Procrastination is queen! Hoarding is King!

Yep, it's been close to 9 months, enough time for a new life to gestate, since I've last bothered to scribe a post. The excuse of being busy with other things is valid with a good chunk of 2009 preoccupied by fluctuating situations at work, trying to craft a line of hand creams (http://www.hoolakai.com), and a whole lot of distraction by iPhone apps.

I hoard iPhone apps as I hoard body care ingredients, as I hoard magazines looking for inspiration, as I hoard distractions in general. Basically I am a hoarder and am about to take a baby step to challenge my capacity for hoarding. To put it mildly, I hate this fact about myself and find it a prison hard to break out of. The idea of organizing earthly goods is daunting and equally daunting is facing the reality of have less of them. I threw away a dozen magazines just now, without thumbing through them before tossing, and it took all my might to simply remove the address stickers and toss them in recycling. But I did it. I had to throw away SOMETHING and a dozen magazines were a start.

But back to iPhone apps and their distracting nature... I'm actually glad Montezuma is pokey on OS 3.0 because I play it less these days. I do enjoy the iPhone's timer function--which has been good for timing tea, timing parking meters, and timing my distractions and diversions--often it works in my favor. Using it to time parking meters and trips to the car wash or smog testing centers helps me get outdoors during potential dull waits.

Two apps I just love are the Gratitude Journal, which has been folded into my morning coffee ritual, and TO DO, which reminds me to do something proactive for my business on a daily basis. I take heed on the proactive business task and move forward in baby steps. Now I need a combo of the aforementioned to accompany me in my quest to battle and conquer the evil beast that is hoarding. Perhaps not a killer app, but an app that will kill eventually work on killing a nasty beast shared by many.