This is my Truck Radio.
Sort of.
When he spots the remote, it is sitting conveniently atop a shelf on the other side of the room. When throwing things at the remote doesn't work, he tries to get his dog (which kind of looks like Falcor) to fetch it. Once he realizes that won't work, he lets out a sigh and gets off the couch. But wait, it's not over. The next thing we see is him holding the Falcor-dog inches away from the remote on the shelf, begging him to fetch it. When the dog knocks it off, he covers it with peanut butter and tries again.
Now, this is an extremely exaggerated example of the whole going-out-of-your-way-to-be-lazy idiom, but you get the idea. I wouldn't say I've been trying excessively hard to be lazy lately, but after picking up the pace on the whole life-maintenance thing, it's gotten really easy to see how lazy I've been these past few months. Not the lethargic, sloth-esque laziness. More like the "I really don't feel like doing anything right now" laziness.
I have two perpetually recycling lists floating around in my head at all times: things I need to buy and things I need to do. I underwent a veritable brain boot camp about half a year ago, and I learned a great deal of techniques for remembering things, so retaining these lists is not a problem for me. Actually taking care of the things on the lists is what has been the challenge. The buying list never seemed to pose a threat to my getting-stuff-done-ness; but the doing...that's another story. None of my tasks are particularly difficult or time consuming: sending back the Netflix DVD, building shelves from a desk we took apart, filing all of our bills and such, and taking out / repairing my truck's stereo, to name a few. The reason these things have stayed on my list for so long is simply this:
At no point in my day do any of these tasks seem more fun or interesting than playing StarCraft II for hours on end.
I know, I know. Just let it go, I'm workin' on it.
But seriously. Remember how the last post was about just sucking it up and doing the things that need to be done? Well this is taking it one step further. Not only do I need to keep up with all the recurring life-maintenance things, but I also need to treat my personal to-do list like the one I have at work. At the end of every work day, I make sure that everything on my plate is either taken care of or in someone else's court. If I were to do that at home with all of my random yet important tasks, I think the Wife would be much more happy.
Because even though I am in the Gold League on Battle.net and I'm quickly climbing the ladder of division ranks, somehow that is significantly less impressive to her than the fact that I did the dishes and folded laundry today.
So here's to finally getting around to taking out my truck's stereo, cracking it open and rescuing the CD's it's been holding hostage for all this time. By the end of this month, I plan to have a clear to-do list.
Because that way, I can play Starcraft II for hours on end. And not feel bad afterwards. Or like, y'know, feel like I'm going to die from sleep deprivation.
That's all for now.
-R.
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