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Jan. 18th, 2011 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smg01You know what trait is particularly challenging to change? Procrastination.
It's not that I like having a sink full of dirty dishes. It's that it never seems quite the right time to do them.
It's not like writing up and distributing the minutes from that committee meeting is particularly time consuming or difficult. It's that there always seems that there's something better to do. Like... take a nap.
It's not that the squeaking noise of the car doesn't seem like something that needs checking. It's just that, making that phone call gets put off.
It's not that I like being a procrastinator. It leads to things like making apologies for doing things last minute, or having to rush to get things done in time, or turning what could have been really simple to deal with when tackled early become a bit more complicated. It's just that when one is innately a procrastinator, one even tends to procrastinate about changing procrastination.
My mom told me once about advice that she got from someone who said that whenever she wanted to put off a task that she didn't want to do, she would tell herself "just do it now." Which seems like pretty good advice. I might try that... tomorrow. Or next week. You know... sometime.
This post is brought to you by nothing in particular. Just a thought that occurred to me as I walked the dog at lunch.
It's not that I like having a sink full of dirty dishes. It's that it never seems quite the right time to do them.
It's not like writing up and distributing the minutes from that committee meeting is particularly time consuming or difficult. It's that there always seems that there's something better to do. Like... take a nap.
It's not that the squeaking noise of the car doesn't seem like something that needs checking. It's just that, making that phone call gets put off.
It's not that I like being a procrastinator. It leads to things like making apologies for doing things last minute, or having to rush to get things done in time, or turning what could have been really simple to deal with when tackled early become a bit more complicated. It's just that when one is innately a procrastinator, one even tends to procrastinate about changing procrastination.
My mom told me once about advice that she got from someone who said that whenever she wanted to put off a task that she didn't want to do, she would tell herself "just do it now." Which seems like pretty good advice. I might try that... tomorrow. Or next week. You know... sometime.
This post is brought to you by nothing in particular. Just a thought that occurred to me as I walked the dog at lunch.