I Coulda Dun That

I was thinking today that I could get a head start of some things and then not have to feel pressured at the last moment to get them done.  I thought, why not sit down and write that blog...or two...and get them ready to send out over the next couple days. Why not schedule payment of those bills you know are coming up?  And you certainly could get those files organized for your taxes that you know are going to have to be accounted for at the end of the year.  And what about the report you are going to have to make for closing that project you have been working on?

At least make a list!

There are calls to be made.  You could make a list and as you make them, check them off or better yet, draw a line throught them.  What a satisfying feeling it is to cross something off the to-do list!  What I really need to is a self-generating to-do list.  You know, one that automatically puts something that you know needs to be done even as you finish doing it?  Like laundry or taking out the trash or getting the dogs' teeth cleaned, cleaning the bathroom, going to the market...a shopping list is really good...saves you money and keeps you from impulse buys...especially when you remember to take it with you to the store. And don't talk to me about coupons.

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Don't get me wrong, I do have reminders set for when the dogs go to the groomers or I go to the groomer or the doctor or dentist or am taking someone to the airport, on and on, ad infinitium.  Every week I know to do the church newsletter.  I sometimes start early.  That is good.  Getting a head start though can give you a false sense of relaxation.  Not that I'm saying its good to be filled with anxiety.  Worry gets you nowhere.  But some worry is good.

If we don't worry about somethings nothing would ever get done.  You just have to draw the line.  Just not in the sand.  Sand shifts.  It shifts with the times.  And if you plant your flag in shifting sands, you may not find it when you go to look for it.

And so there you have it.  I coulda dun all that.  I coulda made life so much easier but planning ahead and doing today what I could put off until tomorrow.  But procrastination is such a fun little vice.  It rewards you with a sense of impending doom and eventually reminds you that whatever the task was you were putting off then rushing to get done and worrying about what people would think if you didn't get it done, wasn't in the long run, all that important.

And so it goes.  There is a lesson in all this but I have to put pondering on my list of things to do.  After all, if it wasn't on the list yet, why worry about it?