Just Do It

So, I've been mentioning these items on my to-do list, that have been living there since before September last year - which is a good 8 or 9 months. They lived there for so long because other things were always more important. They were too "complicated". There were too many pieces to do with them. They were just plan tedious. I always figured they would take too much time. Yada, yada, yada...

Yesterday I actually managed to complete several of them. To be fair, I've been plugging away at them for the last couple of weeks or so, but yesterday, I was actually able to scratch them off of my to-do list. That is quite the sense of accomplishment! And it creates an amazing sense of space for me. Something that has been hanging around, nagging at me... is finally done. It didn't take as long as a I though. It was a bit tedious, but I just need to put one foot in front of the other and take one step at a time. In doing that... it finally got completed.

I don't know why I do this to myself... let things hang around for so long. Having things on my to-do list for so long drains my psychic energy, reminds me that I have unfinished things hanging around my space and just contributes to a feeling of clutter and being overwhelmed. I guess it's the whole procrastination thing... We all do it to a certain extend... all put things off when we should sit down and do them. Sometimes with things, we think that if we put them off, somehow it will get better. That doesn't always work... Think of taxes! Not a good idea to put them off for months and years! Far better to just do it... because it's only going to get worse in the long run. Things generally aren't going to get easier or smaller or less tedious if we put them off. At least not in my experience...