Day 13: I can do that tomorrow...

Once in awhile I just love to do nothing. Just sit and enjoy the fact that the sun is out and the world is spinning and just do nothing. Oh...wait...did I say once in a while? How about everyday! So often it seems as if there is not enough time in the day to get everything done that we need to get done so we tend to sit down to take our "breather" and end up sitting there the rest of the day or the evening. Why do we do such things? Maybe because I lived in a house with individuals who were workaholics when I was in the convent. Maybe because whatever it is that needs to be done I know will be there tomorrow. Maybe because I am hoping that someone else will consider doing it. Whatever the reason, I know that I am to blame for putting it off. Today's task is to stop procrastinating.

Like many people in the world, I find myself coming home from work, making supper, cleaning the table and wanting to collapse on the couch. I am exhausted! I dread doing anything more!When I wake up the next morning I still see that the dishes either need washed, the laundry done, the mail gone through and taken care of, etc. While mentally we sometimes need a break from everything, to do this on an almost daily basis can put us so far behind on things that we only end up putting it off more.

I am not saying that we need to become workaholics and work from sun up to sundown and see how much we can get accomplished, but rather that we need to become more aware of things in our life that we need to really get done at the times that they present themselves. When we put off some things in our life, we tend to start putting off alot of things in our life. It may start with the laundry or the dishes but how often does it turn to other things? When I fell behind on getting the menial things accomplished in my life I also found that I was putting off praying. I was putting off going to mass. I was putting off seeing friends or trying to stay in communication with them. I was putting off so much of my life.

I dread today letting my husband read this blog for I know that the first thoughts in his mind will be: "Good...you are no longer procrastinating on cleaning the basement, the extra bedroom, the office, etc." To that I say, "Dear...and you can stop procrastinating in helping me with the basement, extra bedroom, and office. (wink wink.) Today, I am going to stop pushing myself to the point of exhaustion to where I want to just collapse. Today I am going to accomplish at least 2 things that I have been putting off doing. (Okay...gotta find that to do list around here somewhere.) But most of all, today I will find more time to pray.