It
has been well documented that I tend to be a bit of a procrastinator. Sometimes, the procrastination has a lot to
do with something that is tedious (balancing the checkbook) or sometimes it is
something that I flat don’t want to do (pick up the house). On Tuesday morning, I looked around the main
living area of our house (which consists of the living room, dining room, and
kitchen) and I noticed it was a bit of a wreck.
I honestly didn’t want to pick up those areas and I was rationalizing why I shouldn’t have to pick that area
up. My excuses included:
·
I’m too busy to stop and do those dishes right now.
·
No one is going to drop by and see this mess anyways.
·
I can pick it all up on Saturday, when I’m off.
·
Besides, it’s not that
bad yet.
Why
I think that I should wait until it looks like a bomb has went off in my house
before I should start picking up is beyond me, but that is my slob nature. That thinking is exactly why I have been
trying to turn my thinking around.
In
an effort to challenge myself, I decided to just pick up the darn living
area. But, I timed myself to see how
long this whole process actually takes.
Here is what I found:
In 29 minutes and 42 seconds, I went from this:
To this:
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| Please ignore the receipts on the table. I'm in the middle of trying to balance the checkbook to current. It is yet another project that I'm insisting on procrastinating on. |
In less than 30 minutes, I went from a cluttered, hot mess to something that I could be proud of. Of course, in doing this little project, I was procrastinating studying for my test that I had on Wednesday...
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