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January 10, 2014 By Ricci 1 Comment

I am the Ostrich

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When I am faced with a problem I either deal with it immediately (yeah…that almost never happens) or I am the ostrich. I bury my head in the ground and never think about it again.

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This is bad y’all. Real bad. I guess I think that if I ignore something long enough it will go away? I wish. Unfortunately that is not the case. Usually the problem escalates until it’s almost too late and then I have a real panic attack about it, take care of it, and swear to never do that again. Until next time of course. Sometimes I feel like my life is a never ending cycle of bad things that happen.

But hopefully this will all change soon. I am trying to free myself (theres my word again, FREE) from this vicious cycle of bad things happening that I just ignore. It’s time to take control of things and get these problems taken care of immediately.

You are probably think I’m being vague just saying “problems” but I do have an example for you. I went to the dentist last summer for some fillings. Not a big deal, I paid with my Flexible Spending Account card from work and went about my merry little way. A couple months later my FSA company wanted a receipt. All I had to do was swing by the dentist and get them to print me a new receipt and fax it in. But no. I kept putting it off until my card was cut off and then I had a melt down, got the damn receipt and faxed it in. My card was working the next day. I do stuff like that all. the. time.

I am also BAD about not paying my water bill…my thought is that I can just drive by there on my way to work but I always forget or am running late and never do. I can’t even tell you how many shut off notices I have gotten before I remember to go pay. Such stress over something I could have prevented!!

All this minor stuff does is stress me out for no reason (because if I had just taken care of that little problem right away my card would never have been cut off) and cause me to have melt downs over stuff that I shouldn’t. I’m tired of that and it’s time to get myself together. I’m almost 31 or crying out loud. GAH!

I am tired of being the ostrich.

Do you do stuff like that that stresses you out??

 

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: procrastination

Hi! I'm Ricci and let me be the first to welcome you to Ricci Alexis, my lifestyle and beauty blog! I am a 36 year old single lady and am currently living in central Arkansas. My current obsessions include my dog Sophie, McDonald's frappes, the smell of DryBar hair products, the Royal Family, anything leopard print and celebrity gossip. Read More…

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  1. Jessica says

    January 10, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    This is why I love your blog! I just had the same conversation with myself today! This is my year of being more organized and only touching stuff 1 time! But I haven’t been so good at it so far this year! I am going to get better though!!

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Ricci is a 39 year old digital content creator from central Arkansas. She is passionate about skincare, travel, reading, and being an advocate for women's health issues. She is dog mom to Sophie, cat mom to Rooster and Poppy and an aunt to 10 amazing kiddos. riccialexis83@gmail.com

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