Last minutes leaping about!

Isn't it ironic how we as human beings leave things until the last minute?

Take the submission of our (South African) tax forms. We are all filled with the joy of at last being able to submit tax via the internet. ( Well truth be told for most of us I think it was more the fact that we could extend the deadline for tax submision !!)

So ... that deadline has dawned and it is Thursday, and I am rushing about trying to get IRP5 forms ( proof of income) from former employers.

Some I may add are not so friendly, and I need to check I have had all my shots before coming into contact with them. So they are not generally inclined to assist me with quick last minute delivery.

Why then do / we wait so long and leave things until the last minute?

I am a procrastinator by nature, and yes I could give you all my angst filled psychological reasons as to why.

Suffice to say, that when I do eventually have to tend to matters last minute, I am always surprised at how little effort it takes to sort them. And here in my mind I have built up this huge fear of what I am going to have to go through . A bogeyman of fear that generally doesn't exist.

So why knowing this logically and intellectually, do we not change those thigs that cause us such stress when we realise just how much easier it would make life?

A conundrum indeed, and my answer for myself, is that I am so entrenched in the patterns formed over years, that I fall back into them without even thinking twice!

Perhaps I need some kind of rewiring or re-programming. (said with wry grin)

Truth be told, I can no longer kid myself that this procrastination and forgetfulness is just me, part of my whimsical charm. I am afraid no-one is buying that old story anymore.

So then if I am in this rush .... why then am I wasting time on this blog?

HHHHhhhhhmmmm!