One Word...

Settling on just one word has been more difficult than I expected. Much more difficult. I have been torn between two words over the weekend -- "Can" and "Do".

I have settled on "Do".

For those of you who may not know this, I am the Queen of Procrastination. The Queen of Doing Nothing. The Queen of Putting Off Until Tomorrow so You Don't Have to Do Today. The Queen of "Tomorrow is Another Day"...and so on. I have good intentions...really, I do...but those good intentions don't always get translated into action.

So this year, my theme will be "Do." Do it. Do it now. Do it while I'm thinking of it, before I forget. Do it because it needs to be done. Do it because I want to do it. Do it because I know I can do it.

I was surfing the web last week and one of my friends' blogs has a link to a great website on organization (www.lifeorganizers.com) and I found some great articles on procrastination. One of the articles (http://www.lifeorganizers.com/home/7-reasons-we-procrastinate-and-strategies-to-overcome-them.htm) it talked about seven root causes of procrastination. They are:

Guilt -I just don't want to do it
Inadequacy -I don't know how to do it or I'm afraid I won't do it well
Fear -I'm afraid of what the outcome might be or I'm uncertain of the outcome
Irrelevant -It's not important to me
Time Management -I have plenty of time to get this done
Perfectionism -I won't be able to meet my high standards
Ambiguity -I'm not sure what needs to be done

I realized that, at one point or another, I have fallen into these traps.

So, for 2007, my theme is "Do." Just do it, and do it now. Don't postpone doing something, just get it done. There are several things at home and work that I've been procrastinating. It's time to get them done.

So, in the words of my husband's favorite athletic gear company: "Just Do It."