I make lists. I’m a list maker. I do it to organise what is sometimes a hectic life, but I’ve also been known to do it to make myself seem busy when things are in fact quite quiet. On a quiet day or days when I’m trying to avoid something important, I tend to scribble things down on The List as I’m doing them, then cross them out straight away. An immediate sense of achievement – happy days!
Today, at 8:30 am, The List began as follows:
1. Change bed.
2. Put wash on
3. Ironing pile
4. Write synopsis
5. Drop West Wing off to Fiona (The DVD not the building)
6. Make healthy breakfast muffin thingys
7. Bring bottles to recycling (without getting arrested)
Did you spot it? Lurking there in the middle…..the only thing that I really have to do today?
I am in ‘S’ Word Denial. I know what I have to do but there’s a part of me resisting. In fact, when I read Susannah’s post of yesterday, the fear she described when jumping out of an aeroplane mirrors the knot of anxiety currently munching my solar plexus. I would rather go to the dentist, learn how to jog, be hung upside down from The Tower’s rafters by my toenails, explore the antartic in a tee shirt. You get the gist.
I know it has to be done. I’d just rather it didn’t.
I know what has to be done. I’d just rather I didn’t.
I know I can do it. I just wish I’d get on with it and stop faffing about thinking about it.
It’s now 10:42 and I’ve amended The List from this morning.
1.Change bed
2.Have shower and get dressed
3.Eat breakfast and clear it up
4.Put dishwasher on
5.Add dishwashing powder to Sainsburys list(The Other List)
6.Spot clean kitchen floor
7.Put wash on
8.Ironing pile
9. Write synopsis
10. Drop West Wing off to Fiona (The DVD not the building)
11. Make healthy breakfast muffin thingys
12. Bring bottles to recycling (without getting arrested)
Quite a productive morning! I’ve been a busy bee and frankly, I’m exhausted. And I’m just off to do the recycling and drop the West Wing off. When I get back it’ll be time for lunch so I will amend the list again accordingly.
1.Change bed
2.Have shower and get dressed
3.Eat breakfast and clear it up
4.Put dishwasher on
5.Add dishwashing powder to Sainsburys list(The Other List)
6.Spot clean kitchen floor
7.Put wash on
8.Ironing pile
9. Write synopsis
10.Drop West Wing off to Fiona (The DVD not the building)
11. Make healthy breakfast muffin thingys
12.Bring bottles to recycling (without getting arrested)
13.Make and eat healthy lunch
Okay then....... Anyone for muffins?
Today, at 8:30 am, The List began as follows:
1. Change bed.
2. Put wash on
3. Ironing pile
4. Write synopsis
5. Drop West Wing off to Fiona (The DVD not the building)
6. Make healthy breakfast muffin thingys
7. Bring bottles to recycling (without getting arrested)
Did you spot it? Lurking there in the middle…..the only thing that I really have to do today?
I am in ‘S’ Word Denial. I know what I have to do but there’s a part of me resisting. In fact, when I read Susannah’s post of yesterday, the fear she described when jumping out of an aeroplane mirrors the knot of anxiety currently munching my solar plexus. I would rather go to the dentist, learn how to jog, be hung upside down from The Tower’s rafters by my toenails, explore the antartic in a tee shirt. You get the gist.
I know it has to be done. I’d just rather it didn’t.
I know what has to be done. I’d just rather I didn’t.
I know I can do it. I just wish I’d get on with it and stop faffing about thinking about it.
It’s now 10:42 and I’ve amended The List from this morning.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Write synopsis
10. Drop West Wing off to Fiona (The DVD not the building)
11. Make healthy breakfast muffin thingys
12. Bring bottles to recycling (without getting arrested)
Quite a productive morning! I’ve been a busy bee and frankly, I’m exhausted. And I’m just off to do the recycling and drop the West Wing off. When I get back it’ll be time for lunch so I will amend the list again accordingly.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Write synopsis
10.
11. Make healthy breakfast muffin thingys
12.
13.
Okay then....... Anyone for muffins?
