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Laboring at Nothing

Perhaps this happens to you; you wake up walk into your home office and see a pile of bills, months of yet to be balanced checking statements and several surveys, notices and subscriptions needing response...

But here's the deal; as you read, this you may be thinking this is starting to sound like a post where I'll point out the necessary habits of diligence and routine to bring forth success and happiness. But nooooo... this is my admission that I am a procrastinator! I know, hard to believe that such a disciplined, Ironman type as myself would constantly be putting off until tomorrow what could be done today. To give you an example, this post was begun and the opening sentence written, two days ago, being Labor Day (note the title) and now here I am getting around to finishing my thoughts!

I'm convinced as much as I am a procrastinator, my wife Joy is a "precrastinator!" In other words, what I choose to do later she will always accomplish ahead of time. Which, on one hand creates a nice balance between the two of us but on the other, it basically creates tension exposing the two completely different operating systems in our home. While each of us may argue well the benefits of putting things off or doing things first, the end result must always be the end result! To which, I agree, giving yourself more time rather then less to accomplish any given task, is a far better way. Now, if I could just do something about it.

I have many projects around the house still to be completed... I've purchased the materials, just haven't found the time. Funny, sometimes when I have the time; I don't seem to have the materials. Also, It's time for me to get back into the routine of training my body for swimming, biking and running... I always seem to find the time. How does that work? Finally, I need to find the time to be with my wife. She's given me a schedule of several options to review but I seemed to have misplaced it. I'm guessing it's somewhere in the pile of bills, checking statements and notices...

I'll look for it tomorrow. Right now, I've got work to do.

Things That Bug!

Urkel... that bottle-glasses, suspender-totten, high watered nerd on, Family Matters, used to drive me crazy with his character's constant disruption of everyone else's normal life while seemingly ignorant to his culpability and finally asking, "Did I do that?" There are other annoying phrases and sounds that just create certain ire in me; such as... "You gonna eat that?" "It's not my problem" "people say" or "they say" and "whatever;" just to name a few. Sounds like chomping, smacking and eating of ice all bother me. Not so much by the sound as they are intentional... accidental sounds (if you know what I mean) don't seem to bug me as much!

Then it's not just what people say but it's how they say it... for instance. When people talk they're always looking for affirmation, "You know what I mean?" Yesterday when I was eating, you know what I mean? I found a hair in my sandwich, you know what I mean? and it maid me, you know what I mean... sick! Or when people pray they seem to always forget who they're talking to... "God, I just (the word "just" is a ho' nutha issue) want to thank you God, for God you are so good God and God, can you please God, help me God, be a better person God for uh... for uh... God! Then there are those people who end their sentences up in inflecting tone (what is known as "uptalk"). They have the same kind of effect on my belief of that person's intelligence as those from the south... yeah... I just stepped in it right there huh? oh wait!!!  Did I do that?

So what bugs you? What phrases, what sounds... maybe it's pompous bloggers who make fun at people from the south or Brittney Spears?

Just another new installment of things to find here at DoxA called: Things That Bug!