I have accepted Rhonna Farrer's 21 Day Challenge. The goal is to add or delete a behavior, habit, thought, etc. After thinking on it quite a bit, and naturally, down to the wire, I settled on my procrastination problem. But the actual challenge is "Get Things Done". Which is a little more positive than saying "stop procrastinating" because, of course, I would procrastinate about stopping procrastinating. SO. To that end, I have made a list of about 20 things I'd like to get done. Some involve cleaning, finishing projects, both house related and creative, and some purely creative. Paint the edges of the living room ceiling, clean out the pantry, paint a chicken, design a card (need those Christmas cards!). I also give myself permission to NOT do anything on the list on those days when I'm running around crazy, or at least I'll try a small one, like making a scrapbook page. With Helen's birthday tomorrow, today will be all about finishing up the cleaning that I've been putting off all week, and tomorrow will be about getting ready for her party. Sunday Haley will be here, so we'll try to do something fun that day.

I'm feeling pretty good about the challenge. Mostly, I think it gives me hope of changing something that really bothers me. Procrastination sounds innocuous enough, but it has been pretty debilitating for me. I blame my hip issues for the past couple years, but really, I could sit on my but and edit photos and type poems, but I didn't. My modus operandi is to think about a creative project I want to do, come into my house, see the messes (and we aren't talking Hoarders or anything, just clutter and undone things), feel guilty about the messes, look at the project, look at the mess, then sit down at the computer and do neither. Very unproductive! THEN, because I wasted a perfectly good day doing nothing, I get down on myself, feel lazy, stupid, incapable, yada, yada, yada. So you can see how this challenge could truly change my life and my way of thinking about myself. With all the items on my list, I'm really hoping to continue to challenge myself past the 21 days, but I'll deal with that AFTER I've completed the first 21 days.

Today: Clean 3 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 playroom. Seems like more than enough for one day! Oh yeah, and frost 40 cupcakes to take to school for lunch. I'm really looking forward to working in my art journal (which I've kept small to keep it from intimidating me), since it may be the most creative thing I do today.