Thursday 27 February 2014

All Hail O Mighty Procrastinator

I am a world class procrastinator.
If there were awards given, I am positive I would proudly be displaying on my mantel Oscars, Pulitzer's and Nobel prizes for putting things off.
And no, I am not proud of this character flaw of mine. Oh no, for it gets me into no end of trouble. 
I recall long nights of studying and cramming (and bouts of tears and tantrums) for exams when I had been given months to prepare but had found myself, at the last minute, attempting to learn an entire years worth of information in a single night.
Right now I have oppressing and fun-sucking dead lines looming and yet here I am, whittling away my time, googling, blogging, commenting and generally just doing everything in my power to not do the things that really need to get done.
I hope you all realise that your blogs are currently enabling my terrible weakness!
I desperately need to get my posterior into gear, but it wants to stay firmly glued to the couch doing as little as possible. (Did I hear a bone lazy? A couch potato? Yep and yep!)
So, instead of completing assignments and becoming a wise and intellectual being  who will have her pick of well paying jobs, I am in the grip of a mammoth case of procrastination and have been trying to come up with reasons to delay writing my assignments. 
Like I have to go search for that ridiculously rare Peruvian powdered herb that I just have to have for dinner tonight.
Or I just have to clear out the wardrobe and if that means I have to try on all my clothes to see if they all fit then so be it.
Or, I just need to have a wee peek at the op shop around the corner. And the one up the street. And the four that are a 15 minutes drive away.
Hell, I have even been known to clean as a way to put off doing homework!
Last week I intended to very briefly pop into a few shops before settling in for a long day of essay  blathering. I was serious. I meant business. It was all going to get done. I sat down to start tip tapping away at the keyboard and ....... nothing. Brain fart. Flat line.
So I reasoned that as optimal brain function was required, some external stimuli (in the form of pretty frocks) was essential.
Stimuli was found in the form of this darling 80's dress with a gorgeous checker board pattern in aqua and white.

Even the label is so very 1980's!
Stimuli was also found in this gorgeous vintage (60's?) sleeveless ruffled beauty of a top that buttons up the back. I have been wanting a top like this for ages and was rapt to discover it for $3.
Unfortunately, not even all of that stimulation was enough to get that assignment written.
(But look at how cute this dress is? How could it not kick start my brain? How?)
Perhaps I need to be locked in a bare room with nothing but the computer and a big dose of grim determination.
Or perhaps I just need a few more op shops to inspire me and get the creative juices flowing.....


18 comments:

  1. Так красиво, нежно, элегантно!
    http://annastile.blogspot.com

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  2. Good to hear from a fellow procrastinator! My methods usually involve engaging in increasingly creative insults with the other half, and wall staring.
    Been blogging about it too: http://www.thedemongin.com/2014/02/how-do-you-do-procrastination.html
    Gorgeous dress, and accessories!

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    1. Aaaaahhh! A whole blog about procrastination. I love it. It is great to know there are so many of us out there. I am a terrible wall starer too!

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  3. I hear you! In fact I'm sitting here reading blogs with a heap of mending, two work in progresses, pile of pricing and an unmade bed. We must have been so much more productive pre-Internet!
    Love that ruffle top to distraction and that dress you're wearing is gorgeous, such a fabulously 80s label! xxx

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    1. I love and curse the internet because I am sure I would have lots more time if I wasn't always on it! XXX

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  4. You have my sympathy, blooming assignments suck and really, would you rather find a ruffle top and a divine dress or do actual real homework? I'm not helping here at all! I'm a procrastinator too haha!! I hope you get your homework mojo and demolish a tonne of stuff pronto x x x

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    1. Thanks for the sympathy and hopes for homework mojo - assignments really do suck! XXX

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  5. Pleasew, please Booke join Share-in-Style.Just come as gorgeous as you are.
    Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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    1. I'd love to, but how??? Just join in? Please tell me more!

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  6. Oh I KNOW! I am a terrible procrastinator too. But look, you have a gorgeous frock to twirl around in. And a delicious ruffled top. Who needs pesky assignments?! Turquoise and hot pink are a fabulous combination! xxx

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    1. Who needs assignments indeed. OK, I bloody need them but I hate them! But twirly dresses do offer some consolation when I am swatting away. XXX

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  7. I join myself to your feeling, I admit to be procrastinator too, but who needs those boring tasks wearing wonderful dresses, my dear Lady? I just found your blog and I am impressed with you and your wardrobe! I follow you now.

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments.

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  8. You are in my post today Brooke.
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    1. Thank you! Thank you ! Thank you! I am so honored and chuffed! XXX

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  9. hm, i could be for sure the supporting act for the procrastinator oscar ...
    love the lacy fuffled blouse. it looks beautiful.

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    1. And there we would be, accepting our awards, faffing about instead of doing what we should be doing. Damn procrastination!

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  10. It really is a marvelous, inspiration inducing gem of a 1980s does 50s frock!

    I'm the polar opposite of a procrastinator, but I'm married to a man who, while astronomically hard working day in and day out, can be one at times, so I have some experience on that front via nearly ten years of life with him. (One of my grandmothers has leanings in the direction, too, so there again, I've seen how the mind and habits of a procrastinator can work sometimes). Don't beat yourself up, my dear, sometimes even those of us who aren't procrastinators have days like that. It's human nature at times to feel inclined to do everything save for the task we're supposed to be focused on - especially if it's one we're not looking forward to.

    ♥ Jessica

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