire hotel room… blisters… empty walls… stress… confusion… dry-eye… among other things that may or may not have actually happened to me!
one of my favorite photographers recently posted about her own procrastinating. i’d been thinking about it for months… sort of procrastinating actually typing it out, wondering if i would seem irresponsible to other moms & potential clients. but, i think no differently of her, so it is another lesson for me in just following my instincts & being me & writing about whatever falls right out of my pretty little head.
like any other bad habit i beileve that the first step is acceptance & admittance, so… hi, i am jan schill… i procrastinate & by this time next month i resolve to no longer be a procrastinator!
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