Oh you know what is the best thing for procrastinating?! CLEANING!
Seriously, if I’ve got work to do, something to achieve, my house will end up spotless before I get it done. Because you always NEED to clean so it’s always such a fitting excuse and if you twist your mind the right way and squint a little you can make it seem more important than whatever else you might need to do.
I’ve got lots to do today, so I think first I’ll finish cleaning out my drawers, do the dishes, probably sweep the floor, do some washing, bake some slice and generally tidy. Then maybe I’ll get started.
Then once I do start I’ll really need to resist the urge to alphabetically arrange my cookbook collection or wash windows. It’s almost like, when I’ve got something that needs doing, I need to be locked in an empty room for a day – where there’s nothing tidyable. We’d all be so much more productive if we took that approach I think..
Imagine if Alexander Graham Bell didn’t have a wife to keep his house tidy. I doubt we would have ever had the telephone. Civilization wouldn’t have developed the way it has, we wouldn’t all be carrying around little cellphones in our pockets. Who knows if the internet would have happened?! So many possibilities, that could not have come into being if these inventors did the cleaning.
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