Some things happen and I look back and wish I could get those hours back and have a redo.
I know it’s not worth it to look back, since that just wastes more time, but remembering can also prevent me from making the same mistakes twice.
Examples?
Watching “Old School”, or any Will Ferrell movie, really.
High school math class. Useless.
Philosophy 1oo: Do we really exist? (Funny enough, when I transferred schools that course transferred strangely, and guess what I’m taking again this semester? You got it – Philosophy 100.)
Reading “Cider House Rules”. Why can I never put a book down once I start?
Making the perfect Roasted Cherry & Chocolate Scones and forgetting to write down the recipe.
Getting on the freeway going the wrong direction. I have a 50% chance every time, so you’d think I’d make the right choice more often. EAST is usually the answer.
Dusting. Unless I can stop shedding skin cells, I shouldn’t waste my time.
Hanging up clothes that have hung to dry. We all know I’ll wear them again eventually.
Painting spindles. This has been on my “to-do” list for close to a year, and on my “actually-doing” list for about 2 weeks now. It.takes.for.EVER. And nobody even notices the difference except me as I’m painting.
I’m sure there are SO many more things I can add to this list…I haven’t even gotten started on parenting things like wiping bums, repeating “airplane” 4, 657 times every car ride, and building the same tower 8, 017 times while a 6-month-old looks on unimpressed.
What would YOU add to the list?
Well, I think your spindles look lovely. As a former ‘professional’ house cleaner (?), I would definitely notice! :) It must make dusting easier, no? And since that was on your ‘futile’ list, it sounds like you are actually going to save time in the future!
Painting those spindles sounds like torture! I’m with you on dusting… and can add to that putting the laundry away after it’s been washed and dried, making the bed (I just pull the blankets neatly over; there are no hospital corners here), and I don’t know how many hours I’ve lost to washing dishes, but it’s definitely a lot. I guess I’ll have to keep doing it, too, because we have to eat.
Worrying about things I can’t control, and worse telling my friends about it and wasting their time.
Oh so many wastes of time!! Like, um, surfing the internet! And yes, forgetting to write the recipe for something perfect is oh-so-frustrating!! I can totally empathize with your list!! And BTW – painting the baseboards has been on my to-do list since we moved in. . . eleven years ago.
lol, I love this! Gosh, so many things could be added. Definitely a bunch of classes from high school and college, doing the dishes, laundry..basically anything that sucks, lol!
Lately it’s making the bed! Seems like such a waste when I’m just going to fall into exhausted later on that evening!
SUCH a good example! I used to fight my husband that it needed to be made every day, now I realize the futility :)
I think your spindles look marvelous! I repainted my baseboards a few months ago and I notice :) They were obviously bugging me enough to crawl around on my hands and knees taping, then painting, then painting again, then removing the tape so they had to be done. As for wiping bums, it may seem like a waste of time but think of the repercussions if you didn’t do it…yucky, stinky and owy bums walking around your house :P
Oh my goodness, i cannot tell you how often i get on the highway in the wrong direction. 12 years living in the same city + I *still* do it all the time. You are not alone, friend! =) Actually, your whole list has a whole lot of overlaps with mine. Instead of painting spindles, mine is touching up baseboards – i’m the only one that every notices the difference, I’m sure of it!