<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diary/4234679312/" title="scarlett-ohara by R. S. M., on Flickr"><img alt="scarlett-ohara" class="at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa397ab970c" height="240" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01310fa397ab970c-pi.jpg" width="224" /></a></p><p>I&#39;ve noticed that my four year-old has a habit of asking for things &quot;someday&quot; -- as in &quot;can we make a snowman someday?&quot; or &quot;someday, can you build a Lego house with me?&quot; It always struck me as odd and a little sad. Why someday and not today?</p><p>Of course, the reason he speaks that way is that he thinks that today isn&#39;t good enough for fun. And it&#39;s very likely that the reason he thinks that way is that he learned it from me. </p><p>(Ouch.)</p><p>This has bothered me for a while -- so much so that hearing him say &quot;someday&quot; is enough to get me to drop what I&#39;m doing and come up with something to do that very minute. But I haven&#39;t applied the same urgency to myself. Then I read and bookmarked <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29tier.html">this article</a> (you know, so I could act on it later) and it&#39;s like a light bulb went off. I&#39;m going to stop procrastinating pleasure NOW.</p><p>So that&#39;s my resolution for this year: To not put off doing the things that I enjoy. </p><p>Sounds easy, but for an expert procrastinator like me it&#39;s a big challenge. One I&#39;m ready to face because by definition it should be fun.</p><p>Happy New Year&#39;s, everyone!</p>
