Well, for all you procrastinators and slackers who didn’t participate in my contest, you missed out on a basket of Godiva chocolates!  Dr. Charlotte forgot how pricey baskets of Godiva chocolates were so from now on she will be offering boxed Godiva.  That way she will be able to run contests and pay her utility bills at the same time.  But there is going to be one happy lady in North Fort Myers, Florida in a few days!  Yay for Christine V. in North Fort Myers.  I’m not using her last name in case she doesn’t want anyone to know she’s getting it.  She might not be one of those people who likes to share.  But then, chocolate, men, and toothbrushes are not my favorite things to share.
 
I chose to write about procrastination because that is one of my worst flaws.  For one thing, I’m pretty sure I have ADHD, even though I’m really not qualified to diagnose myself or others.  I should probably be on medication for it, but I would have to make an appointment to see a doctor, then dread going, then try to find something to WEAR to the doctor and it’s just too much work.  I’d have to actually focus.  It would take planning.  I just felt a huge shudder run through my entire body at the thought.  If I could do all of THAT I wouldn’t have to worry about going to the doctor.
 
I’ve tried setting up schedules for myself.  I usually lose them.  When I manage NOT to lose them, and I actually stick to one for any length of time, say three or four hours, I’m pretty proud.  Then, all hell breaks lose — it could be as simple as me stubbing my toe or one of my dogs hurling on the rug — and my schedule is shot for like 6 months.
 
So I operate on the FEAR FACTOR.  
 
“If you don’t exercise your heart is going to EXPLODE and spew out your ears.”
“If you don’t SIT DOWN and write checks for those bills you are going to be sleeping in a gutter filled with SPIDERS.”
“If you don’t make your book deadline, they will foreclose on your house and you will have to move in with MOTHER.”
 
This is not an easy way to live.

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