Confessions of a Procrastinator - Someday is Always Great

*This is just something I was thinking the other night when I couldn't sleep - and I just thought of it again when I was trying to talk myself out of working out.

I added this photo I tookof the Eastern Columbia Building in Downtown Los Angeles because I like it and it has a clock... its hands ticking foward, which is the way time moves, doesn't it?*

The day I look forward to -

It’s more exciting than any holiday and more thrilling than any vacation. The day I look forward to is… someday! It can be next month or next week. And occasionally it’s a year or two from now – but it’s always someday.

Someday is the day I will look really great in my jeans again and finish the oil painting I started two years ago. It’s when I will grow an herb garden. It’s when I will learn French beyond the minimum I now get by with – which is just enough to keep me sheltered and fed in a small village.

Someday is the day I will publish my fifth book - even if, for now, I have yet to send out my first book proposal.

Someday is when I will be sophisticated and fashionable – even if today I can barely walk ten feet without tripping or spilling something on my drugstore sweatshirts.

Thanks to somedays, I sleep well at night. I don’t worry about all the things I’ve put off – jogging, bike riding, learning to surf. I know that tomorrow, next week or next month, I will do it all.

Ha!! As if I've got a guaranteed endless supply of somedays piled up.

Reality is... someday isn’t going to greet me with balloons, confetti and an Emcee yelling into a microphone, “It’s here – the day when it’s all going to happen!  The day when you're really going to feel elated to put in all that effort!”

No.  Someday unceremoniously sneaks in a moment at a time.  Someday has been here waiting.

So if I write one page today and edit one tomorrow - a month from now I’ll be closer to a completed book.

And right now, though I really, really, really don't want to - I'm going to go work out, because my jeans aren't going to miraculously fit any better if I just keep sitting on this chair. 

Let's just say I can relate to this guy a lot.

 

 

 

Comments

[shawn]

wow.
I feel quiet and calm and inspired by your post. That was beautiful and so heart-felt. So well-spoken. You just spoke volumes. So if you'll excuse me while I wander off to do all the things I've been putting off to do.

So happy I stumbled upon you in my life. It was perfect timing.

[Michele]

Shawn - you're the best! (Smack!!!) That's my cyber kiss flying your way.