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Yeah, Joe-Love..
We oughta tar and feather 'em for being so good!
posted by
word.smith
on September 7, 2005 at 5:05 AM
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word.smith
lol @ the pile of file folders inching more into your line of vision!! Don't know about you. . , but, I find my self amazed by people whom somehow manage to get EVERYTHING done, EVERY paper filed, EVERY payment made weeks in advance. Damn them!! lol
posted by
Joe_Love
on September 5, 2005 at 6:51 PM
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Symphony, the urge to clear out the junk
pops up every so often. Next time it comes calling, make use of it.
posted by
word.smith
on September 5, 2005 at 10:57 AM
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Silvermoon,
Oh for a hubby like that. I think mine has just given up, learnt how to turn a blind eye. I understand how having junk thrown out can cause a major case of anxiety. I'm always thinking 'what if something I need is thrown out?' I suppose if I haven't used it in a year....
posted by
word.smith
on September 5, 2005 at 10:57 AM
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Temple, hope you don't get disconnected.
That's happened to me a coupla times because of neglectfulness.
posted by
word.smith
on September 5, 2005 at 10:53 AM
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Sam, that's a habit that has me firmly wrapped in it's claws.
posted by
word.smith
on September 5, 2005 at 10:52 AM
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Pat,
There's half the problem right there, the inability to decide what to throw out and what to keep. I think I'll continue to spend this week getting the things done that I've been avoiding and throwing the rest out.
posted by
word.smith
on September 5, 2005 at 10:50 AM
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Thanks Ms. Pickles.
I'll tell myself that when the pressure starts to build.
posted by
word.smith
on September 5, 2005 at 10:48 AM
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Kat, I hope you found that poem!
Folks will start to think you live in your car if you keep rooting around looking for stuff. 
posted by
word.smith
on September 5, 2005 at 10:47 AM
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Good luck...
I always store important letters somewhere ...I too am usually late paying bills because I also forget where the hell I put them...I have so many letters that I should throw out but I always think I might need them....Hmmm...maybe its time to start sorting them.
posted by
_Symphony_
on September 5, 2005 at 8:09 AM
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lol. The need to reduce! Oh, how I can relate to you. My husband, however, is ruthless. When piles grow too big, he takes it upon himself to thin them out and organize. It's both a huge relieve, a source of great anxiety and a big pain in the backside when he does it. Of course, I also have to tune out the disparaging comments about my own organization skills... I listen one time, then calmly explain that's what he's here for.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on September 5, 2005 at 4:07 AM
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Oh boy do I hear you.
Problem with me is I forget about it. That is, until something blows up, like the electric/gas department comes banging on the door saying they want some obscene amount of money or they are shutting off everything right then. Yay! LOVE that. 
I always say that I need a 50's wife. ;)
posted by
Temple
on September 5, 2005 at 3:48 AM
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I always put off stuff I just don't want to do....
posted by
Samantha39
on September 4, 2005 at 9:12 PM
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maybe this is part of the writer's "curse"
that you look at something and think you might use it "one day" or it gives you the nugget of an idea but you've got to get this (whatever you're supposed to be doing at the moment) done first, until you're swamped with notes and reminders and flotsam and jetsam...
posted by
Pat_B
on September 4, 2005 at 6:15 AM
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from one procrastinator to another...
it'll still get done (eventually!) lol
posted by
littlemspickles
on September 4, 2005 at 1:22 AM
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Lol, good luck Word!
For some strange reason, my car has become the newest storage bin for "open later" mail, notebooks, etc. You named the problem right; procrastination it is. Now, gotta go look in the backseat for a poem I started several days ago...;)
posted by
Katray2
on September 3, 2005 at 6:23 PM
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That's sensible Cass...
I have a diary too. I just never bother to write anything in it.
posted by
word.smith
on September 3, 2005 at 9:02 AM
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Hey Telly, how's tricks?
Sometimes I think that it's the inability to get rid of stuff that leads to me having so many piles. There are books that I've read that I should get rid of, but don't and then there are those that I haven't read and probably never will and they are also taking up space. Oh boy!
posted by
word.smith
on September 3, 2005 at 9:01 AM
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MW, that support group might be an option then.
posted by
word.smith
on September 3, 2005 at 8:59 AM
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Count yourself lucky, Hem.
I just have way too much much paper.
posted by
word.smith
on September 3, 2005 at 8:57 AM
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Lib, I am determined to do something about these bad habits.
....Well, at least for the next week or so anyway. That's how long my industriousness usually last and when are you going to put something up?
posted by
word.smith
on September 3, 2005 at 8:55 AM
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Good luck! I hate paperwork too, but the one thing I do do when I get a bill is put it straight into my diary on the date it has to be paid. That way I remember.
posted by
Ca88andra
on September 3, 2005 at 3:37 AM
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Don't feel bad, you're not alone. In this house, piles endlessly shift from one location to another, but never actually
end up anywhere...
posted by
telynor
on September 2, 2005 at 10:01 PM
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LOL!
This is soooooooooo true about me.
posted by
Bel_
on September 2, 2005 at 8:57 PM
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thank goodness
I don't have much of this kind of trouble any more. I like the dancing elephant. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on September 2, 2005 at 7:25 PM
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Okay, I'm starting to think that perhaps you are a
wee bit worse than me!! Not much, though.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on September 2, 2005 at 6:21 PM
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Quirky, I think we need to give those piles birth control pills,
so they'll stop multiplying.
posted by
word.smith
on September 2, 2005 at 1:49 PM
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I understand completely--I have piles like that as well. I'm pretty good with the bills because as they come in, I put them in my purse to take to my office, where they go on my desk in a special place. But the other stuff--the piles get so unwieldy until eventually I have no choice but to attack them.
posted by
Julia.
on September 2, 2005 at 12:31 PM
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You have me there, Dave.
posted by
word.smith
on September 2, 2005 at 11:31 AM
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Trouble is, the book on Organisation Skills is always at the bottom of one of the piles.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on September 2, 2005 at 11:23 AM
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Bright, that system does make life easier.....
posted by
word.smith
on September 2, 2005 at 10:44 AM
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TIMMY, thanks.
Only have one errant file eyeballing me right now.
posted by
word.smith
on September 2, 2005 at 10:35 AM
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word.smith
We must have the same system of filing. Tell me are all your friends listed under ' F' ? mine are.
posted by
BrightIrish
on September 2, 2005 at 9:26 AM
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word
Good luck!!
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on September 2, 2005 at 9:01 AM
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Mia, I must have a webcam somewhere around here
that I don't know about. Every time I open the cupboard beside me, cash pans and bills come tumbling out.
posted by
word.smith
on September 2, 2005 at 8:18 AM
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word.smith
Haha...I can see you opening a closet or a drawer and a mountain of paperwork comes crumbling down on top of you...and you're fighting it off like a cartoon, and then the last thing that falls will be something you thought you lost years and years ago....
posted by
MiaElla
on September 2, 2005 at 7:44 AM
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