Procrastination
1/20/09 12:31pm
Today... well, today I'm realizing the true meaning of the American Heritage version. I am a habitual procrastinator. If something needs done RIGHT NOW, I'm totally on top of it, but if it CAN be put off, you know I'm right there, procrastinating. Which was pointed out to me in a very harsh way this morning when I realized that I haven't checked one of my e-mail accounts since November... November! It's one of those accounts that I've had for ever that *most* people have phased out, *most* people don't email me at it anymore. Random friends from time past that I've slowly been losing touch with but who I still consider friends, even if I only hear from them once a year. What's the harm in procrastinating just another day, and then another, until you realize that it's been over two months since you've procrastinated something as small as checking an email account? I have some time to kill, "hey, the servers are down, what should I do today? Oh, I know, I'll check all those random email accounts I have laying around..." Procrastination led to a missed opportunity to be there for a friend who in just two months time went from being a healthy, thriving middle aged woman to having been diagnosed with breast cancer, been through a harsh round of chemotherapy, countless surgeries and much more. Now I need to find a way to make up for the time that I lost with her and be thankful that she has so far made it through and is still alive so that I still have the opportunity to make up for that time lost. So what's the lesson here today boys and girls? Well, I don't know yet, I'm still a little shocked at how quickly something can be procrastinated into a monumental failure but I suppose my personal lesson is to stop procrastinating and figure out a way to phase this habitual procrastinating out of my life. How do I do that? Maybe I'll put it off until tomorrow so I have more time to think about it... |