<html> <p>I spent much of this morning cleaning off my desk so I could get my work done.</p> <p>Although this is technically speaking my day off, I have a lot of stuff <em>"to get done" </em>today... all of which are time consuming things. Some of them are just tedious<em> (sorting paperwork in preparation for doing our taxes)</em>, some are a hassle <em>(getting our older car towed from a garage where they couldn't fix it, to another where they hopefully can)</em>, and some are boring <em>(taking photos and processing them to list items for sale on eBay)</em>.</p> <p> <div class="pull-left"> <p><img src="https://i.imgsafe.org/e1624ba4c9.jpg" alt="Lighthouse" /><br /> <em>Lighthouse, Lewes, Delaware</em></p> </div> </p> <p>With all this ahead of me, I determined that it was "essential" to my progress to clean up the mess on my desk, first.</p> <p>I'll be the first to admit that I am far better at <em>creating</em> organizational systems than actually <em>using</em> them. Am I poorly organized? Yes. Would I have been <em>able</em> to get my work done without tidying up my desk? Absolutely!</p> <p>People often perceive me to be quite "together," and are surprised to find the chaos often reigning in my immediate surroundings. And they wonder why stuff stays so messy.</p> <p>It took me some years of pretty rigorous self-inquiry to arrive at some not necessarily pleasant conclusions about my life. Perhaps most central to these is the fact that I have almost always been <em>"underemployed,"</em> meaning that it has typically taken me two or three jobs, or multiple projects, generally adding up to 70-80 hours of work a week.... not to "<em>get ahead,</em>" but simply to "<em>stay afloat</em>." </p> <p> <div class="pull-right"> <p><img src="https://i.imgsafe.org/e16239eb5a.jpg" alt="Beach" /><br /> <em>Beach walk, Lewes, Delaware</em></p> </div> </p> <p>At the end of it, I'm just <em>too damned tired</em> to also be an organizational wizard... I just toss stuff on my desk and collapse into a chair to find a few moments' peace, or a brief meditation, or something to entertain myself.</p> <p>Surprisingly, I actually have a lot of <em>gratitude</em> for the fact that my wife and I get to be "independent." But it does seem to be an almost eternal financial struggle... and that's just tiring. </p> <p>Anyway, I do end up procrastinating a fair bit when my few hours of free time somehow get allocated to "things that need to get done." Maybe we all do that. </p> <p>But hey, at least my desk is a lot tidier now, and I'l save time by not looking for stuff I previously wasn't sure where to find!</p> <p>How about you? Are you a procrastinator, or do you always get things done and neatly kept in place? Are there specific situations that push you into procrastination? Leave a comment!</p> <p><em>(As always, all text and images by the author; this is original content created for Steemit)</em></p> </html>
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