Thoughts on Wasting Time

How To Motivate Yourself To Do The Boring Things You Need To Do

If you heard the pep talks I have to give myself on an almost daily basis. Like, out loud! To amp myself up to file paperwork, or go to the bank, or break down that enormous cardboard box. I used to say “Get it together, Von Bargen” but that’s not very nice. So now I...

How To Decide When To Give Up On A Goal And When To Recommit

“Well. I'm clearly bad at this and I was wrong to even try and the answer is to GIVE UP IMMEDIATELY.” If you’ve ever muttered this to yourself, to your partner, to your cat - congratulations! You are human and you have a human brain! Figuring out which goals to...

How To Stop Researching + Start Taking Action

I can see the tiny ‘like’ notifications piling up under the comment on my Instagram post. 12, 13, 14 likes. And honestly? I get it. Because the comment is so, so relatable. Who among us hasn’t done this? Who hasn’t spent weeks or months researching: How to launch...

Luana on 6 March 2010 at 12:28 pm

Love that. John Lennon once said something along those lines; he definitely knew what he was saying!
muchlove on 6 March 2010 at 12:39 pm

agreed!!
Leia on 6 March 2010 at 1:04 pm

Something I have to remind myself often…
kathryn-louisa on 6 March 2010 at 1:08 pm

So true. Yay for 'wasted' time!

x

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Allie on 6 March 2010 at 1:27 pm

perfectly said
Eva Internazionale on 6 March 2010 at 1:31 pm

This never fails to make me feel less guilty. (:
Päivi on 6 March 2010 at 5:27 pm

Love it. 🙂

Our safeword is "micramps". Oh, mi cramps! Oh, this bloody weather! Oh, mi bloody life!

Word verification = endless inspiration (is sort of rhyming).
Christie, Describe Happy on 6 March 2010 at 5:48 pm

This made me laugh! I think a little time needs to be wasted once in awhile just on principle!
Christine Macdonald on 6 March 2010 at 9:29 pm

Here here!
sweetgirlnigeria on 7 March 2010 at 12:01 am

I love you and your blog!
screwdestiny on 7 March 2010 at 7:46 pm

Very true!
A-C on 8 March 2010 at 1:58 am

Chickie–I love these posts. They really do make me happy. thanks! 🙂
Jen on 8 March 2010 at 3:03 am

I posted this on my blog two weeks ago! Love it. It just so happened I stumbled upon it on a day off when I had so much on the to-do list, but none of the motivation required. All I wanted to do was sit on the couch, catch up on blogs and watch TV. And that is what I did, thanks to this quote. 🙂
Annie on 8 March 2010 at 1:53 pm

Isn't this oh so true!