Monday, January 18, 2010

Fine Art of Procrastination

I was going to organize my receipts for tax-time. No, they're not done.

I was going to organize my royalty statements and make sure they were all entered on the computer spreadsheet. No, they're not done.

I was going to update my series bibles so I'd know what the possibilities are for new stories. No, they're not done.

I was going to update my list of non-words so I'd have something to choose from when I need a new "word" the next time I write a book. You guessed it, no, it's not done.

It isn't that I've been wasting time. I write between eight and ten hours every day. I've been working hard to finish a book--so hard that I felt guilty taking time to go grocery shopping or stopping to eat lunch.

So now I find that some things must be done, whether or not I want to stop long enough to do them. The thing about procrastination is it comes back to bite you in the butt--usually at the most inconvenient time.

What do you procrastinate about? Or are you one of those really organized people who have everything done way ahead of time?

anny

8 comments:

  1. Lately, too busy to even procrastinate - but I like your poetic way of describing your situation!

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  2. I was gonna answer this post yesterday...but I put it off until today. If you are the queen of procrastinators, darlin', I am the empress. LOL!

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  3. Far out! Who does all that! Non words?

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  4. I finally did my tax stuff and royalty statements yesterday! I've been procrastinating!!! LOL

    Organized? HA! Not a chance.

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  5. Last year at this time I vowed not to let the receipts pile up and keep better track of my mileage. You guessed it; NOT DONE!

    Sigh...I see another day of organizing everything before seeing the tax man, and grumbling 'why did we put this off so long?'

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  6. Off to see the Financial Planner about retirement... another thing we, er, procrastinated.

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  7. I've managed to get all of my royalty and tax stuff in one place and that's about as organized as it's gotten so far. I have a couple of weeks...it's on the calendar...

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  8. I'm with the cat...I'll procrastinate about procrastinating.

    OOh-good WV non-word: squit

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