I.W.S.G. (4) - Making A List

I hate to admit, I'm not pushing myself very well. There are a lot of writings I could be working on, but I've not been putting myself to task. It's not writers burn out or anything, I'm just bad at scheduling. The up side to this, (if you can call it that), is it's not only my writing that's suffering. I should be trying to lose weight, keeping up on my foreign language studies, working in the home and other duties as well. Instead, I keep putting them off because I don't schedule them. Not that I'm a big procrastinator either. Well, maybe I am. BUT.... If I actually dedicate myself to getting something accomplished, and I make a list and check it twice, it seems to get done. It's the reason when I plan a trip, I make a check-list. I should really do the same thing for my writing. Sure, I'm keeping up on my blog-hops, BECAUSE THEY ARE SCHEDULED. But what about the rest of my writing (and other things I should be working on). I've done this in the past, and it has worked. I've made a list and I kept to it. So why am I not doing this currently? Well, I think it's about time I do that. Check back next month to see what I put on my list, and how well I stick to it.If I'm insecure about anything this month, it's worrying if I can actually pull this off. I've been complaining without doing anything for far too long.

(To Be Continued)

Questions:
Does making a list help you?
If you are a procrastinator, what helps you?
Do you find it hard to 'push yourself' sometimes? What helps?

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The Alarm Clock

R.a.n.t. of week 01/06/13

♫...then put your little hand in mine. There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb.♪
Suddenly it's six o'clock and you have to wake up. Or do you? Different people approach the alarm clock in different fashions. Phil, in the movie 'Groundhog Day' took a novel approadch to his alarm clock. He smashed it to bits. Other people do something a little less destructive. This is where the snooze bar comes in. For many, it's the only viable option. I mean how ridiculous would it be to actually wake up when you planned to wake up? Jim Gaffigan joked how the snooze bar encourages people to make the first decision of the day, a poor decision of the day. Suddenly instead of getting up for the gym, you are snoozing. Then bypass the shower in favour of another snooze. He concluded the joke by mentioning how in extreeme cases, a person may even hit the snooze one last time because they've always wondereed what it would be like to be on welfare.

Of course he had a point, hitting snooze is just delaying the inevitable. Yet maybe that could be a good thing. Let's say you are car-pooling and are being picked up by a coworker who just bought a new car. You are about to step in the car when you realize you already stepped in a 'schnauzer surprise'. Now if you had a 'Life Snooze Bar ©', you could hit the snooze bar and step in the 'surprise' after you get out of the car. Avoiding the embarrassment of holding everyone up as you clean your shoe before getting into the car.

Another interesting use of the 'Life Snooze Bar ©' would be when you have some sort of project at home that really needs to get done. You just don't want to do it so you hit the snooze bar and....... hmmmm. Actually I think there is an invention for this sort of thing, it's called procrastination.

I guess another good use would be when you have your heart broken. When you get tired of the pain you are suffering, hit the snooze bar as often as you like till a more convenient time comes along. Till then you can pretend every thing is okay. I guess in a way, video games and TV kind of do that huh?

Well there must be more uses for the 'Life Snooze Bar ©'. I suppose you are probably expecting me to come up with a few more uses. Okay, that's fine. Hmmmmmmm, I uh...... do have more I can mention. They are.... uhhhhhhh

SNOOZE

Procrastination (A Song Parody)

Sung to the tune of -
Anticipation by Carly Simon

♫We can never dwell on things undone
But we think about them anyway.
And I wonder if I'd do them any how
Or just put it off for another day♪

♫Procrastination, Procrastination
Is makin' me........♪


..... want to do this later.
Sorry everyone. I'll finish this tomorrow.