Procrastination

I am the queen of putting things off.  I have a list of things to do in my holidays and have done none.  I hate to vacuum so have to be in a special mood to do it, the trouble is getting into that mood.  My vacuum cleaner is surely the spawn of the devil.  It deliberately twists its hose and hooks itself up on door frames.  I have been known to pick it up by the hose and shake it, saying, "Let that be a lesson to you."  I confess that I did break the plastic hose thingy when I lost my temper trying to get the stupid thing to stop annoying me.  I fixed that up with the ingenius use of masking tape.  It also maniacally winds all sort of cotton and wool around the brush on the head that means I really can't use it until I unwind everything.  If I don't do that I starts to smell.  Of course the smell might be because I have not emptied the bag.  I have had the same vacuum for many years and really it is in nearly new condition and that is probably because I rarely use it. 

I have also tidied up the house by putting all sorts of things into my laundry baskets.  I have to keep buying new baskets because I have fail to fold up and put away any clothes or sort other assorts objects.  I can see the stupid things and yet put off emptying them because I just cannot be bothered I know they would only take a few minutes to do but as I say procrastination if my middle name.

 I used to do the same thing about essays.  I would gather all the relevant information and yet fail to craft a sensible essay until the last few days.  When I consider that the footnotes and bibliography take nearly as long as the essay to to type up this is a ludicrous situation.  I think I hate that it the most because of all the 'ibids, loc.cits and so on.  The other thing I used to do and the garden hated me for it, was prune the roses and lavender practically down to the roots when I could not get on with my work.  This is another occasion when I said to no particular bush, "Let that be a lesson to you." 

I know I gain nothing by putting things off.  Really I would not get that stressed feeling if I  just things done but it seems I am powerless when every day starts with an expectation of doing all the things I hate but degenerates into my latent laziness.  It is a pity I don't put off eating or exercising that would be an absolute boon.  Signed Cushie Procrastinating Chair.