 I've had a hard time lately getting motivated to do much of anything outside of work (and anything at work on occasion). Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's depression. Maybe I just suck. I finally decided this morning that I was tired of letting my weekends go by and accomplishing nothing beyond eating, sleeping, and going to the grocery store. I sat down this morning and started making a list of what I'd like to do this weekend. I know this doesn't seem that special, or strange, but there are a couple things that I did differently than usual. Firstly, I hauled out the clipboard and yellow legal pad. I usually keep my "to do" lists on my PDA, where they can be easily ignored. There something about a big, yellow, pad of paper sitting on your desk, dresser, etc that makes it hard to ignore. It makes it seem more urgent. Secondly, I wrote down estimated completion times for each task on my list, and broke down what I wanted to do each day.
I now had a plan, I had a pseudo schedule, and I had two (virtually) empty days ahead of me. The final piece I needed was motivation. Having already had my morning coffee, and not feeling very motivated in spite of that fact, I decided I could approach the weekend in one of two ways: A) I lay around, watch TV, chat online, and nothing worthwhile gets accomplished. This describes my weekends for the past few months. B) I can get off my lazy ass and actually DO something that I want/need to do. The TV will still be there (I have a TiVo, so it really will still be there), my friends will still be on AIM when I get back, and I should, hopefully, have a sense of accomplishment of finishing something that I've been putting off for entirely too long. That's all well and good you might ask... but what did I actually get done?
 I worked on my Z! This project has been going on for entirely too long (15 months at this point). I just want to be enjoying driving the damn thing, not the endless sanding/bondoing that I'm doing now. The biggest problem has been my lack of motivation, and the fact that on average I probably only spend 10-15 hours per month on it. I spent the latter half of my afternoon sanding bondo. I hate sanding bondo. This wasn't just any bondo job either, it was covering up the weld where i joined a replacement piece of fender last time I did body work on the car. There is a LOT of bondo and a lot of opportunity to make it look like crap. As far as the remaining work, there is bondo to be applied and sanded on the driver's side, a few panels to be sanded still (hood scoop, side skirts, headlights), and then the whole thing will be ready for priming and wet sanding. I'm not looking forward to this either, but it is almost the final step before taking it to the body shop for paint, which gives me hope.
 The other big thing I accomplished today was cleaning up my spare room. I didn't think to take any before pictures, but you might be able to get an idea from the pictures of Chris' computer in the "UPS Sucks" post below... they were taken in said room. I have to say it was a big improvement and took only about half as long as I had planned. The closet in said room, however... that's a whole other story.
The last of the things I planned on doing today was to update my blog. Seeing as you're reading this, I think I succeeded. Check out the new functionality for comments. You can now post a URL to your own blog/website, and when you mouse-over the comment poster's name (click "View Comments" below a post), it brings up a menu giving you links to e-mail the commenter, or visit their website. I'm going to stop now as I didn't intend to write a novel when I started this post, but I suppose it's good therapy at the end of a long, productive day.
Until next time... stay busy.
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