5 Ways I’ll Avoid Writing an Article on a Saturday Night…
Let’s not even delve into why I’m trying to work on a Saturday night, m’kay? I’ll just say that procrastination is an art form that I’ve honed and perfected over the years.
Now, let’s see how I can delay writing that article, whose subject matter bores the heck out of me but for some reason I agreed to write anyway, even longer…
1. Play stupid Facebook Farkle, your latest obsession, 114 times. Decide Farkle knows you’re avoiding work and is conspiring against you. F-ing Farkle…
2. Obsessively check friends statuses on Facebook, which have not been updated or changed at all because, duh, people besides you HAVE a life on Saturday night.
3. Visit that gossipy site that starts with a “P” and ends with a “Z” and makes you feel as embarrassed as you feel when someone finds out you still watch Days of Our Lives. (oops…let that slip…blush)
4. Stare at the flip flop tan lines on your feet and ponder how you can apply sunscreen to tan just that strap area to match the rest of the foot.
5. Write a blog post. Remember blogging? Hey, what’s that? Oh yeah, it’s the thing you used to love that now you only do on such a rare occasion that you can have what you think is a great post like the last one before this one and no one comments anymore.
(fade to Barry Manilow)
You don’t sing me love songs…
You don’t bring me flowers…
You don’t leave me comments, anymore…
OK, OK. I’m going to write the damn article now…
This is SOOOO not another "mommy blog." Ok, well maybe it is. But, what else would you expect from a career writer, who has lived the life of a SAHM and now is juggling her way back into part-time work again while raising two wild kids with her wise-cracking husband and a large stinky labrador retriever? In short, I'm a walking cliche--a suburban mommy blogger just trying to keep my crazy yet wonderful life in balance and learning to look at the world through funny glasses with my tongue sticking out. Pfffftttt!
6.13.09 at 7:50 pm
Lindsay comments:
I am having this problem too. My procrastination techniques include Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail. I am OBSESSED with checking my e-mail. In lieu of, you know, WRITING AND PAYING THE BILLZ.