I knew I needed an antiprocrastination day. I needed to research my disposal options. I will NEVER use this paint.Ĭould I put this stuff into the dumpster? Or did I need to take it to the dump and pay extra for hazardous waste disposal? Could I wait for a “toxic waste pick up day” through my Town? Ugh. And frankly, after seven years with the same color, I change it. I wait seven years then ask for my birthday gift to be hiring a painter to cover all the dirt with a fresh coat of paint. OK, first of all, I never touch up my walls. When we needed more space in our utility room, however, I stumbled across not one, not two, not three, but FOUR bottles of antifreeze, three of windshield washer fluid and TWENTY cans of paint, which I‘ve saved “in case I need to touch up the walls.” I have placed this sticker on my calendar exactly once in the past three years, thinking, why bother, my house is reasonably tidy, I’ll get to all that other stuff when I can. ![]() As Jeff Goldblum’s character says in The Big Chill, can’t get through the day without a good rationalization.įLYLady’s organization system (I swear by it, tho’ my version is a loose adaptation of hers Laura Benedict, a thriller writer, actually credits FLYLady in the acknowledgements of her first book), if you buy into it as I have via the calendar and stickers, you know there’s an “antiprocrastination day” sticker. If I were in Vegas and had a wad of cash I would rationalize myself out of both aforementioned wad and into several trips to the ATM machine. Then, I almost win so maybe just ‘til I win, ‘cuz obviously I’m on a roll! ![]() ![]() Then, well, how about ‘til top of the hour. I start by telling myself: three games, play only three games. There are many others out there, some even arguably related to writing, like WordTwist and Boggle but I like mahjong. I have just spent twenty minutes playing mahjong, my distractionary online game of choice.
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