2. Write about something you’re putting off.
Is it normal that everyday I am almost certainly putting something off? That seems normal right? Do Type A personalities do this or do they just get everything done? I’m definitely a procrastinator by nature. I hate that quality about myself, but I guess not enough to change it. It doesn’t really get me into enough trouble to force me to want to do better. So I stay this way.
On my current list of things I’m putting off:
1. Cleaning
Cleaning will always be on my list of things I’m putting off because it’s what I like to do the least and the messes are ever-growing. Even when you think you’re done cleaning, you’re not done cleaning. The mess will recreate itself in an hour and during the time you spent cleaning it another mess was being made elsewhere. I get myself into the most trouble when I think, “oh forget it. No point in cleaning that up when it’s just going to get messy again in an hour.” Ignoring a mess means the mess will get bigger and it’s all just a constant battle I have in this house.
2. Drivers Ed
My 15-year-old was asking to sign up for driver’s ed this past summer. I put it off and now she’s 16. No Driver’s Ed. No license. No car. I feel bad about it, but I’m also kind of okay with her not driving so. Sorry not sorry? Well kind of sorry.
3. Returning Email and/or Text Messages
I’m really good at deleting email that looks like spam rather quickly. But if the message I receive requires a thoughtful response…I’m so sorry. I put off answering back until I can articulately arrange my thoughts and sometimes I can’t ever articulately arrange my thoughts.
4. Sleep
I love to sleep. That moment where you first lay down and pull all of the covers up to your chin? Tell me it’s not the best moment. All of the busy-ness and concerns of the day are shelved and you can just sink into your pillow and welcome dreamland. Like a toddler I fight it. My body is begging for bed around 10pm, but my brain is like NO! PLAY MORE! YOU HAVE SO MANY MORE HOURS! So I stay up. I probably go to sleep between 12 and 1am and then I hate myself when my alarm goes off at 6am. I promise myself I will go to bed early that next night, but when 10pm comes around my brain is like NO! and the cycle is repeated. It’s midnight now.
5. Replacing My Kids Clothes
I have a son who is growing at a very rapid rate. He wears the same size shoes as his dad and is already passing him up in height. I don’t replace his clothes as fast as he outgrows them. Before I know it, his shorts are pulling at his waist and his toes are poking out of his shoes. I look at him in his tiny elf clothes and I know I need to spruce up his closet, and yet there he is…still in tiny elf clothes.
I could go on. I have put off the task of replacing the carpet on our stairs, organizing the garage, and putting together a bed frame for our master bedroom. But why focus what’s not getting done. I could write a whole blog post about things I DO get done. And I think will…one of these days.
What are you putting off!?
The Prompts:
1. What do you miss most about being ten years younger than you are now? What do you miss the least?
2. Write about something you’re putting off.
3. Do you have any travel plans for 2020? Where are you going?
4. Write a blog post inspired by the word: few
5. Share one piece of advice you wish you never followed.
6. Tell us about the best book you read in 2019.