Project: Get a move on.

So my genealogy project is well underway and the huge urge I had to complete it is under control. So while I will  still be working on that project I thought I should also start looking at my list of projects and get some other stuff finished. Or at least start some other unfinished stuff. I have a lot of research to do for my novel. That will be next on my list of things to attack. This kinda combines with the genealogy project in a way.

My novel is not about my family but it is a series of different books actually, well that is how it is in my mind currently. The different books take place in different time periods and different places, so the research overlaps from one project to the other. Another project that overlaps is my self improvement. I am really eager to improve, grammar, spelling and composition. I want what I write to be really enjoyable. I want it to be easy to read for everyone.

This also overlaps into other areas of unfinished projects. I have this seminar that has been brewing in my head for years. So I have the general idea, activities and even guest speakers for the seminar. I have a lot of research done for it and most of the material put together. I think at this point the clincher of the deal is to complete my research and put it all together as a deliverable product. I have to take the plunge, git er done, as I have heard it said. I need to rely on myself and only myself to pull everything together to make it a truly productive and helpful seminar for women.

I started this blog thinking it would be funny and lighthearted. I would laugh at myself a lot and possibly make other people laugh and learn a thing or two. It has been so much more, I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my ideas and thoughts and realize that my writing is good. Not just from my mothers point of view, but actual people. I realize that what I have to say as important as I think it is, sounds much better and helps a lot more people if I just put a little time into it and research my ideas to back them up.

I flip around a lot from subject to subject and idea to idea. I am a gemini, (I use the word but place no stock in astrology at all). When it comes down to it, I am worth listening to,(I know there is a little vanity in this statement). I am happy with the procrastination blog and it's progress. I am happy with my progress. I am getting a little more organized and not in the, everything must be perfect for everyone else to see way. I am organizing my life, my priorities, my happiness. This means that although the house needs a sweep, I am going to sit with my kids after dinner and enjoy a little time with them. This means that although I would love to make 4 course gourmet meals for my family to show how much I love them, mac n' cheese is ok if it means I can help them with their homework after school.

Most of all I seem to be learning a lesson once again that I have learned many times in my life and forgotten about time and time again. That is that if I am not truly happy I can't expect others around me to be. If I want to give my family the best of me they don't deserve a tired worn out woman just getting by but able to do everything. So lately they have been getting the best of me. I don't spend all my time cleaning, I take time for myself, and I am enjoying it. Guilt is still a prevalent culprit and occasionally creeps up on me, for the most part I can chase it away, and realize I should feel guilty only if I am doing something that is not going to make me and my family happy.

So my blogging and procrastination are walking hand in hand and can coexist, thank goodness or my blog would falter quickly, and my life still goes on no matter what I put off till tomorrow.

"One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow." Vincent T. Foss