Procrastination is the worst. It can feel crippling and makes you feel terrible. It’s been one of those comfortable devils that I’ve allowed to linger around in my life. “Someday” turns into this big dark cloud that follows you around, forever making it onto your 500 to-do lists but never overpowering “Dishes” “Laundry” “Errands” or “watching Hulu/Facebook/Pinterest because I’m toasted and I deserve it”.

I started a set of curtains for some friends from church and told them I would have them to them in JUNE. It’s now the end of January. Umm come on Dani, really?!?

Serious procrastination here.

But the interesting thing about procrastination is that it is intimately tied to being overwhelmed and shutting down. I had run into problems with the curtains and I didn’t know how to solve it, so I shoved it in a box and dealt with the rest of life. Day after day after day.

Did you know that procrastinating slowly sucks the joy and passion out of you?

Every time you think of that thing you “should do” and you don’t do it….you loose a little bit of yourself.

So break it down and make it tackle-able. Maybe you can’t solve the problem in its entirety today but I bet you can do SOMETHING to move it forward. Declutter one box, rip out one seam, clean one part of the room, just DO SOMETHING!

It’ll make you feel AWESOME!

Trust Me.

Tell us what you have been procrastinating and how you are going to do SOMETHING today!

I have had a wonderful day of learning so much about PHP and CSS languages today and have made good progress towards the final format I would like this blog to be in.

I was editing away on the code trying to put widgets on my 404 page (the one you see when you get lost in someones website or directed to by an outdated link), no big deal right?

I had a copy of the php code I had just removed and was happily playing with it while I listened to Kevin read The Epicenter (our newest novel).

Then it happened.

It broke.

And I don’t mean a little broke. I’m talking big broke, heart pounding, palms sweating, fear rising broke.

I poked it. Prodded it. Tried desperately just to have it take the old code back.

Nada. Not happening here chickita.

Then I got angry….really angry. I stood up in a huff, cutting Kevin off mid paragraph and announced that it was time for dinner. I ripped a piece of bread off the loaf I just baked and angrily munched on it.

Which then threw Kevin into a huff, who then tried to peel an egg I just boiled that were too fresh to peel easily. He then opened a drawer in a huff, pulled out a knife and slammed it shut again.

He cut himself a piece of bread and stomped off into the back of the house.

(Let it be known that when we don’t know what to do with our frustrations ripping hunks of bread off the loaf is good therapy. )

More…

Been working all day on new stuff for the blog!

Highlights include:

Pumpkin waffles with strawberry sauce & whipped cream

Tomatillo Pulled Pork Burrito’s

Butter Chicken
Potato Corn Chowder

Check back soon!

I had a long day today. Dishes, laundry, making breakfast, baking bread, taking Kevin lunch, working the mid day shift, racing home to eat dinner with him, heading back to work to close up the store. It’s 10pm and I have to be back at the store at 7am tomorrow…..I’m beat.