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12 December 2006

Piling my entire To Do pile in the middle of the living room floor is a remarkably ineffective way of getting me to do anything with it, but I am amazed at my newfound agility in navigating obstacle courses.

post by: occhiblu at: 13:58 | 11 comments

It's the Procrastination Olympics!

posted by mudpuppie 12 December | 14:02

That sounds like the kind of thing I'd do.

posted by sisterhavana 12 December | 14:04

Gold medal! Whoo!

This is actually the pared-down To Do pile; all the trash and things have been cleared from it. Since *that* was a full afternoon's work, I'm feeling generally OK with the "sliding pile of useful stuff" aspect of it.

posted by occhiblu 12 December | 14:07

I tend to make lots of "To Do" lists rather than actually do, myself. Sometimes I even list things I've already done just so I can cross them off.

posted by Pips 12 December | 14:10

Pips, me too. They still count.

posted by auntbunny 12 December | 14:23

I have actually been tidying and organising my flat for the first time in months. As my gliders are now out-and-about in the evenings (and mornings at the weekends), I get really jittery if there's things around that might hurt them.

If it carries on this way, I might not shudder in fear and make excuses if people want to pop round to my place.

posted by TheDonF 12 December | 14:38

I know, I used to be hyper-vigilant about keeping things tidy, because I grew up with cats who would get into everything. Once I started realizing that my current cat is completely disinterested in destroying anything other than paper, I got a lot messier.

posted by occhiblu 12 December | 14:56

Yeah, that's why I'm really tidy too, occhiblu -- one of my cats treats piles of ANYTHING as a litterbox. She once peed in an open box containing nothing but dumbbells.

posted by JanetLand 12 December | 15:53

It's the Procrastination Olympics!

That got a real live *snort*!

We might have a few things here 'n' there that are on their way to where they belong, but we tend to be fairly tidy. Well, tidy as long as you don't look in the mister's office. However, the vaccuum and dusting rags don't get used as often as they should. But the bathroom and kitchen are kept clean and sanitised and that's good enough for me.

posted by deborah 12 December | 16:44

Now you've done that, it's time to slowly start moving the stuff back into the corners.

*fellow sufferer*

posted by seanyboy 12 December | 18:19

Heh, that's just the way I live every day.

posted by matildaben 12 December | 19:58

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