Ever notice...

Well, at least I managed to resurrect one of my
posts... Let that
be a lesson to you. If you are tired, don't try to do
anything to your Blog...
You will just end up erasing the whole damn thing
and having to start again from
scratch.. - pm

That when you need to accomplish the most work your desire to procrastinate becomes the strongest?

I mean sure, I have been in a rut at work and yes I am actively seeking out new employment but how does one do it? How does one force oneself to work when every fibre of their being is straining against it?

You lie. You trick yourself and say that it won't really be that bad and then you do about 5 minutes worth of work and then you check your e-mail. Or you read some more of the archives of your favourite new Blog and then realize that half an hour has passed (so much for taking a walk on break today, it just disappeared into the ether of the interweb).

Then you lie again and tell yourself that you will do better this time. And you do. You make it through 15-20 minutes of work and then your phone rings or someone walks down your row in the cube farm or the clock advances by a minute and you get distracted.

Then comes the ultimate lie, the biggie that will let you off the hook for the rest of the afternoon... "I'll take care of it tomorrow". Uh oh...It's out there... like the pink elephant in the corner of the room that nobody wants to talk about. "Now you've done it" you warn yourself. Now not only have you guaranteed that tomorrow is going to be busy but you have given yourself a free pass for the rest of the day. The only problem is that you know all too well that tomorrow you are going to do the same thing all over again until about Wednesday when you decide "well, this week is a write off so I will enjoy myself and start fresh first thing Monday morning...". Thankfully I didn't make it to that point until today. Tomorrow I can justify because I have to walk visitors around.


Monday doesn’t scare me. I know it will be exactly the same as the Mondays before it. One of these days I will find a lie that works and stop living by the old axiom "Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." For you see, tomorrow never comes. It always becomes today and the work will always be waiting for you tomorrow.

On that note, with the Internet as my witness, I will definitely get that work done tomorrow…