Am I just lazy or what? I keep saying I'm going to do this, this, and this today, and then I don't. Is it because I'm not writing it down? Is it because I know I have to go back to work next week and I want to squeeze in all the lying around time I can? I don't know. I just don't know. But I don't like it. Not at all.
So what am I going to do about it? Not sure at the moment. "Just do it" comes to mind (although, I'd like to have a phrase that's not so associated with a commercial product, but what works works, I suppose). *Frustrated with self*.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
List for Today
Alright, I'm making a list for today's things I plan to do. I know I'm already to a late start, but better late than never, eh? (Priority beside it.)
- Mail AD's package (finally!); closes at 5, I think. (1)
- Go to Winthrop library and look up article for JDC project. (2)
- Clean out and organize study. (2)
- Call and get landline cancelled. (1)
- Look through UGA materials to see if I need to make a doc appt. (2)
- Write one thank you notes (majorly overdue). (1.5)
- Laundry (1)
Most of these don't take long to do, but I've been putting them off nonetheless. Mainly because I don't do them when I think about them, or I think about them at the wrong time. I don't think this is a bad list for today.
11:15 pm Update
DONE:
- Mail AD's package (I'm sure she's glad to hear it!)
- Clean out and organize study (well, good enough for summer session and before I move).
- Call and get landline cancelled.
- Look through UGA materials to see if I need to make a doc appt (I don't think I do).
- Write one thank you note.
- Laundry (well, all except the folding; somehow lately I hate doing that part).
- Get passport photo taken and sent to UGA. (That wasn't even on my list! But I was near somewhere that did it, so I went ahead and got it done.) :)
NOT DONE:
- Look up article for JDC project.
I think this is pretty good for today. The only reason I decided against going to the Winthrop Library to look up the article was because I didn't need to be in town for any other reason, and I hate to waste gas for one thing. I thought I'd do it tomorrow when I'm going to be in town anyway.
I supposed next up is making the list for tomorrow, which I'll put up later. For now, I'm enjoying watching Pride & Prejudice and will be having a treat of ice cream. :)
- Mail AD's package (finally!); closes at 5, I think. (1)
- Go to Winthrop library and look up article for JDC project. (2)
- Clean out and organize study. (2)
- Call and get landline cancelled. (1)
- Look through UGA materials to see if I need to make a doc appt. (2)
- Write one thank you notes (majorly overdue). (1.5)
- Laundry (1)
Most of these don't take long to do, but I've been putting them off nonetheless. Mainly because I don't do them when I think about them, or I think about them at the wrong time. I don't think this is a bad list for today.
11:15 pm Update
DONE:
- Mail AD's package (I'm sure she's glad to hear it!)
- Clean out and organize study (well, good enough for summer session and before I move).
- Call and get landline cancelled.
- Look through UGA materials to see if I need to make a doc appt (I don't think I do).
- Write one thank you note.
- Laundry (well, all except the folding; somehow lately I hate doing that part).
- Get passport photo taken and sent to UGA. (That wasn't even on my list! But I was near somewhere that did it, so I went ahead and got it done.) :)
NOT DONE:
- Look up article for JDC project.
I think this is pretty good for today. The only reason I decided against going to the Winthrop Library to look up the article was because I didn't need to be in town for any other reason, and I hate to waste gas for one thing. I thought I'd do it tomorrow when I'm going to be in town anyway.
I supposed next up is making the list for tomorrow, which I'll put up later. For now, I'm enjoying watching Pride & Prejudice and will be having a treat of ice cream. :)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
And the Procrastination Continues....
Well. I had not realized it'd been almost a year since I've posted here. (Yes, Dana, the irony.) To be honest, it was less procrastination and more forgetting to do it. I've worked on and off (actively) on taming the beast, with mixed results. I decided to take the journal (as it were) out, dust it off, and continue to grapple with this issue. Especially since I have had some very important news since I last posted:
I got into a PhD program! I start this fall at University of Georgia, in the history department, studying 19th century US politics, culture, etc. I'm incredibly excited.
Of course, this also means I will be moving in August, to Athens, so I can do said program. It'll be a big move, and I'll be living there for five years at least, I think, so I need to get things settled for that in the next few months.
The thing is, since I've been in possession of this news, I've been incredibly slack about all the other things in my life, even though I am still several months away from moving and taking this next step. I am still teaching (summer classes are coming up) and doing work on the Jacob Cox project, as well as working at Carowinds. And so I have mountains of things still to do, but I rather consider them as part of my life as it was, not what will be. However, here they are, part of my present existence and having to be done, yet my procrastination is as bad as, if not worse than, ever.
I have a list that's been put together for over a week now, but I don't think I have more than one thing crossed off of it (besides one other thing that has to do with getting ready for the fall). I can't drop the ball now. I really can't. Because as excited as I am for going back to school this fall, these bad habits, this letting procrastination take over, will follow me there as well, if I'm not careful and I don't make headway now. It will only get worse if I don't do something about it. And I have to. I don't want to fail at the thing I've been working so hard for forever.
I'm going to put the important things up on the side there --> and I will start work on them tomorrow (I only say tomorrow because there is very little left in today, as it is 11:15 now). I can't drop the ball, I just can't.
I got into a PhD program! I start this fall at University of Georgia, in the history department, studying 19th century US politics, culture, etc. I'm incredibly excited.
Of course, this also means I will be moving in August, to Athens, so I can do said program. It'll be a big move, and I'll be living there for five years at least, I think, so I need to get things settled for that in the next few months.
The thing is, since I've been in possession of this news, I've been incredibly slack about all the other things in my life, even though I am still several months away from moving and taking this next step. I am still teaching (summer classes are coming up) and doing work on the Jacob Cox project, as well as working at Carowinds. And so I have mountains of things still to do, but I rather consider them as part of my life as it was, not what will be. However, here they are, part of my present existence and having to be done, yet my procrastination is as bad as, if not worse than, ever.
I have a list that's been put together for over a week now, but I don't think I have more than one thing crossed off of it (besides one other thing that has to do with getting ready for the fall). I can't drop the ball now. I really can't. Because as excited as I am for going back to school this fall, these bad habits, this letting procrastination take over, will follow me there as well, if I'm not careful and I don't make headway now. It will only get worse if I don't do something about it. And I have to. I don't want to fail at the thing I've been working so hard for forever.
I'm going to put the important things up on the side there --> and I will start work on them tomorrow (I only say tomorrow because there is very little left in today, as it is 11:15 now). I can't drop the ball, I just can't.
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