Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis (1952)
This sums up me, and a lot of people I know so well. I always have good intentions to get things done, to make things happen, to complete projects, to catch-up with friends, to make time for my hobbies, to … to … the list goes on and on. But what I actually do is procrastinate and cancel things I am not prepared for.
I might be deluded but I feel that I rarely blame others, I instead tend to make excuses for myself, to justify why I haven’t had the time. I can find myself totally busy all day but when I come to write my diary I haven’t a clue what has occupied my time. What I do know though is that often the ToDo list hasn’t had many things ticked off.
If I promise to do something, mostly I will do it, that is because I never promise to do anything that I am not certain that I can accomplish, although I admit I may not always achieve it in the time-scale originally set.
I get sidetracked, things come up that need addressing immediately … I procrastinate, and because I know how expertly I manage to achieve this I try to be more tolerant as to other people doing the same thing. Easier said than done sometimes though.