Welcome fellow Procrastinator!
I’m sure you’ve been putting off this journey for some time now, but perfect is a myth.
Yes, I realize that your pack is strewn all over your living room and you’ve been chronically reorganizing it until you could repack it blindfolded under 3 minutes.
Yes, I’m sure you’ve been trying to multitask. But we all know how well that actually goes, don’t we.
TIP: Multitasking is an oxymoron.
There is likely ADHD swimming around in this hot procrastination mess. But still. The journey is worth it, right? Someone somewhere said something like that.
Just shove those last few things in your pack because we’re going – ready or not.
Now for a look at the map…
We’re starting there–at the Trailhead–and heading southwest for a bit until we arrive at Deep Lake. Such a beautiful place! There are trees for your hammock, even great natural camping spots. However, like its name and the temptation to look too far inward, you might get lost if you go too deep. Trust me, you’re not Elsa and Anna isn’t coming to save you.
After avoiding an existential crisis, we head down to the Really Cold Part. I mean, it’s got mountains and a frozen lake what more could you ask?
Oh yeah, that’s right. The other glove you discovered you forgot to pack because multi-tasking became “no-tasking” when you left it on the kitchen counter that one time you got distracted helping someone. If you gave a mouse a cookie, you’d probably end up doing its laundry.
TIP: The Procrastination Tax always charges interest
Next up is the Worst Roundabout Ever. It’s kind of like that metal carousel of death that your teachers told you to play on when you were a kid. Someone always had to prove that they could stay on and not puke no matter the speed with which everyone else flew off and broke their arms.
This one, however, includes the added gift of cacti.
Then you come to Weird River. It is a place where everything is floating nicely downstream and you’re enjoying the moment like Hobby Lobby’s buyer hoped you would and then you’re upside down going back up the river. It’s like the backside of a Disneyland ride. Then you start again but it’s definitely not as fun the second time around. Up is down and down is up.
Getting out of the current requires some serious effort, but well worth it.
TIP: Social Media is not your friend.
And finally The Last Bit as you wander through the most incredible forest where July and August have no bearing on the continual fall foliage. Then rather like Mary Poppins coming in for a landing after her Parrot goes on strike, you’re picking your face out of the albeit pretty leaves only to realize that you have not written one solitary word on your novel.
TIP: Writing a blog post instead of your novel isn’t going to solve anything,
Reminding yourself that yes, being a grown-up means actually having to finish tasks, you huff at yourself and go make another cup of coffee–which in all likelihood will mean that someone will ask you for something and you will end up with another fantastic idea for a random blog post that will have nothing whatsoever to do with that pesky novel.
Sounds like a plan!
