stop procrastinating

Things to do today:

Wean the colt –
I started and I feel heartless. He’s in a separate pasture from his mother. He’s with a mare who is not his mother. I pray she doesn’t beat up on him. Tonight when he doesn’t go in the stall with his mother is when it’s really going to be hard. When he looks at me with his big, incredibly beautiful brown eyes, I melt.

Grade papers –
I only have about six million to grade. Okay, it just seems that way. I see/have 90 students a day. So if I give just one assignment, that’s 90 papers. Argghhh. It seems hopeless.

Do laundry -
I won’t have anything to wear unless I get some laundry done.

The items above are priorities. Below are things that need to be done, but are not priorities right now.

Finish the dishes
Scrub the kitchen floor
Clean the bathrooms
Scrub the toilets
Vaccum the carpets

on the computer that I know is here somewhere. Where is the little darling? Another search is in order.

I dislike going to the grocery store so I’m procrastinating about going. I’ve got my list made, and I’m all ready to go. Now, all that remains is to put on my shoes and get in the car and go. I will go in 10 minutes—no more excuses!!!!!!!

• finish laundry / done
• put laundry away / done
• scrub kitchen and laundry room floor
• pick up family room
• dust all wood furniture / done
• vaccum bedroom / done
• empty dishwasher
• clean bathrooms
• go to the grocery store

That’s all for now. If I think of anything else, I’ll add it. I’m going to try setting the timer for 1 hour. I will not stop working for 1 hour. After 1 hour, I’ll take a ten minute break and then go back to work for another hour. If need be, reset, repeat until done.

Okay, one hour is up. I don’t feel like I’ve made much progress because I got sidetracked into sorting through some things and throwing some things away. I guess this isn’t all bad though because it needs to be done also.

10 minute break and then back to work.

and 3) go to bed. I guess some days are like that. Tomorrow will be better, right?

That’s better than none. What I didn’t get done today, goes on tomorrow’s list.

Buy a present for Bev and go see her tomorrow at home—take present
Call Patsy
Scrub kitchen floor
Continue decluttering the bedroom
Ride Jack two miles
Walk two miles

I still have items on my to-do list for today to finish. It’s time to get them done!

“You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”
- Charles Buxton

I’ve been on the computer for an hour today. I’m going to log out and get my to-do list in front of me. Things I have to do today:

• Go to drugstore (+done)
• Call Bev and see how she’s feeling
• Call Patsy
• Call person and set up an appointment about master’s degree and what I need to do to get in the program, classes, etc. (partially done – I left a message on his voice mail—sigh)
• Figure out something really good for dinner tonight and fix it (+done)
• Put dishes in dishwasher (+done)
• Clean
• Keep working on decluttering the bedroom
• Ride Jack two miles (+sort of done – rode Jack one mile)
• Walk two miles

It’s 8:18 on Sunday evening, and I haven’t done any grading. Arrgghh, this means I’ll have to stay tomorrow evening until 9:00. I don’t know how to stop procrastinating during the weekend. If I’d just start, I’d actually keep working. Once I start I’m okay. I was sick this weekend—sinus infection. That counts for something doesn’t it?

Well, here’s to all procrastinators everywhere.

Today I am grateful for
1. Stripping the horses’ stalls. Whew, lots of work, but the horses seemed so grateful when we put down the new bedding. They love to stand in it, then roll in it, and spread it around.
2. Going to get bedding. Loading it and unloading it, stacking it.
3. Getting something done even if it wasn’t a third of what I had planned.
4. My wonderful daughter who I miss so much. My wonderful daughter who is such a love and sweetheart.
5. Perhaps, only six more weeks of winter.