Procrastination cogitation

Ever feel like you just can't find the oomph to do something new? Or to take the next step on a project that's been hanging over your head for weeks or months? Writer's block is like that. You know perfectly well there are a million things you want to say, and yet when you think about going to your blog, you decide there are 50 other things you have to do that are more urgent.

Make a deposit, update your records, wash the bed sheets and change the bed,
take out the garbage, pack up and take out the recyclables, make a pot of soup, pet your dog/cat/rabbit, go to the grocery store, return books to the library, get the car washed, count the loose change in your purse and do something with it, record your receipts, pick up the clothes in the bathroom, and...well, you get the idea.

Some folks say if you just start writing--don't think about what you're going to say--you can get the juices flowing that way. Last week my sister, a professional paralegal, agreed to come over and help me get rolling to complete the application to the IRS for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status for the SWWAN Foundation--a project that's been sitting there for months in varying states of forward movement. We made good progress 'til our brother arrived and it was time to have a glass of wine and cook supper. Guess what? Still got a few sections to go.

Ah, well. Just think. There are days when I might have been going through personal email all morning instead of doing all those chores I got accomplished today (well, almost all of them). So it seems that, in fact, one day's procrastination is often another day's attainment.

It's all in how you look at it.