Why procrastinating can be a good thing

Several times in my life I've felt pretty darn stressed. I know I shouldn't call it "really or very stressed" because that should be reserved for soldiers in battle or pregnant moms whose babies are in trouble or something; my life is nothing compared to that. But I still get this tight feeling in my chest that just won't go away because I can't seem to keep up with my mounting "to do" lists. I usually feel this way when both work and home feel out of control, and I've been feeling this way all week. I can't seem to get everything done in a day. Anyway, tonight I was supposed to eat with a friend, and she was sick and cancelled. When I heard that I thought, "that's cool; I'll get caught up on some of my cleaning and/or grading I need to do." Somehow though, I ended up not doing any of that - I looked at a magazine, did some yoga, took a bath and put on a pore-clearing mask, shaved my legs, and didn't really get much done from my work or home to do lists. However, I'm feeling much less stressed now than while I was driving home from work trying to plan out what I would accomplish this evening, while realizing that I could never get all of that done in one night. It goes to show that sometimes just forgetting about your chores is actually better than doing them!

(oh, and maybe I put a dash of rum in my gatorade. That might have helped a bit with the relaxing too. And prayers; I said some of those too.)