Last minute productivity

Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute. - Unknown

Tip # 21 - 2 Days until Christmas.  This is the day all Procrastinators either love or hate.  They hate it if they are panicking and stressing to get things done. If you're the type that works well and becomes more creative under pressure, then you love last minute things like the quote above.  You feel incredibly productive in the last minute mode. If you think about it in that light, last minute really does give you the opportunity to choose what is really important to you.  You get to choose what you want to do and what you don't want to do because there is only so much time left to do any of the tasks.  In plain and simple terms, you cannot do everything!  There isn't enough time in the day to dust every spoon on the spoon rack or move every piece of furniture to vacuum behind it.  There's only time to wrap that last minute gift, prep for the meal and do a quick touch up and straightening of the house.  Remember the "selective neglect" theory?  Give yourself permission to do the high level things, clean the area where the guests will be and shut the door on the room you stashed every work in progress project.  Choose to do only the really important things.  I love the quote below from Rita Emmett's book "The Procrastinator's Handbook".  Just remember to give yourself permission to decide how "clean" is "clean".

Emmet’s Observation:  God created company so the house would get cleaned.  

If you try to cram too many things into the schedule, you will get STRESSED!  That is not what the Christmas season is about.  It's about love.  Choose your last minute tasks wisely.  The Wise Men came in a group of three, each one brought only one gift and they were right on time.  Huh...one gift for one person?  I'm guessing the stable had some dust flying around in it too.  Focus on the main thing, not all the extra stuff.  How much more simple is that?  

One gift each!

Jesus is the reason for the season!