The End of Procrastination?

I don't know that it ever could be possible to put a complete end to procrastination, especially with young kids to raise and a house to run.  I try to keep things simple (and fail at it, consistently) and yet, the level of projects and ideas that I put off on a daily basis seems insurmountable.  Which is where the apathy comes in.  I mean, why even try if you're doomed to never succeed, right?

But as I was explaining to Jack last week in a battle royale over homework (also consistent in our house) the energy it takes to procrastinate NOT doing something, and the angst it creates, is at least equal to, if not worse, than actually TACKLING the job once and for all.

So for Lent this year, when giving up Facebook didn't seem like enough (dare I say I've actually begun to look forward to it?) I decided to take a stab at giving up PROCRASTINATING.

In the last week, I've tackled more projects than you can shake a stick at.  I'm still not one millionth of the way down my mental list, but at least my feet are moving in the right direction.

And ever one to live by a plan (because so many things cross my mind in a given moment, I could not possibly focus unless I have a to-do list)  I've made a little blogging schedule for myself, to try and stay caught up and preserve the memories we're making as we go, instead of in retrospect.

Here's the routine I'm starting with, knowing that I'll probably end up tweaking it as I go...

Monday: Something We Did

Tuesday: Something We Ate

Wednesday: Around the House 

(kind of like a house tour, but in snippets)

Thursday: Crafty Stuff

Friday: Child Spotlight

Since I want to show pictures of the house, and since I haven't taken steps to anonymize our lives on this blog, and since I'm neurotic by nature, I need to put my security defense arsenal back in place.  I know it's a pain for others, because once the blog is no longer public, it loses a bunch of functionality, like auto-notification and such.  But I actually lie awake at night thinking of that freaky Kiefer Southerland character? In that Sally Field movie?  Where he killed Dorothy Jane from The Torkelsens who looks just like my friend Jimena's sister Daniela, and I'll never get over the horror I felt when Sally Field had to listen to her daughter be killed?  And I don't want Kiefer knowing where the security system is, because I posted pictures on my blog, you know?

So a-private we will go in 3....2....1