Despite my well-documented distaste for household chores, I seem to spend a good portion of my day puttering around my apartment doing those dastardly tasks. Most of it is routine upkeep-- stuff that is as much a part of my day as brushing my teeth. But the time I spend this stuff adds up. Soon enough it seems that these daily cleaning rituals seem to edge out those non-standard housekeeping duties-- stuff like polishing my 8 dozen pairs of shoes. Inevitably, those tasks end up on my to do list.
Ah, the to do list. The list which always seems to get longer before it gets shorter. It's a list I refer to on special occasions, usually when I'm procrastinating big time. And I know I'm not alone on this, everyone's list is infinite and unending. Right?
So, don't hate me for this ladies and gentlemen: I have finished my entire to do list.
I'll spare you a detailed account of the joys and wonders involved in painting the numbers back on my stove and oven dials, or repairing a broken lamp. But every errand has been run, every odd job is complete and every action item requiring follow up has been followed.
It took weeks to get through these things. True, none of the items on the list were particularly momentous. While I am glad I finally bothered to weed out the bad seeds in my sock drawer, I hardly believe it's contributed to any of my life goals.
As much as I'd to attribute my recent success of sloughing through ye ol' "To Do" to a cocktail of delicious caffeine and anti-depressants, I think the discerning mixologist would recognize this as boredom. And maybe a little bit of proactive procrastinating. Which is to say, without these things hanging over my head, I have no excuse when it comes to doing those things that will contribute to my goals (and will maybe bless me with health insurance).
Guess there's nothing left for me to do but go out and live life.
1 comment:
I love your conclusion, Krow.
This may sound odd, but...personally, I heart housework. It's so tangible. You get to see what you've accomplished, and the end result is that your home's a nicer place to be. Magic!
Maybe this is because I work with my head a lot (such as it is), and often there's some stress involved, so housework -- since it doesn't require my full concentration -- becomes a meditation, of sorts.
And a handy distraction. It's amazing how, when deadlines loom, it suddenly becomes VITAL to dust the entire house at once.
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