Projects & Procrasting Perfectionism

Here's a picture of my laundry room taken in March, just after Easter. We installed Pergo's wood laminate flooring through out the laundry, kitchen and dining rooms. (Carpet in a dining room is ALWAYS a bad idea)

Laying the flooring down was a fairly quick project taking us a day and a couple evenings to complete.

The thing about projects is that you always seem to be short on something and it's usually money or time.... OR... money and time. In this instant, it's time.

And then there's another condition that hinders progress- procrastinating perfectionism.

What? You've never heard of it? Oh! It's REAL! Trust me! It's a condition by which one procrastinates because one desires to do the job perfectly but knows that there's not enough time available to complete the perfect job. And so the procrastination begins... putting off the job until there's enough time to finish the job perfectly. Of course, there's NEVER enough time! And that's the fuel for the cycle.


Here's another view from the end of March.

It looks very nice now but the reality is... the project is NOT finished. The stairway is now painted but there's still wallpaper to be hung. There's still baseboard and quarter round to be installed. Eventually it will be complete (emphasis on EVENTUALLY!).


This is what it looks like today.

Oh! You can't see much, you say? Well... that's because housework has also fallen victim to procrastinating perfectionism!