Monday, September 12, 2011
Laundry
I'm a big procrastinator. I wait until the last minute and then scramble to get it done. I put off little things until they become bigger things. Now this doesn't happen with everything, but it does happen with things I either am afraid of failing or don't really want to do. Two examples are losing weight and laundry. I'm waiting on my laundry right now. It's 12:06 am on September 12. I have to be at work tomorrow morning and I should already have all my laundry done, but I don't. I did two loads and have 2 more to do, which I'll do tomorrow. Thankfully I have a small hamper and tackle it when it's full, which is weekly. I just don't do it until really late on Sunday. Unfortunately, I don't reel in my weight as easily. I got to the point where I really need to lose the weight now as it's affecting my health. It's kind of like not doing laundry for a couple of months. It's not going to get done overnight and even if I do begin it, I won't see results for a while. Unlike laundry, losing weight is something I want to do--I 'm just afraid of failing at it, so I keep putting it off. I started exercising last week and did 5 days in a row but now I've had 3 off days. This is not good and it's setting me out for failure. At first it was just one day. Something small and heck, "I can get right back on track tomorrow." Well, then it was two days and three days. Little things are on their way to becoming big things. Tomorrow I have to begin again or I'm sabotaging myself. I have to dig deeper and figure out how to get myself back on track. Well, the buzzer went off and the dryer is finished. That's it for tonight.
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You just have to do it. That's all there is. Don't put anything else ahead of it. Laundry? After you exercise. Cleaning the kitchen or the litter box? After you exercise. Taking Lauren to visit her friends or run her errands? After you exercise.
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I know you can do it. My daughter Julie, after years of sloth and weight gain, has now stuck with an exercise program for two months and is starting to see results. She ran 25 minutes straight this morning! She finally found an exercise program (in her case running) which she doesn't mind doing. I think that's the key. Running also is my exercise of choice--the only one I don't mind doing. Keep it up! (Laundry is another matter. Until I retired Larry did ours, because I'm such a laundry-procrastinator. I'm doing better now that I have time. Susan
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