ways to procrastinate*
*or how I am finding ways not to spend time in the little room this week or how I am finding ways not to keep cleaning and organizing this darn house
Play minesweeper
Work for another two hours even though you are done working for the day (but, when you are, afterall, always in your office that is your home, you can just keep working and working)
Watch an episode of Charmed
Check bloglines
Organize email
Watch a bad movie on HBO
Look for new blogs to read
Watch CNN
Check bloglines
Talk on the phone (specifically talk on the phone to Kelly. a lot.)
Go see Harry Potter for the third time in the theatre
Play Shape Shifter
Brainstorm the next six projects you want to make instead of starting the current three you need to finish
Do laundry
Work another hour
Watch a DVR'd episode of Oprah and develop a crush on Benicio Del Toro (he watches the Discovery Channel ladies…I want to be his friend)
Get a haircut (and totally regret it)
Browse a few favorite etsy shops
Check email
Take a long hot shower and think about your to-do list
Write a blog post
Take a long hot shower and think about what you can add to this list
Laugh until you cry watching D.L. Hughley's comedy special on HBO
Look for odd things on ebay (like this and this)
Think about all the things you are going to make with the supplies down the hall in your studio
Plan vacations you might never take
Plan a vacation you know you will take
Go to Portland for the weekend to crash the Art & Soul extravaganza to spend time with some pretty incredible artists and friends**
**so if you are in the area, come to Vendor Night tomorrow and find Kelly and her assistant who is me at her booth!
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Reader Comments (14)
I love this post... it makes me think someday I will go into my little room and finally DO something.
giggle. I just want to hug you!
:)
i love this little listy-post...
you too?! oh goodie, i thought it was just me. great etsy links too.
Oh, how I wish I were there to go to Portland with you. What fun we would have!
I've been procratinating, too. I do so much better with deadlines and it also helps to have someone to work along beside me. Perhaps we could challenge each other to spend "x" amount of time on certain days working our projects and then report back? Of course, we'd have to reward ourselves, too! What do you think?
Sorry about your haircut :-0
Oh, how I giggled all the way through this! I am in the space right now...five hundred ideas of designs, but I have two necklaces that are sitting on my table waiting to finished...good grief, some weeks are just not move forward weeks creatively.
Sometimes we just need the down time. The other night I watched HGTV for two hours (same idea as your procastination), and I hardly ever watch TV...ever!
You are going to be in Portland this weekend???? Are you going to be at the Vendor night??? My Mom and I are going because I want to see all the lovely creations...I would love to say hello and meet you in person.
Have a safe trip! xoxo
hee hee ... i am going to do a whole lot of that this weekend i think, i love the way you procrastinate :) cinderella aprons and charmed and del toro and wow to be included in such great links, smooches!!
have a fantastic great time in portland and give jen a hug for me :) she is so huggable!
Not sure what you mean about "The Little Room" but I am totally with you about cleaning and organizing the house. It totally got away from me this summer. I finally decided on a solution that works for me - one to one and a half hours right after work (no sitting down)doing housekeepping and then it is playtime. It seems to work for me, because once I sit down it is over!!! (Ambition, I mean)
Julie
yay...you watch Charmed too...it is my newest guilty pleasure! I never watched it before and it is so much fun.
I am in portland but will be at a blessingway so I will miss you but maybe next time?!
Bloglines is high up there on my procrastination list, too. If this is in fact the weekend that you're in Portland, e-mail me if you get a chance. I'd love to see you! Have fun, no matter what.
Hope you had a blast at Art & Soul!! Peace & love, JP/deb
you crack me up! not that i'm procrastinating right now or anything! :)
How nice to know that I have company:) I have downloaded your game so that I can add one more thing to procrastinate with (like I didn't have enough already).
I am the queen of brainstorming and/or starting a pile of new projects rather than finishing up existing ones. I'm not sure when I became this kind of person, but I totally have!! Great list.