When I was in college, National Smokeout Day was a big deal. I even had a mini poster of Mr. Spock encouraging people to stop smoking. It said, “Live Long and Prosper.” I’ve never smoked, but I have plenty of other bad habits that I need to stop doing!
I’m a huge procrastinator; this covers a variety of bad habits, including:
1. Putting off washing the dinner pans until the next day,
2. folding clean laundry,
3. and getting rid of junk mail! What if there’s a valuable coupon in that pile that I want to use later?
Procrastination also affects my writing. I’ll sit down to write a blog post, and do these things instead:
4. Check Facebook, scrolling down until I get to a status I’ve seen before,
5. check my email countless times, knowing there will be no new messages,
6. and decide to organize my digital photos. I also go on hunts for things I’m never going to find; I have an urge right now to go look for that Spock poster, but I’m going to get this blog post written first!
Some of my bad habits I picked up when I was a kid. I still:
7. Crack my knuckles,
8. need to clean my room,
9. and leave my bed unmade.
I do have a habit that others may think is bad, but I’m rather proud of it.
10. When I’m reading a good book or an interesting article, I can tune everything else out, even my own kids!
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Cleaning habits are my worst. I feel like such a hypocrite yelling at my kids about it, but I want them to form better habits than I did. Sometimes I really wish they would call me out. Maybe that would jump start my own new habits!
Rabia @TheLiebers recently posted…Bad Habits I Need to Stop
Ha! Yes, I always expect my kids to point out that my bedroom is just as messy as theirs!
Ginny Marie recently posted…Bad habits, I need to quit you
I wish I could do that last one when I read, but sadly can’t. Oh and I totally crack my knuckles, too!
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I completely relate on cleaning and writing, or general distractedness. Thanks for sharing!
Angie recently posted…The Time I Did Not Kill the Movers
#4!! So me!
And I procrastinate still. I check my phone all the time.
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It’s horrible, isn’t it? If only I stayed away from Facebook, I would get so much done! Either that, or find something else to help me procrastinate. 😉
Ginny Marie recently posted…Bad habits, I need to quit you
I definitely procrastinate when it comes to cleaning and I alms never make my bed!
Lisa @ The Golden Spoons recently posted…Hard Habits To Break
See, here I thought you would be someone who makes the bed every day. 😉
Ginny Marie recently posted…Bad habits, I need to quit you
I only make the bed when there’s company Lol. And yes the social media distraction is a bad habit too.
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t make the bed!
Ginny Marie recently posted…Bad habits, I need to quit you
I’m a huge procrastinator also. It’s okay to put some things off, but not things like paying bills, which I am guilty of!
Becca recently posted…We Went to Knott’s Berry Farm!
Oh, gosh, I’m afraid I’m guilty of the same thing. Getting a late charge is not fun!
Ginny Marie recently posted…Bad habits, I need to quit you
Don´t talk about procrastination. Because reading your blog is keeping me from doing important (and not so important) stuff. I would rather read your blog though.
I have been told in the past that I can be annoying when reading. I will laugh out loud if it´s funny and I will cry at the sad parts. Especially the laughing will get people annoyed, because they are not in on the joke!
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