(newly organized drawer)
“Procrastination is defined as the act of delaying or postponing something. A procrastinator is a person who delays or puts things off- like work, chores or other actions that should be done in a timely manner.”
I started this blog a year ago. Well, I started the idea of this blog a year ago. My best friend and I were discussing the latest mom blog circulating on facebook. We were laughing mostly about the nothingness of the blog and how out of touch with reality the author was. After a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, she suggested to me “why don’t you start a blog, you are funny, well read and you have plenty to say. Someone might actually listen or care and if they don’t, it’s the internet..who will know.” After a few more drinks and some useless suggestions from our husband’s lo and behold the blog had a name.
I had no idea what I was doing, I really was flying by the seat of my pants and had no net. There were plenty of things to write about but there was always a reason why I could not start writing. So here I sit a year later and I have nothing doing. Until today. Until right now.
I turned 49 in July, which means I am turning 50 in 10 months. 50. That number is looming over my head and in front of me. It’s like the feeling of remembering what you actually did the night after consuming 4 Long Island Iced Teas and your last memory is an acapella rendition of Born to Run while standing on the bar swinging your bra around. (This was not me in 1986 I swear…)
Turning 49 was a wake-up call. I have been ruminating about this blog since the idea was born over that bottle of Sauvignon Blanc but I could never bring myself to never fully commit. I had 1,001 other things to do BEFORE I could start this. Yet, as September rolled around and I found myself watching Manzo’d With Children at 11:30 in the morning, I realized I had sunk to a new low. No offense to Manzo’d With Children and as fascinating as their lives are (and I really hope Al gets married and Lauren can get pregnant) I just really feel this was my wake up call to start working on the blog and start achieving some of the goals I hope to achieve before I turn 50.
(have to play with the dog)
Again I found myself sitting in front of the computer staring at a blank screen, paralyzed. I have spent countless hours thinking about this blog and what I was going to write and in my mind, I have written countless posts yet when it comes to actually sitting and writing nothing happens. However, all of that is changing as of now.
I have read countless blogs. Blogs about blogs, weight blogs, dog blogs. I am fairly certain there is not a blog out there that has not passed before my eyes. I would tell my husband I was working on my blog and spend hours looking at blogs while watching reruns of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Needless to say, my productivity level was off the charts. If you count falling asleep at 1:30 in the afternoon productive.
But today is the day. I am starting my list of things I am going to achieve before I am 50 and doing this blog is at the top. 267 days from now procrastination will be a thing of the past. I will be known as the girl who does too much, the annoying blogger who is busy all the time. I will actually be as fulfilled as my facebook feed makes my life seem.
(1000 piece puzzle I started right when I started the blog: procrastination at a whole new level )
So with this in mind, I am going to start blogging. Just like I swore I was going to do when I was pumped with the Sauvignon Blanc. Check this off the bucket list. Procrastination will be a thing of the past. Just to be clear, this blog was started this afternoon. It’s now almost 12 hours later and here we are. Baby steps!
Update: I wrote this blog a week ago, left it in drafts and swore to return to it. It is a week later and here I sit. As soon as I finish cleaning my closet and walking the dog and showering and cleaning the refrigerator and looking at all my emails and checking facebook. I will hit the publish button.
