Being a Pro(fessional) Crastinator
>> Monday, November 30, 2009
Dilatory. Idle. Lackadaisical. Dawdling. Some folks may think this sounds pleasant, as though I'm lounging by a pool holding a sparkly glass with an umbrella in it. I do live in a coastal resort town, and spend a lot of time in the sun on my porch.
Where did I find these lovely words? In the Thesaurus, under "Lazy".
Also listed are the following: Apathetic. Careless. Sluggish. Remiss. Negligent.
This morning I found a blog by a friend from elementary school. She's single, has a puppy, and runs her own business. One of her blog posts was titled "101 in 1001", meaning that she made a list of 101 goals to try to accomplish in 1001 days. That's approximately 6-7 months, I haven't figured it out; she set the list in February and aimed to check in around August. She met more than half of her goals.
Reading her list made me very tired. This is not a good sign. And I realized that, after a while, lackadaisical lemonade lounging in the sun goes from refreshing to negligent pretty darn quickly. So this is something that I probably need to do.
However, I also want to work with my tendencies and not against them. Successful goal-setting always comes hand in hand with the word "appropriate" or it'll never happen. So I'm starting small: Instead of 101 things in 1001 days, I'm going to scoop out a zero and try for 11 things in 101 days. Starting today will give me until March 10th to accomplish my 11 things. Considering that time span includes a MN trip, Christmas (and potential FL trip), my birthday, and Kaylee's birthday, as well as schoolwork, I may be hard pressed to finish 11. But I'm going to try.
My 11 things for 101 days
(in no particular order)
1. finish the Christmas quilt on the wall
2. shred the box of old documents in the attic
3. buy paint and supplies for the livingroom
4. have someone over for dinner
5. plant all the bulbs in the bag by the door (should be sooner than later)
6. get an eye exam and new glasses (before the new year)
7. get an evaluation on my back (orthopedic?)
8. make good homemade soup
9. add at least two more color bands to my knitting project
10. make some money
11. brush the cats twice a week
*Extra goal that's important: Play the piano at least twice a week
Other things that could stand to be done that I'm going to list here before I forget them but that I won't count in the list unless I run out of stuff, which is unlikely...
- clean the back porch
- clean the house at least once a month as though my mother was visiting tomorrow
- home cook extra food for the freezer
- sort large box of old photos into books
3 comments:
I'm doing 101 in 1001...I started almost 2 years ago. I have until September of 2010 to finish. It's kinda cool. Good luck on your 11! You can do it Jess!
Procrastinate later.
I'm having the same response to your post as you had to your friend's 101 things post. It makes me feel tired. But I was also very challenged by your list of words from the thesaurus, in a positive energizing way (I think). It felt like a wake-up call. I need to stop being busy with less consequential little things and get at the things that are more important. That's the kind of procrastinating I do.
Thanks for the encouragement, friend. :)
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