Monday ToDo List

my days off from work are usually days of sloth and bad tv watching with some knitting mixed in.  i'm not proud.  and if asked what is my worse trait, or rather the one that  causes me the most frustration i'd have to say that it's procrastination.  i procrastinate with gusto and with energy and it's endemic as i come from a long line of procrastinators. 

so when i decided to take today off, i vowed that i wouldn't waste my day screwing around in the house, hating myself for not getting anything done.  I WAS GOING TO BE PRO-ACTIVE!!!!!

  so i prepared a to do list.

1.  fill out tax forms - federal and state.
2.  pay bills
3.  shred papers that need shredding
4.  file away 2007 bills and documents
5.  update my resume

i allowed myself a leisurely breakfast and flickr viewing.  i was taking a vacation day after all, but at 11am on the dot, i turned off the TV and set up shop on the kitchen table.

please note:  no computer or other distractions.   i had npr playing in the other room. 

by 2pm,  after a lunch/the young and the restless break, i had completed our federal forms (our taxes are relatively simple and although i'm a chronic procrastinator i'm also relatively organized so i didn't have to go searching for paperwork) and was just about to start the state forms. 

a couple hours later, the taxes were done.  the bills paid.  papers shredded or filed.  and the resume was updated (to be fair, i had updated the resume 6 months ago and it just needed a little tweaking).

by 5pm i was done. 

yay me!