In search of commitment

[linaewen]

The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating – in work, in play, in love.  The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around like rational hesitation.  To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life. -- Anne Morris, a New York Starbucks customer

I think I once shared this quote -- which is from a Starbucks coffee cup -- in my early days at LJ, but I'm not quite committed enough to searching for it in the archives to see what I said about it then.  :-D  But I got to thinking about it over the weekend as I came to the conclusion that I need to commit myself to having a better schedule.

I need a schedule because I'm not getting many things done; without a schedule, it's too easy to rationalize my time away and do something that doesn't, in the end, get me very far along in what I want to accomplish with my life.  Not that there's anything wrong with what I spend my time on, I just need to balance it properly, and I think a schedule will help me with that.  While I enjoy a good care-free day, I also enjoy having structure and boundaries, and I do seem to do better at commiting myself to a task when it is before me as part of a list or a schedule.

So, today I am committing myself to getting committed.  ;-)  I shall come up with my schedule, and commit myself to it so I can stop being critical of my lack of accomplishment.

In other news -- I had a good weekend.  I didn't have to shovel snow, the sun came out on Sunday, I got lots of writing ideas (probably too many to deal with unless I get a schedule that includes time for writing amidst the other tasks that need scheduling!), and even did some writing.  I finally got through on the phone to kimbys_place -- after some weird phone tag where we kept leaving each other voicemails while we were actually on the phone with each other, but kept disconnecting ourselves!  We had a nice visit and I feel happy to have finally heard her cheerful voice again!

On a less happy note, my DS is having a sudden computer fiasco, so I must go deal with that -- then I shall come up with my schedule.

Comments

[estellye.livejournal.com]

I think it is very auspicious for both of us that we both came to this conclusion at the same time. Perhaps you can schedule a few minutes to share your success with creating a schedule later on! *hugs!*

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Well, Murphy and his law are conspiring against me today, to some extent, but I have scribbled a few things down, and I'm going to sit down with some coffee and an old planner to see what I can come up with. It's a good day for it, with nothing pressing me so hard that I can't take the time to work up a schedule!

In the meantime, just the fact that I'm planning to get organized helped me get some things done, lol!

I adore that picture of Galadriel!

[estellye.livejournal.com]

I just made that icon from the wallpaper I have up on my desktop at home! Normally I have something rather more male and elvish up there, but I was in a Galadriel mood, lol. I love that picture, too!

Well even with Murphy involved - progress of any kind is good! *hugs!*

[bageldelight.livejournal.com]

I'd commit to getting committed if I wasn't probably already gonna be committed on Wednesday.

I need some structure too - need to work on that. Gotta get the heck out of her first though!!!!

Glad you got to talk to Kimby. I feel like I'm going to have to meet her all over again if she ever comes back.

[maidoforange.livejournal.com]

(((((Lin))))). You always accmoplish so much! You're always so organized. Good luck with the schedule. I am glad you talked with Kimby. I hope DS' computer fiasco wasn't too bad.