Productivity: maybe?

[cupcake_goth]

Productivity is one of those things I sometimes indulge in.

(Wait. Full disclosure here: many people (including my therapist) have pointed out to me that what I consider being lazy and not applying myself would be getting a lot done by other people. There, I admitted it, my sanity check people can stop gently glaring at me and muttering.)

So. Today involved dayjob stuff, quickly updating my resume and sending it to a friend at Amazon (because they've got a couple of editor positions I'm interested in), doing a supply run for Crankybloomers (which I am going to be selling at the Time Travelers' Rummage Sale in July and the Mourning Market in August), pulling out a bunch of trim for the Crankybloomers from the stash, chatting with some people about job hunting and resume stuff, and culling the closets for items to sell at the Time Travelers' Rummage Sale. (The amount of ruffly, quasi-Victorian stuff I'm letting go of is mildly astonishing, even to me. Oh, and boots! I'm even selling a pair of 8-eye Docs.)

And tonight I'm going to do some writing and website upkeep.

So why do I feel as if I've been slothful and haven't gotten anything done? Oh brain, why are you determined to serve me crazycakes?

Comments

[raienna.livejournal.com]

I feel the same, re: productivity. Occasionally, I will tell people that I had a lazy day off involving running errands, baking pies, patching clothing, making stuffed animals, and other random bits of housewifery that would make a Stepford wife's to-do list look short.

I find that listing out what I have done helps, thinking of it not in terms of how long I spent doing whatever-it-was but in terms of projects finished. Often, I write down this list on a page of a tiny notebook that makes it look like the list takes up a ton of space. It doesn't prevent the serving of crazycakes, but it makes the portions a bit smaller.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I feel you. Did a deep clean on my room Sunday, spent most of yesterday recovering from that, and did a deep clean on the bathroom today. Logically I know that those rooms are Cinderella clean and that's a Big Deal. Emotionally, though, I cleaned my room and the bathroom. Not much at all.

[tinkerbell86ca.livejournal.com]

today I:
worked
payed credit bill
shoveled food into my little ones mouth
tried (mostly in vein) to get baby to stop crying
loaded the dishwasher
napped
ordered MAC

and that is a busy day for me

[amy37.livejournal.com]

I might need Crankybloomers. How much do they cost?

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

$35. Tell me what size you are, and I can make sure I have a pair for you. Any particular color preference? :)

[amy37.livejournal.com]

It would be a while before I could afford them, so not now. But in the future! What's the size scheme? Numbers or SML?

[jjbrozenske.livejournal.com]

I believe "crazycakes" will need to become a part of my vernacular.

I had to share this

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

I am not sure about your like or dislike of the film Labyrinth (though I suspect you might be a fan) but I do know you love of all things whimsical and would be a bad follower if I didn't ask you if you'd seen <a href="http://www.labyrinthmasquerade.com/>this</a>. <-- clicky link Has the lady of the manners ever gone?

[savannarama.livejournal.com]

I have that problem too, sometimes. I have to face the fact that at least 50% of the time, it's an illusion.