does this ever happen to you? i’ve been there. more than once.
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“i hate when people accuse me of lollygagging when I’m quite clearly dilly-dallying.”
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while both mean to waste time, Dictionary.com highlights a slight nuance.
Lollygagging is the act of idly wandering or goofing off while fully aware you are avoiding a task.
Dilly-dallying usually involves a bit of distraction or indecisiveness where you delay productivity
by moving slowly or finding smaller, unimportant tasks to do.
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Yes, definitely has happened! Yes, more than once, or twice . . . 😊
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same..
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I’ve been known to lollygag and to dilly-dally. Dusting my book shelves is dangerous as I always find a book I have to sit down and read, or re-read.
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that happens to me when i try to move or rearrange them )
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I have done that in the past. I cured it by just stopping cleaning and re-organising. 😊
Best wishes, Pete.
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that certainly works!
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Oh I love that quote
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I did neither, Beth; I identified some fluff under the bed, and I applied myself vigorously to it; o the things I found :(
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Wish I’d read this before posting my Substack on Being Content. I am definitely a dilly-dallier https://dianelwoodrow.substack.com/p/being-content
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that was so good !
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Thank you x
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It has happened so many times. I think it stems from do I really wish to do the task? And then I remind myself of the story of Whitewashing a fence by Mark Twain from Tom Sawyer. Work becomes play when you enjoy it and play becomes work when you dont enjoy it.
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right!
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Nopes. When I clean up and reorganize, I do it with the intent of giving away as many things as I can. So I’m quite ruthless.
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i love to give away and put stuff back out into the universe, as well
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I feel so much light after doing it.
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We multi-taskers do both at the same time! Just sayin’…
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right!
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I’m definitely a ‘Dilly-dallier’ too, Beth
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Just learned a new word Beth 🤗
Some things cant be rushed 🤭
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I have been guilty of both, but more importantly those 2 descriptive words are just the best!
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I’m pretty sure I’m dillydallying lollygagger.
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i’m a lollygagging dillydallier
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HA!
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I often heard both of these expressions when I was growing up in the 50s. Although dillydallying definitely fit this definition, lollygagging always seemed to have something to do with not keeping up with the group.
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ah, yes, i seem to remember that being said, ‘stop lollygagging and get going!’ or the get it done option.
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Im a veteran lollygagger. And proud of it, too. There is no middle ground. Either all in, or not at all. Lol
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absolutely !
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Love that you provide the distinction, Beth! Right! I’m guilty of both and the struggle is real!
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good to know i’m not alone -)
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Thanks for helping me lollygag this morning from some of my house chores! 🤣
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excellent!
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This is great. I must remember that I lollygag I don’t dilly dally 🤪
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I needed just one photo for an article I am writing about the Peruvian jungle, it was of me in a canoe taken twenty-two years ago. It ended up being one of the last of hundreds.of photos in an enormous cardboard box I have. Once they were in order but were now completely mixed up.It took hours and hours tobfind it, but in my search a lifetime passed. I have digtalized a number of photos, but this. multidude of memodies .lay hidden in thIs box, people, places and long forgotten moments of magic, So… if you happen to read my next post on the Peruvian jungle town of Puerto Maldonado, that handsome young man ln the canoe looking like Harrison Ford……..is ME!!
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so it was all worth it for all you uncovered and remembered. pictures will do that –
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Well, that clears up the enigma of what causes what. LOL
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Haha, yes, I know that well… did that often when I was a child of teenager. But meanwhile, I know I’m only doing myself a disservice, and I try even more to get that stuff done… lol
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You mean lollygagging and dilly-dallying aren’t part of the process??? 😳
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i always thought they were
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I’ve been there. 😁
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I’m doing both of the right now. It never ends. I get overwhelmed and then just stop and do something else, so I never really get done. Sigh.
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i get that –
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How about those times when you come across something you have no memory of and wonder how it ended up in one of your drawers?
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yes!
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an important distinction —
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Thank you Beth. You just expanded my English vocabulary (Lollygagging, Dilly-dallying).
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you never know when these will come in handy
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Guilty!
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good to know, audrey. i feel we all do both of these at times )
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I love those terms and use the often. Yes, that’s why my place is still cluttered. I find such wonderful stuff I had no idea from where it came. I went to sleep last night with my bed piles with books to see if they were allowed to remain. Only one gets moved on. :)
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