Tag: project

Procrastination

Jennifred Jones

Sounds like a bad word doesn’t it?

If we can find out/see why we’re procrastinating, we can get past it.

Think about it for you, your family, relationships, work, projects–even hobbies.

Why am I putting this (see above) off???

*I’m afraid to do it.

*I don’t like to do it.

*I don’t think I can do it.

*I don’t want to do it.

*I won’t get any credit if I do it.

*It doesn’t interest me any longer.

*I’m tired of it.

*I have another project I’d rather be doing.

*It’s turning out differently than I hoped.

*It costs more than I thought.

*I don’t think anybody will like it.

If we allow ourselves to examine why—get real with ourselves–then we can get past it.

Don’t let procrastination steal from you any longer.

What will I decide to do or stop doing today…?

P.S. I procrastinated writing this blog post.

THOUGHTS

Jennifred Jones

This thought came to me on March 18, 2020….my father’s birthday.

He would have been 117, born in 1913. His father was born in 1863 during the Civil War. (Crazy to think my grandfather was born then. My parents married late and had us kids late. 95% of my relation marry late!)

We come from a long line of ‘thinkers’…always trying to simplify and solve things.

My daughter recently gave me a notepad with the phrase,

“What can I overthink today?”

So anyway the (my) thought was quite simple:

“Your best work is only a thought away. Think well today!”,

So with this thought in mind…what can we think about to improve…

…a relationship, a job, a task, a schedule, a project, a technique, a design?

What could we begin…

…a new adventure, a new hobby, a new product, a new connection, a new job, a new vocation, a new recipe, a new book?

Take your pick! It is only a thought away….your best work !!!

(keep thinking, keep improving, your work will only get better!)

The Parking Lot

Jennifred Jones

Where I work we will be having a 50 year anniversary celebration. 1970 was the groundbreaking year for our public service building.

The parking lot, also being that old, had a big hole developing in the concrete-right as you pull in and drive out.

Several contractors were asked to come take a look and give an estimate but never showed up. A fellow citizen of the community saw the need and was having some concrete work done in his nearby garage.

Today when I pulled in the parking lot, up drove a cement mixer and three men. They quickly removed all the broken concrete pieces and within 15 minutes the sinking hole was filled, leveled and smoothed, and surrounded by the same citizen’s sawhorses to shield the work while it set up.

I went to thank him, and all he said was, ‘the men had to clean out the mixer, and I said, ‘we’re going to fill the hole in the parking lot’.”

It cost our business nothing; it didn’t really cost him anything except his time and effort, yet what he did will continue to spread good will among our small community.

He decided to make it his project. It made a great impact on our little town.

His action motivates me.

What can you do to benefit your city, your town, your neighborhood, your street, your yard, your home… to elevate morale and show care for others?

Be on the lookout. Then take action.