Prioritization

Procrastination. It is a really nasty word – rather accusatory – and I think I will stop using it . I prefer prioritization. For about half a year I planned to start a blog, but I had other more important priorities. I finally did it! That was a year and a half ago. I had a wonderfully insightful piece of writing reflecting on the regret of my career choice and the hesitations of continuing down the depressing path that ensued. My husband, Aquarius, fixed up the perfect spot for me on WordPress.com, and I proudly posted my chef d’oeuvre. It turns out that if you don’t post for six months WordPress deletes your account altogether.

So, here I am again. I figure that if I make myself pay money for a .com, I will feel more motivated. Maybe the word is obligated. My main obstacle at the moment is that I don’t have internet. We just moved into a new condo and I apprehensively await Comcast’s visit. I took the plunge anyway and headed down to my local coffee shop to register my domain, but that was only the first step. I have plans to patronize said establishment again very soon to post this – my first blog entry.

Last night I had very good intentions of getting up at sunrise this morning to begin my writing career. Instead, I slept in, went out for coffee and internet, discovered that there had been a problem with my debit card in paying for my web hosting, bought a few groceries, and went by the post office to change my address. When I got home I found that I needed to clean the kitchen and take the flimsy moving boxes down to the recycling bin. While flattening the cardboard, I realized that I had yet to unpack my heap of shoes, so upon my return upstairs I sat down in my closet to take care of this negligence. Before I could match a single pair, I spied the overflowing laundry hamper and thought about what few clothing options I would have come morning. Suddenly I felt domestic. Normally the washing and ironing don’t cross my mind until late at night, but I figured, “hey, why not get a jump on things.” Luckily for my blog, I had de-boxed my books and filled my three cases yesterday, or I could have put off writing even further. Next, I sat down with my iphone to figure out the debit card snafu. That only took a second because my solution was to forward the email to Aquarius. Before I knew it I found myself on YouTube watching Ellen Degeneres’s bit about this very topic of prioritization. It seems that I have the same problem that she has. If she can go on tour and earn a living talking about stalling, then the least I can do is write about it. Thanks for the inspiration, Ellen. Now that I have started writing I feel less guilty about my previous prioritization downfalls. If I am willing to start a blog with limited internet access, I must be one committed Pisces. Now, back to the unpacking.