Just as I've told myself 800 million times to stop exaggerating!
What can I say-procrastination is the final refuge of the able who just don't feel like doing that thing right this minute. It drove my ex-wife crazy, this habit of mine. She would concoct some project for me, present it, and expect immediate action. And then quietly fume while I approached the whole thing crab-wise, thinking about it, musing upon it, researching, studying, considering and reconsidering, sidling up to it in the way I best like to approach problems which do not require quick and immediate resolution.
Don't get me wrong, I'm capable of quick and decisive action and I'm good in a pinch; in fact, I do some of my best work when everything's on the line and a solution was needed 5 minutes ago. But in a sort of husbanding-of-my-resources way, things that don't require such immediacy often quietly tick away on idle as I slowly formulate my approach. She, on the other hand, rarely gave careful consideration before just diving into a project, often only to find that she didn't have the needed materials or tools or plan to complete whatever it was she was attempting. And that sort of roadblock is just the thing to completely derail me.
So, you may ask yourself, what is it that I'm procrastinating on today? Well, in my crab-wise, sidling up to it way, I've gotten about 1/2-way thru cleaning the apartment, reorganizing my music gear, setting up the rendering lab for my VHS-to-DVD conversion project, sorting a whole bunch of clothes into keep or donate piles, finally deciding which of my kitschy collection of old audio and electronic gear to keep and which to pitch, oh my, the list can go on for days! And instead of doing any of that (I DID, after all, spend several hours this morning poking most of those projects with a pencil, after all!) I'm listening to my old Nektar CDs, having a cold beer and writing in this blog.
After all, it's GOOD to be the king! In fact, I think a plan is formulating even as I write-more slacking off, a mid-day nap (hey, it's going to be 90 degrees today! heck with going out...) then maybe a bit of early evening supper, read or play guitar a bit, and then one of my very favorite things-GO SHOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! While I try not to patronize Wally world too much, there are some things I need which I just cannot spend more than the barest minimum on...slacks and shirts for the new job, stuff like that. I love going to 24 hr. stores in the middle of the night, when there's no traffic in or out of the store, and I can just piddle along amusing myself looking at the things people spend money on.
Sounds like a plan.
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What people choose to spend money on is amazing to me as well. As I walk through Wall-Marts (got to have the S on the end) I notice virtually nothing there is necessary. 90% of the store consists of junk food, electronic gadgets, video games, lawn and garden hoopla, jewerly, toys, and fishing gear. Sure you need to eat but you don't need to eat fried pork rinds. You need clothes but not special T-shirts with rhinestones imbedded on them.
ReplyDeletePeople waste nearly all their money and then sit around wishing they had more to waste. When an emergency pops up for cash they don't have it so out comes the "I'm so broke" routines. The average person has plenty of money to own a modest house, live well, and be debt free. Instead they choose to be idiots while spending money on foolish crap without saving a nickle.
People are amazing. Wall-marts is amazing
yes, too true. I am continually amazed at what some people decide are "must-have" items. I'm a lucky, lucky guy to have escaped that consumptive mentality-I consider myself lucky, lucky, lucky to have the simple things that make my life a happy one! I mean, I barely make enough to cover my bills, but I have about 3 month's overhead saved up! Just because I do not buy what I do not NEED. NEED, people! I NEED food, I NEED to pay my bills, but I don't NEED an HD TV, I don't NEED a newer car, better clothes, more gadgets and gew-gaws and CRAP! hell, I don't even need a house, although I'd like one...I sold the last one to make the divorce easier, and since then, I have been pretty grateful for not having to do yardwork and maintenance. Other than being free to be noisy, I don't really miss it.
ReplyDeleteI'm the president of the PSA (Procrastinator Society of America). Well, I would have been; we kept putting off elections.
ReplyDeleteI am, however, the queen of spending time at the computer playing games and surfing the net, planning my next big move. Which always ends up by default being playing games and surfing the net.