teens!
i now have two very nice flatmates that i live with in christchurch. a woman who i have known for a few years now, and her daughter who i will call ms 15. ms 15 only has one task each day, which is her contribution to the life she and her mum live. the dishes. ms 15 usually leaves her task as long as is possible. the result.....a large pile of dishes to do after her mum raves at her about being disorganised and lazy. of course, ms 15 has her reasons. all thoroughly thought through [did you like that, a tongue twister]. the most pressing, "i didn't have time!" what with two hours of television [her limit] watching to get through, two hours of lying on the sofa reading teen magazines, and listening to music i can surely see why it is so difficult to get to her task. i don't think that ms 15 notices that my dishes are done when i finish eating. i wonder how long it will take before she "gets it" that tasks done often, remain small tasks. can't remember how long it took me to figure that one out.
posted by mystified @ 12:46 pm
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my daughter will be 16 in a few weeks, and she is a great kid, but she does the same thing, she waits until i have to tell her to turn the tv/computer/stereo OFF and get busy, she does a heck of a lot for a kid but still that mentallity of letting it pile up instead of doing it as you go along and keeping the tasks short and quick. come to think of it... i think it may have taken me a long time to figure that out too. take care my friend, tomorrow is gonna be a good day.
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