I am procrastinating this morning.
The big "to do" item on my list for today is to fill out some government paperwork online.
A process that the website promises will likely take at least an hour.
So I'm procrastinating.
It's the first thing I'm going to do.
After I empty the dishwasher for my parents.
And make a cup of tea.
And eat a pumpkin cookie (I made another batch yesterday.)
After I read a few blog posts from around the world.
And after I stop in here, to mention that I'm procrastinating.
But it's the first thing I'm going to do.
Really.
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Showing posts with label procrastination. Show all posts
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Monday, May 07, 2007
Avoiding my list
Okay, so I know I talked this morning all about how a list works for me. How it helps me not feel overwhelmed, to see what I have going on for a week, and plan it out nicely.
It's not working for me just at the moment!
In fact, I'm writing a blog post to avoid actually getting started on the things on my list, the biggest of which is writing a talk for the weekend.
Okay, okay, you've convinced me. I'm going to work. I'm going to change the sheets on my bed, and empty my garbage, and scrub a bathtub (well, maybe not the bathtub). The laundry is in progress, and I'm going to sit down for at least half an hour (hopefully more like an hour!) and study the stuff I'm supposed to be teaching.
See you tomorrow!
It's not working for me just at the moment!
In fact, I'm writing a blog post to avoid actually getting started on the things on my list, the biggest of which is writing a talk for the weekend.
Okay, okay, you've convinced me. I'm going to work. I'm going to change the sheets on my bed, and empty my garbage, and scrub a bathtub (well, maybe not the bathtub). The laundry is in progress, and I'm going to sit down for at least half an hour (hopefully more like an hour!) and study the stuff I'm supposed to be teaching.
See you tomorrow!
Friday, March 09, 2007
Procrastinating
Right at this moment I should be preparing a Bible study. I have to teach one to a bunch of senior high and university girls tomorrow morning, and at this moment, with about 12 hours to go (hopefully some of those spent sleeping!) I have no earthly idea what we're going to talk about. We're supposed to be working our way through the Gospel of Mark, or at least that was my original plan, but I'm feeling somewhat uninspired about that plan just presently.
I'm finding it a rather immense challenge to lead a study for this group of girls. I never know who's coming from one week to the next, whether I'll have one girl, or three, or more (though I've never had more). The girls who had been regular attenders to this point can't make it tomorrow for an assortment of reasons, so it'll be a completely new bunch, with only one confirmed to be attending so far. Sometimes I wonder if we jumped into the whole study thing too soon? The youth pastor I'm working with was keen to get something started for the girls (he had the guys angle covered) but I have to wonder at times if it wasn't just that he wanted something to be happening for girls too? We may have rushed it a bit. I don't have huge levels of relationship or trust with most of the girls yet (though I do with some of the guys - mostly because I watched them grow up, while the girls are all new to the church). I'm just not entirely sure that this study is producing anything worthwhile, and that we shouldn't simply be organizing times of getting to know each other better, having coffees, shopping, and doing the things girls do together that still allow for great conversation, but take the pressure off...
Hard to say...
Well, now that I've lit candles around my room (maybe atmosphere is good for inspiration?) and procrastinated by writing a blog post, I suppose I better go do some praying, and see what I can come up with.
Is it really bad that I'm kind of hoping only one girl will show up, and then we can scrap the study entirely in favor of heading to a coffee shop to spend some time getting to know each other a bit better?
I'm finding it a rather immense challenge to lead a study for this group of girls. I never know who's coming from one week to the next, whether I'll have one girl, or three, or more (though I've never had more). The girls who had been regular attenders to this point can't make it tomorrow for an assortment of reasons, so it'll be a completely new bunch, with only one confirmed to be attending so far. Sometimes I wonder if we jumped into the whole study thing too soon? The youth pastor I'm working with was keen to get something started for the girls (he had the guys angle covered) but I have to wonder at times if it wasn't just that he wanted something to be happening for girls too? We may have rushed it a bit. I don't have huge levels of relationship or trust with most of the girls yet (though I do with some of the guys - mostly because I watched them grow up, while the girls are all new to the church). I'm just not entirely sure that this study is producing anything worthwhile, and that we shouldn't simply be organizing times of getting to know each other better, having coffees, shopping, and doing the things girls do together that still allow for great conversation, but take the pressure off...
Hard to say...
Well, now that I've lit candles around my room (maybe atmosphere is good for inspiration?) and procrastinated by writing a blog post, I suppose I better go do some praying, and see what I can come up with.
Is it really bad that I'm kind of hoping only one girl will show up, and then we can scrap the study entirely in favor of heading to a coffee shop to spend some time getting to know each other a bit better?
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