We all do it.
Especially on Saturday afternoons.
No, not nap, although that sounds good too. I’m talking about procrastinating. By Saturday afternoon most of us have used up our reserves of have-to discipline. All week we’ve commuted, worked, done car-pool to soccer practice and tried to get the kids to bed on time, or ourselves if the kids are grown and gone.
We’re done!
Today I came into my office with great intentions. Stacks were gonna find their way into file folders or the trash bin. Books were gonna go back on the shelves. Calls would be made. And a plan for next week would be, well, planned.
I did make a few calls, but then I remembered I had to update a website I maintain for our Bible Training Centre in Ghana West Africa.
That’s where things went off the rails. I did the upgrade and got a new Gravity form key. You don’t care what that is, but then I fell down the blogging Rabbit Hole. And no-one is here to throw me a rope :)
It started when I saw the little postage stamp sized photo from a trip to Italy at the top of my computer screen and started daydreaming ~ a sure sign that I’m in full Procrastination mode. Memories enveloped me of that warm sunny morning sitting opposite the Pantheon at that little cafe table and drinking cappuccino. There was a film crew there that morning. Capturing the light and a beautiful woman in a white gown with feathers in her hair. Someone was touching up her makeup.
I watched as they photographed her walking along the old stone steps. And then she scooped up her skirt, came down the steps and walked off into the morning light. By then my cappuccino was almost gone and the Pantheon was about to open.
Lately I’ve been meditating on Living an Examined Life.
I’m sure it’s a worthwhile exercise, but right now a cappuccino has captured my imagination so I’m gonna go dig through the cabinets in my pretentiously named Butler’s Pantry and see if I can find my froth machine.
. . .tomorrow’s another day,
Kelly
ps,
Just in case you’re confused ~ I wrote this Saturday and didn’t post it until Wednesday at 10:06 PM because, well, I procrastinate!