Cape Karen
As I read my e-mail and watch "Clean Sweep" on TLC, on my little overhead TV, I know I ought to be doing what they are doing on that show today.
I should be spending some time getting rid of clutter and re-organizing my den. I ought to be emptying-out all those closets full of clothes we never wear. I could be clearing off 'stuff' from tabletops, and throwing away all those piles of "Country Living" magazine, that I've saved for years. And then, there's always the chock-a-block-full storage shed to tackle. . .someday.
Today, I ought to be going through, and cleaning out, all our drawers; especially the kitchen 'catch-all' drawer, where rubber bands and safety pins, coupons, batteries, pencils and pens, 'somehow' end up living. But ~ nooooooo ~ I'm still sitting here, drinking coffee, and writing in my blog about it ~ instead of getting off my arse' and doing it.
I'm putting it off for another day. I am procrastinating. . . again.
Why do I procrastinate when I know it's bothering me? Why don't I just start peeling back the layers of my disorganization? I know it would make me feel better, and it would give me that great feeling of accomplishment; so why do I keep putting it off?
Am I lazy? No. I'm really not a lazy person. I rarely sit and do nothing. I'm always 'doing' something. . . just not cleaning out drawers and closets. My time gets spent, but where does it go, and what am I doing with it? I'm retired from working outside the house, so why don't I use all this "free" time de-cluttering and re-organizing?
During the days, I do laundry, I vacumn, I dust, I wash windows, I food shop on occasion- (Frank does most of it, because he enjoys it more than I do.) I cook, I go to the Post Office at least twice a week, I take care of Smudge kitty, and faithfully clean her box; and, when the weather's nice, I go out and work in the yard. I also have a web site rug-hooking business where I design and hook wool rugs (which creates a lot of the clutter in my den.)
Well, gosh, golly, gee; it looks to me like I don't have any time to clean-out drawers and closets! There's no time to clean the den and clear-off my desktop. I'm just way too busy doing all those other things. Nope. . . I'm not procrastinating at all - it's just that there aren't enough hours in the day!
And, if you believe that one. . . .
Posted by Karen at October 15, 2005 11:51 AM