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Procrastination nation.

Metalhead

Metalhead

Metal health will drive you mad!
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I know I have to clean up my house today because I am having a guest tomorrow.

Yet right now I am sitting on my porch sipping a Diet Dr Pepper instead while listening to Guns N Roses on my headphones.

I know that once I get started, it will all be done in a couple of hours. I know I will feel a lot better once my house is spotless and ready for my guest tomorrow morning.

Yet I am procrastinating. Human nature can be BS sometimes. Can somebody here please come over with a bullwhip to motivate me?
 
I agree, I hate cleaning house. I would make a perfect hotel dweller. But I cant do that. So I choose to have as little as possible. Like no nick nacks to dust and few pictures to clean. I detest fancy moldings on furniture, make mine plain.
 
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From one procrastinator to another...
 
Well, I got the kitchen and the bathroom done. Now all that is left is the living room area and the bedroom.
 
I now have my house in a satisfactory state. I plan on cleaning my closets tomorrow after my guest leaves. Some stuff is going to the thrift store later this week.
 
Rasputin said:
You haven’t met my wife!
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Or my mother.
My mom wants to cremated but if she were to be buried the epitath I would put on her headstone is
"She accomplished". She uses the word "accomplish" about 10 times a day. I call her the human hummingbird. She is never still. She buzzes between chores like she will perish if she slows down.
 
Suzette said:
Or my mother.
My mom wants to cremated but if she were to be buried the epitath I would put on her headstone is
"She accomplished". She uses the word "accomplish" about 10 times a day. I call her the human hummingbird. She is never still. She buzzes between chores like she will perish if she slows down.
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When I die, preferably of very old age, I want to be cremated, and when my ashes are being spread over a beautiful field of flowers, I want the song “It’s Raining Men” to be playing very loudly.
 
Suzette said:
Or my mother.
My mom wants to cremated but if she were to be buried the epitath I would put on her headstone is
"She accomplished". She uses the word "accomplish" about 10 times a day. I call her the human hummingbird. She is never still. She buzzes between chores like she will perish if she slows down.
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I wonder if she has a form of OCD?

My wife (Michele) has some neurodivergent traits, but will not acknowledge that. She cleans and throws things out obsessively. I had a shirt that I bought and wore one time, and she donated it to Goodwill. She also listens to Bee-Gees music compulsively. So I wonder if she could have OCD? But, she also has amazing awareness and attention to detail. I can spill something, clean up afterwards, and she will immediately notice if I missed something, even a grain of salt. It’s scary actually.
 
You have to clean up because you have a guest coming over? Are they a king or something? Is it Oprah? I've never done that before. :eek:
 
Fino said:
You have to clean up because you have a guest coming over? Are they a king or something? Is it Oprah? I've never done that before. :eek:
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It is a friend and I do not wish to embarrass myself in front of my friend by having a living room littered with Diet Dr Pepper cans.
 
Rasputin said:
I wonder if she has a form of OCD?

My wife (Michele) has some neurodivergent traits, but will not acknowledge that. She cleans and throws things out obsessively. I had a shirt that I bought and wore one time, and she donated it to Goodwill. She also listens to Bee-Gees music compulsively. So I wonder if she could have OCD? But, she also has amazing awareness and attention to detail. I can spill something, clean up afterwards, and she will immediately notice if I missed something, even a grain of salt. It’s scary actually.
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She certainly has anxiety. I am not a psychologist so I can't give an in depth analysis.

She exhibits some n.d. traits but is missing certain key traits that might suggest a.s.d. The most obvious "miss" for me is she has a very indirect style of communication and has no sensitivity issues that I am aware of.
 
Suzette said:
She certainly has anxiety. I am not a psychologist so I can't give an in depth analysis.

She exhibits some n.d. traits but is missing certain key traits that might suggest a.s.d. The most obvious "miss" for me is she has a very indirect style of communication and has no sensitivity issues that I am aware of.
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Michele is very direct in her communications, and has some social awkwardness. I am actually more socially outgoing than she is. She also has some restrictive food preferences. I have seen her stimming rocking back and forth, and have wondered if she might be autistic. However, she is not receptive to exploring this. She has a couple notable special interests, the Bee-Gees, Criminal Investigation, and Travel. She also has some sound sensitivity, as do I.

That would explain why we have managed to stay married the past 30 years.
 
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Oh yes, I'm queen of Procrasti Nation. I do it bit by bit - I tell myself that I only need to do, for example, one room now, I can do the rest later. Then it becomes easier to start. Once I start, it's a lot easier to continue, it's the starting that seems to be the hard bit.
 
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