Do not read this post

Even though it's supposed to be mid-term break, I'm up to my eyeballs in work. Four days of supposed vacation, two of which I have to go back to school for mandatory activities. Add to that a mid-term presentation to rush out prepare for, and a ton of miscellaneous readings to complete, and that leaves me with... 0.12 seconds of free time.

Maybe I should stick to this list of Things Not To Do if I'm to get any work done at all. Here are some that I'll admit to being I'm guilty of, that I should really stop doing.

• Do not take a nap.
• Do not update your address book.
• Do not make a list of things to do.
• Do not start to think you don't have what it takes to actually do your project.
• Do not read any further on this post – caught you! Stop reading now and get to work on your project.
• Do not start wondering if that mole that seems a little bigger than the last time you checked it might be skin cancer.
• Do not make a list of all the things you have to get done at work.
• Do not start thinking you are never going to finish.
• Do not go to IMDB to see who that actor was in that movie you saw the other night. Or what that girl from that show from way back when is doing now.
• Do not start perusing your own bookshelves.
• Do not organize your computer files.
• Do not clean out your inbox.
• Do not start going through your photos.
• Do not start reading your old journal entries.
• Do not start thinking about how your project is lame.
• Do not post to your blog.
• Do not start worrying about all the time you've already wasted.

-- "A Not-To-Do List" by Jeffrey Yamaguchi, 52 Projects (via Daniel Bergey)

Ah, the irony.