Life can definitely get busy! Sometimes it feels like I'm trying to run in several directions at once, with this to do ... that to finish ... oh, and I must get to that too! Can anyone relate?
It's my own fault. That wonderful word - procrastination! "Why do today what can be put off until tomorrow?" The problem with that is that I suddenly find myself with a 'to do' list as long as my arm and the deadline is just around the corner! And I feel overwhelmed. Why do I do this to myself?
Part of my problem - besides just not getting at the job at hand - is that I have a hard time saying "No" when someone asks me to do something. Always willing to lend a hand .... well, not always .... but definitely often. I like to do things for people. I like to help out in a situation, especially if it has something to do with creativity, like making cards for people, or scrapbooking .... or singing. Not that I have a great voice. I don't. But I can carry a tune.
However, it's the P word that causes me the problems - PROCRASTINATION! "Don't do today what can be put off until tomorrow" .... or the next day ... or next week! And then the crunch comes, and I realize I have six things to do by Wednesday or something!
Another 'turn of phrase' I use too often is "One of these days ....". One of these days I'm going to re-sew the braided rug that my mother made many years ago out of my Dad's old suit pants. It's a beautiful rug, but the stitching where the braids were sewn together is coming undone as a result of me throwing it in the washer. Well, it needed to be washed! But now it's coming apart, and needs to be sewn together. And believe me, 'one of these days' I'm going to get around to doing it!
Believe it or not, I do get things done - eventually. If I have a deadline, I meet that deadline. However, if there is no deadline ... well, I get around to it eventually. I love retirement! I love the freedom it gives me. I love the different types of things I've been able to do. I've been able to write a book. I've been able to paint, although I haven't done any paintings for the last couple of years - too busy with my book. However, now that my book is out, it's not quite as time-consuming. No more editing. Just interviews and signings, initially.
Life is good! I just have to get a handle on this procrastination so that I'm not always doing things just 'under the wire'. Time management! That's what I need! I'll have to look into that .... one of these days!
