Inertia

A fundamental set of ideas we learn in high school are Newton’s three laws of motion. That an object at rest stays at rest. That the mass x acceleration an object projects onto another is the force. And that for every action there is and equal and opposite action, or reaction if you will.

So if there is something motoring along in the universe at a constant speed unless something else affects it, the object will go on forever. What is strange is that something moving a constant velocity is no different than something standing still. You would not think this as when you get hit by a moving car vs a parked car the damage can be quite different.

This idea of inertia works with people as well. At least in my case it does. I have been looking at my computer keypad for several days attempting to compel my fingers to type something onto this blog with very little effect. Seems I manage to do all kinds of other things like dozing on the couch, going for a walk, daydreaming or just avoiding it by doing busywork like reading Facebook.

As I sit here in the kitchen of The Nicholl Southern Command and look up there is a small project that I have avoided doing for a couple years now for no particular reasoner reason other than the cleanup sucks. As does the setup prep. And there are other such little projects around the house I could be doing but instead I am now typing. It is remarkable how the inertia of avoidance works with me.

One of the reasons I guess is that after a while the list of little things grows to the point where it is a big thing. And then I go and think what’s the point, the list is way too long anyway. Or I consider my health situation and give myself the authorization to wallow is self-pity and not do some task.

Eventually the list of not done things gets so long I need a nap right after getting up and figuring what of the long list of things will make the grade today. When I reawaken the day has started slipping away and I can always find 100 busywork things to do other than what is important.

Before I head back north I have several things that need to be done. A visit to the lawyer’s office chat with another real estate agent and see if I can seal up the leak in the garage. Oh yes, and redo the paperwork for the winter lease as all the forms have changed since they were signed. Which you may think I would know being I am the President of the HOA that makes the rules.

The start of this is a shower, but that will come after thirty minutes in front of my office computer while I try and make a couple dollars on the stock market. By 10:04 it is back to the real world and get something done. Will I be successful at attacking the list? I will know tonight when I review my day.

Some days are significantly easier to achieve results than others. Underlying everything is this ticking time bomb that is my heart. Thankfully today all is well with it and I should be quite accomplished later today. Some days not so much and they are the days that I hide in front of my computer accomplishing little other than frustration.

And so I begin, lots to do, lets get at it.