Excuse Me

 

It’s TOO HOT! It’s TOO COLD!

I’m a procrastinator. I can always find a reason to put off till tomorrow what should be done today. I can step over a vacuum with more dust on it than the floor and walk pass a sink full of dirty dishes without remorse or regret. I can watch the vines grow over the porch and just ponder which tool I should try and discard them.

I did this in school. I remember having an exam the next day and spending the night on the phone instead of studying. If a paper was due, I’d write it quickly, with no research or review, minutes before it was to be handed in.

At the same time, I was always early for class or dinner or an event because I learned not to be late. Ask a shrink how those two reactions to time and responsibility work together?

Now I can use a whole series of excuses for not accomplishing my chores and scratching off my ‘To Do’ list.

·      My back hurts

·      I’m tired

·      Got to check the news first

·      It is too nice to be inside

·      Got to make something to eat

·      It’s too late

·      This program comes on now

·      Too much noise outside

·      I’ll take a nap first

·      I’m too old for that

Most of my ‘put off till tomorrow what should be done today’ are not difficult or even technically challenging. I’ve accomplished this task years before with fervor and successful results, but now?

All the tools are available within reach. If the task is too difficult, I have plenty of contacts who will perform the request for a price. Is there a fear of finishing all the chores and afraid of what is next? How much time will it take to sweep the floor and lay down a rug? Job well done, but then what?

Through life, we meet many challenges and at some point, have to face the piper and either accomplish the goal or fail. No matter how much time you put in preposition, there comes a time of reckoning.

I’m not on a cane or a walker or wheelchair (yet) so that is not an excuse. I’m not taking a fist full of pills to blur my cognizant rationality. I may just be lazy?

Coming up on a change in the calendar and next years New Year’s Resolutions. What will you declare for the future goals? Will you accomplish any of them, the way you did this year?