Rainy Day Musings

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Rain is dripping from the eaves, a steady staccato background as I sit and type. Peonies are nestled in a bowl of water on the table, buds opening a little more each day, and perfume the air around me.
Thanks to a really awesome boss, I was able to do all of today's work (aka pay people) Friday afternoon/evening and did not have to work today. It a blessing to be able to not worry about setting an alarm, savor my coffee over breakfast, and spend a few hours playing piano, reading, and catching up on projects I've been putting off for months.

For those of you that know me, you know that I'm a procrastinator. I'm not proud of it, but my philosophy is often why do today what I can put off until tomorrow? Or a recent favorite, a definition of tomorrow that made me laugh...I definitely put that on the company newsletter, which I realize I never mentioned here. A couple of months ago my boss found out I have a technical writing degree and I could see her eyes light up. I spent a good month working on updating and editing the employee handbook, policies and procedures manual, and now create a monthly newsletter. It's fun being able to use my degree, though I'll always enjoy creative writing more.

But back to procrastination, it's a problem and I'm trying to address it. Usually I make the excuse that I have plenty of time, but the truth is that nothing is promised, and if there are things in my life I need to do or changes I want to make, I need to make them starting now. The (then) president of the university I attended said once in chapel that 'you will never be tomorrow what you are not becoming today.' That has stuck with me when not much else from those chapels has (sadly, since there were some really good messages). So in that vein I have been challenging myself to work on areas of my life that I am dissatisfied with. Because if I don't start now, it will never happen and the discontentment will just continue to grow.

It's been challenging, but also feels so good to stretch myself and work and see results. So here's to growth! How about you, anything you've been procrastinating on? Hopefully this will spur you to growth and change as well. If it does, you'll have to tell me about it some time.

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