Premier Procrastination

For those of you that don't know me, I am going to let you in on a couple tidbits of info about me. If I were to list the my top characteristics they would be that I'm:

• Highly organized
• Very detail oriented
• A take charge person
• Methodical & systematic
• An over-achiever
• Creative

With all of these superb qualities I have never turned in a late assignment or been late with a project for work or any organization I'm a part of. With that being said, I am a premier procrastinator. I don't think I was like this when I was a kid. I remember my mom saying that I used to drive her crazy with school projects because no matter how much time I had to work on them, I wanted to do them RIGHT NOW! My how things have changed!!!

Right now I  have a list a mile long of tasks I should be doing:

• Instructor sheets for Intro. to Education and Reading Comprehension
• Update my Reading Plus introduction information
• Get my schedule set for Reading Comprehension for the semester
• Get Weeks 2-15 lessons done for Intro. to Education
• Create the new lessons (already planned out in my head) for Reading Comprehension online
• Make the SI bookmarks 
• Make the SI posters 

Yet here I sit blogging away about procrastination. Well, I do have a goal this year to blog once a week so at least I'm accomplishing one of my goals!

When my oldest son, A.J. was in high school we were talking about procrastination. He shared with me that he remembered when he learned what the word procrastination meant. He was just a little guy, probably 6 or 7. He said he was in Sunday School class and his teacher, Ethel, used the word procrastination. Ever the inquisitive child he asked her what it meant. She said something like, "It means waiting until the last possible minute to do something because you don't have to do it right now." He said he thought to himself, "I am good at that. I like to procrastinate." I got a good laugh out of that. Imagine a child that young recognizing the fact that they tend to procrastinate. I will add that A.J. is the ultimate procrastinator. He didn't get in any hurry to enter this world. I remember when I was in labor and the doctor told me it was time to push. I pushed for an hour and 45 minutes. A.J. must have realized there was no reason to be pushed out right then so he took his merry time, much to my chagrin. As a mother, he used to drive me crazy because he never did his homework until the absolute last minute no matter how much I hounded him. It's a good thing he's not the type to stress out about anything because it was nothing for him to be working on an assignment 10 minutes before it was due. The difference between him and myself is that when I've procrastinated and am that close to a deadline, I get really stressed about it. Not A.J. He just rolls with it like it is no big deal. I hate to think that I am the one that passed on the procrastination characteristic to him, but I guess I'll have to take the credit for it. 

So along with all of the superb qualities I possess, I must add I'm a premier procrastinator to the list. Alas, I must end this blog promptly because deadlines are looming and I have procrastinated long enough!