Goodness! I know I don't like to open mail or deal with the tedious tasks that go along with paperwork. I try to set aside a certain time each week to sit down and make the calls, reply to the letters, pay the bills, whatever needs done in the paperwork/desk work category. I tend to avoid that day though, or simply update my checking accounts and call it good.
Today I pulled out the stack of papers (at least 4 inches tall) and just started at it. Plugging along, one piece of paper after another. Here's what I'm finding:
- FamilyLife Resource offers from March and April that I wanted-but didn't take the few moments required to fill out the form and put it back in the mail.
- A stack of UNOPENED mail from early August. One letter is date Aug 3rd.
- A letter from an online friend from May 2009. I think I kept it to remind me to send one back. Oops.
- Letters from WorldVision and Food for the Hungry regarding the children we sponsor. Cards that we're supposed to sign and send back. From June.
Does it really take me THAT long to just do these things a few moments at a time on a regular basis?? Part of my S.H.E. program will include handling the mail DAILY every afternoon. I sure hope I can overcome this issue! But I never addressed the title of the post-is it simply procrastination or too much to do? I don't know. I'll have to get back to you. It's time to take books back to the library, go to the post office and make a deposit at the bank. How do YOU handle these things?
I think we all have things we don't like to do...as I approach middle age I just don't worry about it any more! Hmmm...maybe that is denial ,lol!
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing! I hate dealing with mail and I have also lost out on things and oh that reminds me I was supposed to set up an appt within 5 days of receiving the letter and that was about 4 weeks ago....maybe more...LOL! IMO setting up to do it daily would be too much. Try setting a goal of maybe once a week or once every 2 weeks or so until you get back into it. If I set up a goal from not doing it for months to doing it daily...I would fail...but that is me ;) <3
ReplyDeleteI need to set up a day for that sort of thing too. I just missed out on something because I thought I had already mailed it. Nope, found the envelope in the car. Dang! I've been needing to call about that for a few days now, but I only remember after business hours... procrastination is my game.
ReplyDeleteKarrie-the point of daily is that most of what I get could be completed in less than 10 minutes, rather than set aside and requiring hours of attention. My current plan IS to do it weekly, but I tend to choose not to, because it's overwhelming. I'm going to give the 5 minutes a day a try and see what happens!
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