Doing alittle catching up

I used to be a great procrastinator! I would always put things off till tomorrow, a devil may care attitude, trouble is the jobs would soon mount up and creep up on me! Now what I do is keep a things to do list each day so that I can tick off jobs, I also reward myself if there are any jobs that I have put off because I couldnt face them and managed to tick them off. It works because I can put a nice cross through that job and think YES! Done it.

I wondered where you were but thought you were probably busy. Yes, I am the worst of the worst when it comes to putting things off. The older I get, the worse it becomes. I bought a shower curtain about 6 months ago and it's still in the package. Now that's just plain lazy on my part. Our house was painted inside 16 months ago and I still don't have pictures and various items on the walls. One day I'll get it to it when I can corner my husband and insist that he helps me. Might be another 16 months but it will happen.

Welcome back.I don't usually put things off. But I have been So busy that I didn't get everything I wanted to get done.

Welcome back Terry. It is good to take a break from mylot now and then to attend to stuff that Im sure we all neglect from time to time. Hope you and your husband are feeling better too :) take care!

Do I put things off she asks..hehe...uh, yup---I never got around to doing all that "fall" cleaning last year..so gee, it's getting nearer to spring time so will do it then--I want to really go through the kitchen with a fine tooth comb and clean out all the cabinets...maybe could throw some things out that I don't really use. Been meaning to do that, but it's job I don't look forward to which is probably why I haven't tackled it yet :(

Oh yeah, before mylot I would have most if not all my housework done by noon, now it is around noon that I ever start..lol

welcome come back then!!! is it for good? hope your doing good and well...

I hope you got everything caught up that you needed to do. I haven't been on for a few days myself as I've been sick. I feel better now but I still have a really bad cough and still a little congested. I try not to put stuff off. I just try to get it done so I don't have to do it later. LOL I only get on mylot when I have a chance so I'm usually doing the things that need to be done when I'm not on here posting.

Doesn't that just bite an apple Terry? Not fair that our lives interfere with our addiction of mylot? LMAO Oh Darlin, I am sitting here at home because of snow and ice, have not gone into the shop as of yet, and instead of taking care of things I need to here in the house while I have an extra few hours I am indeed in mylot chatting with you all my wonderful friends. I am the QUEEN of Procrastination. Eventually it all gets done... There is next year right?

YES!! I'm at a friends house because i was babysitting, my daughter is napping, but when i go home i have a few days worth of dishes in the sink that need washing! The problem is, i can't do them while the baby is sleeping cause it'll wake her up.. and i come here to babysit usually at 8 am so i dont have time to do anything in the morning. and then i'll come home at about 5:30, so then i cook dinner, and eat it and by that time its 6:30, so i tend to mylot for a half an hour or so before bath and shwoer time, and then before i know it its bedtime for us!!

Ugh, yes I do. I don't think my recent 'troubles' are due to procrastination though. Finally today after playing phone tag and bugging some people enough, I got an agency to call be back with actual information - even though they left it on my answering machine. I tend to worry when someone gives me a deadline to get something done, but doesn't tell me how to do it, when the consequence of NOT doing it results in the loss of money. So I haven't been here much either. Welcome back!

I know exactly what you mean terry! I haven't been doing as much as I would like this week as life keeps intruding on my mylot time! It really is quite annoying! Good to see you and please don't forget us! xxx

I'm forever playing catchup, TerryZ, lol. I keep thinking, if only I could add a couple more hours to my day -but we know that isn't going to happen! I have been trying to get caught up on Unresolved Discussions here on myLot for over a month now, but I'm slowly chipping away at them. Of course, were I more disciplined I would have it all taken care of by now.

Hi girlfriend, glad you're back! I haven't been on Mylot that much either, just too busy straightening out some problems and then there's work, which is another problem in itself, yuk. Yes, I put things off and then they are all piled up and trying to sort it all out is pain-staking. This is what I'm trying to do right now and get on the right track. I have today and tomorrow off so that will finally help a little.......take care sugar!

I have not been on myLot as often, because I decided to spend more time working on my novel as well as practice my Spanish and Italian. I already took a little time off for singing practice and then there is the basement renovation, not that I do that much of that. So we cannot be on myLot all the time. Even when I was on it, much of the time was spent checking my interests, and getting more friends. You cannot have too many. Well we are now putting the plumbing in for the downstairs washroom, and we will have to get a permit before we put the floor back in.

Do I put things off too? Naaahhhhh...lol! Actually, I've been planning on joining "Procrastinators Anonymous" but I keep putting it off. Hon, don't worry if there are some things you've put off. I know there are some things that must be done but there are many that will still be there if you wait until tomorrow. Annie

Ugh! Tell me bout it, Terry. I just can't seem to find a balance in my life so I can be here and keep everything in order offline at the same time.

I have the tendency to procrastinate. I know it's bad and at times I really hate myself for procrastinating. Anyway, it's nice to know that you are okay and that you were able to update us as to how you are doing. Take care!

Oh Terry I know exactly what you mean. I was away till yesterday, for a couple weeks because of offline things. Now that I am back I am trying to catch up to my emails from mylot and it is really hard to do. As you can see you posted this discussion 3 weeks ago and I am finally getting to it. I have over a thousand emails to go through and I am trying my best to respond to all my friends discussions. I am trying to at least respond to one days worth at a time. Yesterday it took me about 4 hours and 50 responses to catch up on February 11th's emails and today I am working on February 12ths. I hope to finish them all today but I don't know if I can because there are even more from the 12th than there were from the 11th. Funny how I am responding to this discussion that came into my email on Feb 12th and today is February 27. In my figures that's only two weeks but the date up on the right of your discussions says 3 weeks ago. Hmm I guess mylot has a problem they don't know about. lol

Do I ever! (LOL) I'm such a bad procrastinator and myLot lets me do so that much more. I love it here and would never think of stopping, but sometimes I need to have my priorities straight. For instance, my sister lives several hundred miles away and she asked for my help on a project she's doing. The project involves my organizing all of my pictures (digital and on the computer, of course) from last year and putting them on CD to mail to her. You'd think that would be quite simple, right? No way! (LOL) She's getting those pictures together to create a memory book for my family for Christmas (2007). Obviously, it's going to be a few months late, but it's the thought that counts. I hate procrastinating because I drive myself crazy with it, but my goal is to mail out that picture CD by the end of February, which means, this week! I hope it works out. I'm sure my sister isn't very happy with me now (LOL), but it'll all work out in the end. I'm glad there's someone else on here that's like me!