Procrastination and Paperwork

Paperwork & meetings…both are a large part of my job. If I didn’t have meetings to attend, and paperwork to complete, I probably wouldn’t have a job. And I like my job… sometimes I even LOVE my job.

Still…DAMN IT, I hate paperwork. I especially hate doing the paperwork that is a result of having attended a meeting…so I procrastinate. I do this all the time. At the last minute before the “next meeting,” I’m wracking my brain trying to figure out what my notes from the last meeting meant. The notes tell me what the paperwork I am supposed to prepare for the ensuing meeting is supposed to be about. Except I can’t read my notes very well, and my memory is not as good as it used to be.

Today I’ve got one of those situations. By the end of today, I am supposed to have prepared a letter to our State Legislature in support of an issue (since I’m a so-called expert on this particular issue). Members of our City Council will be signing the letter, so it’s got to be factual, intelligent sounding, and sincere. I was asked to write the letter about 3 weeks ago, and today is the deadline. And I can’t read my notes. CRAP! So what am I doing instead of working on the letter…I’m writing a post for my damn BLOG! Still, this is my MO…I always wait until the last minute, start pounding something out on my computer, and come up with something that sounds pathetic to me but apparently sounds reasonable to everyone else. Because (almost) without fail, everyone oohs and aahs about what a great job I did. If only they knew. What a fraud I am…

Okay, now that I’ve cleared my head, I’m going to quickly post this and get back to the job at hand. Wish me luck.