Do it now!

I had a roommate named Marlene, whose last name started with a C also, so we would tell people we were fraternal twins!! (Back then, everything at BYU was done alphabetically.)

We divided up the kitchen chores - we pooled our money and took turns buying groceries and fixing dinner. We also took turns doing dishes. Marlene was in the habit of sitting on a kitchen chair after dinner, when it was her night to wash dishes, and saying, "I really need to get started." She'd sit there for quite a while before she finally did get started. Usually one of us took pity and came and at least kept her company so she'd feel motivated to get going.

Marlene graduated with a teaching credential, married and had 9 children, and is now on a mission with her husband - who is not the guy in the photo by the way. It is apparent that she learned how to get motivated to get things done!

She told us once that she'd put her kids to bed and then sit on the floor in the hall and read to all of them at once. She also said that the only way to get things done was to get up and start doing them - and not worry about showering and getting dressed before you got started.

I'm sure there are many methods we all have for getting things done in a timely manner. I personally seem to need a deadline - that is almost the only thing that works for me - at least consistently.

But that doesn't mean that I'm planning to give up trying to get organized so I can get things done in a more timely manner.

You will note that I have managed to post daily this new year.

But then blogging is not the problem.

Hmmm??!!