i'll admit it, i can be a bit of a procrastinator. and procrastination should not be confused with laziness or disarray. i am quite a diligent planner. so painstakingly orderly, in fact, that you could call me a "queen of the organized mess."
several years ago, in order to combat my defering tendencies, i started writing my "to-do" lists on sticky notes. then i started to affix these notes to the back of my cell phone to bring home. these days they are stuck on my cosmetic bag, kitchen counter, laptop, or nightstand. sometimes i'll get as far as crossing 1 or 2 items off the list (before the adhesive wears off), but most of the time, items are relisted onto a new note.
yes, relisted. as in, carried over from the first list to the second to the third, you get my drift.
my to-dos are prioritized in order by a self-imposed deadline ("d") day. d day is the last possible date they can be done. in the end, everything is finished, and on time, but you can bet that i'll be doing them on d day.
so in essence, i created a more organized way to procrasinate.
people who know me would probably never use 'procrastinator' to describe me. that is because they see the end result and not my nonsensical process in getting there. but somehow, the goofy system seems to works for me.
either that, or i just have a house full of sticky notes.
at least your sticky notes always look nice, i def do the rewriting thing too!!, but, half the time i feel like it's because they just look too ugly to look at. lol, and i def wouldn't think of you as procrastinator in comparison to my procrastinating self =P.
ReplyDeletelet's go live in a sticky note house together.