The "Whaaa, I don't want to do what I need to do" thread

Ever since I can remember, I've been resistant to doing things I need to do.

Procrastinator galore.
I do things at the last moment.
I do things in bursts.
Thank god I've got enough talent that I end up doing it better than most...it is my saving grace.
Or I'm enough of a bullshit artist to delay it...

But there are often times, even though I have a sickening sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach
and I KNOW the damn thing is due...I do EVERYTHING I can do avoid it.

So this thread is to bitch, complain, kick, scream and list everything and anything
you do NOT want to do, even though you know you need to do it.
Work, home, bills, etc...hell, even walking the dogs EVERY damn day.

Express that inner child.
Get it out.

 

I love this thread idea!!

I'll post some of the stuff I'm procrastinating on.............later.

 

I'll start...there is a demo I need to do for the boss tomorrow when he comes.
Hell, I even want to show it off...I created it, I want to promote it...and I initated, hell pushed the scheduled time too.
Yet, I'm sitting here...just typing to you all, with it still not done.

I don't want to do it NOW...but I have to, I guess I need to...I know I need to breathe deep, and dive in.
Ok, maybe if I start with an outline of what I want to express...oh, I'm hungry....what's to eat? What's on TV?
Man, I feel tired.

 

This is the perfect thread for me right now.
I really don't want to be bothered with this midterm.

 

I've procrastinated getting in the shower for the last half hour, does that count? I blame TFP....

 

I am editing some writing-for-fun instead of getting started on my homework.

 

Well, I finally got something done for that presentation...just started this morning.
Kicked off an outline starting with my bulleted list that I did in the invitation.
Then made sure that I incorporated a basic setup outline.
Then made sure what friggin' worked in the tool from the get-go
Then setup some pre-made queries I've already been working with...made sure those worked.
And because the only remote person wasn't available, quickly scheduled a conference room so I could wing-it off the outline and setup reports.

Only one BIG problem, the one guy I set this up for, my boss,
who had already rescheduled the meeting from tomorrow to today from an hour to 30 min,
came in 10 minutes late, rushed through the whole thing and paced off fast.
Nothing wrong, nothing bad...I just didn't have time to get across the concept...and its benefits.

So the only thing I could do...whip up a quick email followup with the Intro outline, the setup scripts and some sample reports to run
and send them off to him...so he could give it to others to confirm its usefulness.
And briefly touch-base with him one more time, just to emphasize that I didn't waste his time, push for him to play with it...and glad-hand a bit.

So, I guess it wasn't BAD...and I made him aware of more skills/abilities of me...but the real goal of using the tool...well that's up in the air.
Now...I guess I can only offer my assistance, an open door...and followup.

And go back to procrastinating on OTHER damn items that I don't really want to do. (friggin' Monthly Ops Reports...and weekly Ops reports)
I hate reports...they never look at them anyway...and when they finally do, they find something petty to change ASAP.
I wonder what's the next BS I can come up with to avoid doing them...thank god the legacy app has enough errors to excuse it for "fixing time".
I'd rather be making things better previous developers mucked up, than reporting on inane metrics.

hmm...maybe I can sleep, then wake up early and get those reports out of the way.
ooo...wifey is home, FOOD! TV...dogs... what's that on the Net??

 

I should be working on my income tax returns for 2011, which I'm procrastinating on because I know I'm going to have to send umpteen thousand dollars to my bankrupt Uncle Sam, which I hate. I was late paying one of my 941 estimates, so I'll probably get a penalty too.
I got away from it last Saturday by going on a weekend escape with Sig, and now I'm unpacking boxes of books instead of working on my taxes.

Related to the above, I really should be looking for a new CPA here in Nebraska because it will be a PITA for both of us if I use my old one in Boston.
So I'm looking for a car on ebay instead.

Lindy

 

Do it tomorrow.