Let Go Of Pressure

Remember when you were in high school or college and you didn't want to study for that final exam?

I remember doing something else for a while because studying tons and tons of material was too overwhelming to face?

Remember preparing to write a research paper?  

I would always put it off for few days?

Remember how it felt so much better to just make cookies instead?

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Or call a friend?

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Or do laundry?

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Or take a really long bath?

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In many ways, I haven't grown up.

I might work better under pressure (yeah, water pressure from a nice hot shower), but that's not the point.

When I have so much going on, 

lists and lists of must-do's, 

demands, 

"Please Mommy, I want that", 

deadlines, 

unshaved legs, 

"Now, Mommy"

crashing computers and dirty dishes,

barking dogs,

an abandoned melting popsicle on my kitchen floor,

  a pedicure and library books way over due,

no more band-aides in the house,

"Mommy, I need a band-aid now!"

 and making dinner is the last thing I want to do. 

I work on EBay or

I go thrift store shopping

or I go to a book store.

And I just might pick up some band-aides on the way home.

And when I do get home, I"ll make cookies for dinner.

In so many ways these outlets are my therapy and I'm not ready to grow up.

What do you do to avoid grown-up responsibility?