Sooner or Later I'll be Punctual!
I have to go with the most "popular" bad habit - procrastination.
I have no sense of how long something should take, so I procrastinate doing it because I think it'll take too long. My timer and FlyLady's "you can do anything for 15 minutes" is starting to help some, but...
Sometimes it's the opposite - I'll put off doing something because I think it won't take long. And it does.
Even when I *know* it takes one full hour to get to my sister's, I don't get out of the house on time. I am always at least 10 minutes late. At least.
Someone posted a list. Taxes - check. Car registration - check. Driver's license renewal - check.
I'm also perfectly capable of putting off fun things too. A trip out to the coast to take pictures. Sewing. Watching movies on the big screen. Going to see live theatre. Whatever the mental kink is, it's comprehensive.
If I could change one thing about me, that would be it. Anything else could be tackled with persistence, determination, time-management - whatever it is that I lack. It's not strictly persistence or determination. I've taught myself html, and enough cgi to make major modifications to scripts. I can spend hours, days, tinkering with programming to get a website just right. I've learned digital scrapping the same way.
But much of my life is made more difficult by this mental/emotional block to starting, and finishing, all sorts of projects.
I have no sense of how long something should take, so I procrastinate doing it because I think it'll take too long. My timer and FlyLady's "you can do anything for 15 minutes" is starting to help some, but...
Sometimes it's the opposite - I'll put off doing something because I think it won't take long. And it does.
Even when I *know* it takes one full hour to get to my sister's, I don't get out of the house on time. I am always at least 10 minutes late. At least.
Someone posted a list. Taxes - check. Car registration - check. Driver's license renewal - check.
I'm also perfectly capable of putting off fun things too. A trip out to the coast to take pictures. Sewing. Watching movies on the big screen. Going to see live theatre. Whatever the mental kink is, it's comprehensive.
If I could change one thing about me, that would be it. Anything else could be tackled with persistence, determination, time-management - whatever it is that I lack. It's not strictly persistence or determination. I've taught myself html, and enough cgi to make major modifications to scripts. I can spend hours, days, tinkering with programming to get a website just right. I've learned digital scrapping the same way.
But much of my life is made more difficult by this mental/emotional block to starting, and finishing, all sorts of projects.
posted by Kristen | 2:45 AM
1 Comments:
I think of it as being artistic. We put off things because we're busy creating! Even if only in our heads! Good luck to you!
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