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.
b tells me these are the ‘options’
for ordering from his coffee/hot cocoa shop
i can certainly appreciate that he has organized it so beautifully.
now that they’re all laid out
it will be much easier to choose.
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“it’s easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.”
-robert hall
m organized the world according to the animals.
some live in the water, some with grass and trees, some with sand and stone, and some with snow and ice.
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“science is organized knowledge. wisdom is organized life.”
-immanuel kant
to do list – style a:
play with the ponies 1.
pack the cars. 2.
go to bed 3.
get in the car to go on vacation 4.
do fun things 5.
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a major contrast in approaches
both with the same desired outcome
two grandies
each with their own
style of list
and
way of getting ready
and
organizing things
to go on a trip.
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to do list – style b:
(loose translation):
‘go around and around in a twisty circle and get some stuff done
and not some other stuff and then hide for a while
and eat something you find outside
and then get in the car to go on vacation and do fun things.’
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(i am more of a ‘b-list style’ of organizer. what about you – a or b?)
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“the process and organization leading up to cooking the egg
can tell you a lot about the cook.”
-david chang
