Procrastination, Busyness, and Taxes

I hate to think of myself as a procrastinator, but secretly, I am. I wait until the last minute for a lot of things. I set the latest possible deadline for myself and then stress over getting it done on time. I allow the busyness of life to take over my projects. I can take this to the extreme. Take last year's taxes. As I was cleaning the filing cabinet and preparing for this year's taxes, I found three files of things from last year that weren't filed correctly. So here I am filing last year's stuff before I touch this year's stuff. I do this often. The ultimate in my procrastination has been a quilt. I started this quilt as a present in 1996 (Glen and my 5th wedding anniversary). The goal was to complete it in time for our 10th anniversary in 2001. Guess what? We're in 2011; it's still not done. I was going to try to work on it every day this year until completed. My secret - it's still on top of the dresser waiting to be touched. I need to be a better time manager. I need to be a better wife and mother. I need discipline. I need a good swift kick sometimes. Oh, well. On to bigger and better things.......