3. Procrastination, sticky, tricky, addictive…

Welcome to Musing Interruptus. A space to share thoughts, stories, and general musings. This one goes out to my father, on his birthday. Procrastination is a serious ailment that plagues us all at one time or another. Nobody is safe, it is contagious and addictive. Sticky, tricky, addictive. It gets worse with every thought. I’ll take you. There is a road and a path and a highway to get there. It all starts with a window. There is a window that leads to places I know, down roads that I have traveled, back and forth. Through that window, imagination throws itself to the wind. It is carried to the places of shipwrecks and pirates, monsoons and, jungle hideaways. The ticket is procrastination. To get that ticket to ride, You must first go to the Office for General Beaurocratic Paperwork. You walk into the office and to your right, you will see a reception with a burly man. He generally wears a hat. That hat is too small it pinches in all the wrong places. I asked him once about that hat. By the way, his name is Jay. He told me all about his father’s hat and how it had once belonged to a famous person. He couldn’t remember his name. He did, however, remember that he was a famous whistler. I myself do not know any famous whistlers, so I will probably remember that for the rest of my life. I didn’t mind not knowing the name. As I said, I don’t know any whistlers, but I do know a Steve, Dan, Stan, David and Raúl. If that famous whistler were named Michael, George, or Aaron, I might forget the name too. But a whistler, really, that was all I needed to know. So, that hat, atop Jay’s head, had once belonged to a whistle that was recognized around the world, I bet. Or at least around the county. -Are you still with me? Go on, don’t lose your concentration. I’m taking you on a little trip to the OGBP. The Office for General Beaurocratic Paperwork, to get ahead of the process of getting a ticket to ride to Procrastination. Especially if you want to ride the wind to your destination. Sign the ledger Jay has set for you, it's a long red book. Remember to show your ID and write down the number found on the back of the id. I think Jay asks you do this just for fun. Click to continue reading along