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I am a procrastinator‚ “guilty as charged.”

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As I was brainstorming about coming up with a blog post for this week‚ I laughed at myself at all the ridiculous chores I procrastinate on. Why do I wait till the last-minute when it is the most inconvenient time that to buy something or run an errand? It is as if I am saying to myself‚ “yes Crystal you love to irritate yourself all the time and that’s why you put things off till the last-minute.” Then I can go into freak out mode like a crazed woman‚ running around like a maniac‚ and trying to get everything done in a short period. However‚ I did not just create this habit out of thin air. I used to procrastinate on everything when I was younger. I would drive my cars into the ground and the car would cost more to repair then what it was worth. I would wait till the last possible minute to do my homework. When I got grounded I would wait till the last hour to do my cleaning duties and end up getting grounded for more time because I didn’t finish cleaning. When my husband was dating me I would go to Walgreens every day to get food and not go to the grocery store once a week like every other human being on the planet. My fridge was empty and I only had water to offer to people. Luckily‚ I have gotten rid of the blowing the engines in the car habit and a few others. Here is a list of items I still procrastinate on. I am documenting this now so I stop running around the same mountain.

# I wait till the last-minute to buy shampoo. I am out and then I become desperate and use my husband’s shampoo which smells like a bottle of cologne.

# The trash can will be overflowing with trash and I walk past it ten times and say‚ “nah‚ I will get it later.”

# On my way to work‚ my gas tank is below empty and I pick that time to wait to fill up my tank. I do not know how I have not been stranded on the side of the road because my car ran out of gas.

# I despised going to the bank up until recently when I get paid in a check now and it is inevitable that I have to go. It’s as if they were going to beat me as soon as I walked in the bank. I still wait till the last minute to go to the bank.

# I sometimes still forget to take my makeup off at night. Even though‚ I spend 45 minutes in the morning doing it. Where is the logic in that?

# My purse will look like a tornado blew through it before I will attempt to clean it out. There will be receipts in there from Christmas.

# I wait till the night before I go on a vacation to pack. I just throw everything in there. I always figure they will have an iron when I get to the hotel. Meanwhile‚ my husband’s suitcase is neatly packed like he paid someone professionally to pack for him.

# Going to the doctor is like pulling teeth for me. I will wait till I absolutely have to go. It as if I am going to die by going to the physician.

I want to work on being more efficient and not have wrinkled clothes. I want to find things in my purse without having to dump it in on the floor. Being stranded on the side of the road doesn’t sound like a perfect day to me. Besides‚ I am only driving myself mad.

Is there anyone else like me who procrastinated with the silliest tasks?  What are the  day-to-day chores in your life that you procrastinate at?