Go Big or Go Bust: Day 186 (On procrastination, Freud, Patsy Cline and a used two drawer file cabinet)

Much as I want to get this highlights reel finished, there's one more way in which I could reasonably procrastinate. 

Pegeen told me that for maximum effectiveness your desk should be 80% free of clutter.  Since learning this, I've been aware of how much easier everything is with a cleared-off desk.  So any logical person might wonder: "What effect could a concentration of chaos in the corner of my office have on my life and work?"

The way I see it  A) you spend a great deal of energy pretending it doesn't bother you  B) you quote Freud to yourself and everyone who'll listen: “There’s denial, and then there’s insanity.”  or C) you go to the local used-office equipment store and score a barely scratched file cabinet for a very good price and proceed, with a Bridget Jones aura of superiority, to  P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-E.

If Patsy Cline were still around, she'd write me that for my theme song. 

(Special thanks to Jacqueline Cioffa for the Freud quote which I discovered in her piece on feminine collective.)

A chipmunk got loose in here a few days ago.  In other words, anything could happen if I don't immediately take control of this situation. 

I feel your shiver of horror. 

Victorious, on my way to establish order.

Go Big or Go Bust: Day 185 (on a web series highlights reel, Final Cut Pro, procrastination and Mr. Green)

I'm not the most hi-tech person who ever walked the planet and the next job on the agenda is to build the cut of the 'highlights reel' in the most high-quality files possible.  I'll say it right out that this would be a a daunting job for anybody: I learned to cut video under deadline pressure on three different softwares, two of which are no longer available.  Combine that with my marginal impulse control and you have a mess spread over ten+ hard drives. 

So naturally, I've procrastinated to the limit with plugging in the old Lacies, Western Digitals and G-Drives.  Here's a shot of me caught in the act with my last delaying tactic: the wall calendar.  The three month plan.  Until the darn highlights reel is ready, there is no three month plan.  Nuff said. 

Or so I thought.  My roving photographer, Mr. Green, offered to give me a deadline.  When I practically bit his head off, he apologized: "I'm sorry I said anything."  I don't think he is sorry.  I think he just knows which side his bread is buttered on. 

Go Big or Go Bust: Day 92 (one down, 50 million to go)

I can't tell you how happy I am to have been able to finally upload the video of my trip to see Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Vedic Astrologer.  (I think I went to see him in January.)  The satisfaction of crossing a job off the list is enormous.  BUT.  I shudder to see what's still on the list.  50 million more jobs.   

So here I am today (standing on a stool) wiping January --> March off the wall calendar in preparation to make the plans for what's-left-of-April --> June.  Deciding what the priorities are is very challenging.  Very challenging.  (Tips, anybody?) 

The one thing I know for sure is that if I don't have a schedule, if I don't attach things to times and dates, they don't get done. Master procrastinator here.