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procrastination

September 25

Unfiltered Thoughts: Procrastination

This morning, sitting at my cube reading blogs as the coffee brewed, I read the improvised life's post "the work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." I'm not sure where I come down on this one. Obviously sitting on-call in a cubicle 40 hours a week is not what I think I should be doing for the rest of my life, though I've got some clear ideas on what that is and while I've been taking small steps to get me from the cube-sitting to … [Read more...] about Unfiltered Thoughts: Procrastination

Filed Under: work

June 1

At Least I’m Not the Only One Uninspired

Earlier I posted about how I haven't been writing because I'm just so damn worn out. And while I try not to be too hard on myself about that, that itself is…well, hard. I mean, all it takes is one sideways glance at my feeds to see that they are clogged with new blog posts, updates, follow-ups, and news items that get updated by the hour moment to prove that only I’m to blame when I find myself staring at a blank screen. Obviously I’m not creative enough. Or the ideas I have are bad and not … [Read more...] about At Least I’m Not the Only One Uninspired

Filed Under: rants & raves

December 10

Why Do Today…

Better Half: "You could wrap the Christmas gifts." Me: "Yeah, but we still haven't gotten all of them yet." Better Half: "So?" Me: "So I want to wait til they all come before I wrap them" Better Half: "But that's like saying that we shouldn't do any dishes now because we'll have more dirty dishes again." Me: "Exactly. I'm glad you understand this concept." … [Read more...] about Why Do Today…

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