Thursday, June 29, 2006

Procrastination or yeah, I'll get to that later....

Oh there is a big ADD word. I still feel funny blaming a disorder for my seeming inability to start a large project. There is got to be a way to get through that. After all, I am intelligent. I am not lazy. ( Although I was accused of that often as a child.) So why in the world can't I get started???
I have told myself that I was going to catch up on a little housework over the summer. Well, it took me nearly a month just to go in there and clean the bathroom countertops!! I would walk by and think, " that just really looks awful, I need to get on to that" and then it was on to other things... It's like I just have to be in the mood to do it in order to get it done. That really does seem lazy or immature or, or something.. But supposedly it's ADD.. aaaaaahhhhhh!
I have a garage that I want to clean out also.. Haven't even touched it.
I have lesson plans that I want to write before school starts again, along with some mini lessons that I can grab at the last minute if I need to. I started that yesterday. But I didn't even finish doing the first day's worth of plans.
I have a grant that I want to write to ask for materials for school... Sigh.. I started that one directly after the workshop I attended.. Have not gotten back to it since..
and, What am I doing?? I am playing on my blog.. Looking at email, and doing all sorts of little things to avoid all the stuff that I keep putting off.
As the Nike commercial says, "Just Do It" Why can't it be that simple?
I try, I really do, I will sit down to do something school wise, get bored, distracted, whatever.. And I just cant make myself do it.
I try the decluttering bit... I start, I get bored, I cant make myself do it..
Then there are other days. When I think of something and do it right then.. I don't even think about it.. I just seem to get it all in gear. THAT happened today when I cleaned the bathroom counters... I saw a bit of trash, and thought, well, "I'll just take this out of here." Well, that was all it took, I just started working, cleaning and wiping down everything til it was done.

Now why in the world couldn't it be like that all the time? What makes one day different than the other? Why can't I be CONSISTENT?? I know there are ways to attack problems with procrastination.... And I really do need to learn more and try different things to see what works.

I guess I'll look into that later.......

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