PERSONAL DISCIPLINE ISSUES

Here I'm talking about little ones, not drug abuse or morbid obesity or even not bathing.

Michelle Obama says the President is bad about picking up his socks. That's kind of what I'm talking about today.

I'll give you two of mine. When I use a tool or implement, as soon as the task is completed, I put the tool down without putting it away. I know better but I am just so anxious to get on to the next thing that I don't place a priority on orderliness. This, of course, slows down the next job requiring that tool because I have to find the tool first. So I am undisciplined in the name of efficiency and my lack of discipline in putting away the tool, actually causes delay. Terrible habit and making no progress on it.

The other one is a little more esoteric. I have this wonderful tub system where the winter clothes go into the tubs during the summer and the summer clothes go into the tubs during the winter. Great Space Saver. Very efficient except when there's operator error. The error starts during the transition seasons (October, April) where you need stuff from both seasons available. During this season, I keep some useful stuff out of the bins and on a surface in a spare room. That's OK but, once there is a clear change of seasons, the "put-away" should happen automatically and seamlessly to make the spare room available. Often it takes numerous reminders and the put-away doesn't happen until July 4 and Christmas respectively. Fortunately for both of us, my wife is not opposed to repeating herself, sometimes pointedly.

Most of us have these. For most of us, it's not really laziness. We're really working hard at other stuff. Certain things either don't catch our attention or they are deferred, just because they can be.

Care to share your modest "personal discipline issues...." Please, not the $500/day coke habit. This is just supposed to an amusing analysis of human foibles.