Is It Just Me?
Join Wimberley humorist Susan Rigby as she attempts to navigate “the small stuff.”
My life would be so much easier if I didn’t keep putting things off until later. And sometimes later is closer to never than later.
I almost live in my sweat pants. Some are more dressy so I can wear them out and others are just ‘around the house” sweats. What they all have in common is that they all have string ties around the waist. What is that for? Who wants that bulge of a bow at their waist, sticking out under their shirt like they will need hernia surgery soon? Only the young and very fit will tuck the front of their shirts behind that string tie and look cool. I am neither.
I know that the solution is to exchange that string for elastic. It isn’t a big project, but I keep putting it off. Instead I put on my sweats, look at my protruding tie and try to find a bigger tee shirt to cover that dang string bow. Finally, after months of complaining to myself, I buy elastic and redo some of my sweats. I am so happy to see that bow bulge missing that I want to go to the grocery store and wander up and down the aisles hoping that someone will see how fit I look. I ask myself, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?”
My other “later” project is going through my junk mail. I know many organized people go their mail every day, tossing ads and other junk they don’t need. My brain is the problem. It tells me, “You may need this service or brochure later on, so put it in a nice stack somewhere.” Weeks go by and I have so many “neat” stacks taking up more room on my table that I can no longer eat there. I finally realize that it’s time to decide what I want to keep and what to recycle. Intellectually, I know I won’t need any of them and I should just recycle the whole batch. I plan to do that - sooner or later.
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