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Procrastination

What have you been putting off doing? Why? – The daily writing prompt trying to frustrate me first thing on a Sunday morning, how nice.

Cleanup on Isle 3. On isle 3 are my 3 computers. There is a method to my madness, but it could be seen as a slightly disorganized mess.

I haven’t organized my photo collection well. The need to spend a few days concentrating on organizing and uploading images to my photo site is getting urgent. The why is I keep shooting more and can barely keep up with editing those images I like on the first go round.

My writings are fairly organized, but I had hundreds of notes on ideas, thoughts and sometimes a couple pages of a tangent I go on that occasionally turns into something good. But they need to be organized. The why on this one is a bit deeper. I’d like to be a writer but I’m at best a novice at it and might be a bit scared of writing a few books.

Then there is email hell, another one where I need to automate more and do a major cleaning on. The why to it being put off is, I GET TOO MUCH FRIGGEN EMAIL.

On the non-technical front,

I’ve put off fixing my string trimmer because the first two attempts failed and I didn’t want to test my patience with a third.

There are a few yard projects I’ve either delayed or put off till next year. The why is because this old body has only so much energy on some days, which limits production.

I put off replacing my tractor, which is 27 years old. When I picked out the one I liked, I realized it was too big to fit into my current shed. I thought about replacing the shed, but the grass needed cutting so I got the old one running again somehow and it made it through another season. Maybe next year.

These tractors seem to last forever. Photo by Mike Hartley

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Putting Off

What have you been putting off doing? Why? – The Daily writing prompt questioning my production this early in the morning.

I put off cutting the grass this week because my riding mower battery is dead. I’ll push-cut it this weekend.

I put off my usual long walk. I tweaked my knee last week and it’s still sore.

I’ve been putting off buying a firepit for my outside patio. I was saving up for it but I’m close enough now that I should pull the trigger.

I’ve put off getting busy learning some important aspects of photography that would help me. Why, because I’ve been lazy.

Both my drawing and painting efforts have been weak lately. Lack of time.

Brush off the small stuff. Photo by Mike Hartley