Comments on: How Not to Get It Done http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/how-not-to-get-it-done/ falling indelibly into the past Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:06:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/how-not-to-get-it-done/#comment-1316 KF Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:12:05 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=590#comment-1316 <p>The danger of the “quasi-stuff you need to get done anyway” is, of course, my vast powers of rationalization, in which I can determine that despite the fact that I was able to live without the house being clean for the last month and a half, I won’t be able to concentrate until the house is clean, so I may as well do it now, rather than grade.  Sigh. </p> <p> On the condo thing, though—all props go to my advocate in the real property office, who is also my lender; she totally nixed the easy money plan, instead hounding the builder such that they sped up my completion in the interest of being able to close before the end of the year.  So no pile of free cash, but an early closing nonetheless.  My walk-through inspection is this afternoon, in fact! </p> The danger of the “quasi-stuff you need to get done anyway” is, of course, my vast powers of rationalization, in which I can determine that despite the fact that I was able to live without the house being clean for the last month and a half, I won’t be able to concentrate until the house is clean, so I may as well do it now, rather than grade.  Sigh.

On the condo thing, though—all props go to my advocate in the real property office, who is also my lender; she totally nixed the easy money plan, instead hounding the builder such that they sped up my completion in the interest of being able to close before the end of the year.  So no pile of free cash, but an early closing nonetheless.  My walk-through inspection is this afternoon, in fact!

]]> By: liz http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/how-not-to-get-it-done/#comment-1315 liz Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:52:52 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=590#comment-1315 <p>Wow.  How much does that sound like my end of the semester?  Except for the cleaning.  Also, replace “champagne” with “vegan cheesecake.” But yeah, good times with the quasi-procrastination, but quasi-stuff you need to get done anyway, at some point in time, so why not now? </p> <p> Oh, and props for doing the responsible thing and not buying the condo now.  I totally would’ve been foolish and gone for the easy money, instincts be damned.  But maybe that’s just the broke college student in me talking. </p> Wow.  How much does that sound like my end of the semester?  Except for the cleaning.  Also, replace “champagne” with “vegan cheesecake.” But yeah, good times with the quasi-procrastination, but quasi-stuff you need to get done anyway, at some point in time, so why not now?

Oh, and props for doing the responsible thing and not buying the condo now.  I totally would’ve been foolish and gone for the easy money, instincts be damned.  But maybe that’s just the broke college student in me talking.

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