Age Challenged rQQzy: Goodbye Procrastination!

Nice to see you!

Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Goodbye Procrastination!

I have had a productive day.

I have to update the beneficiary details for my superannuation account, which means having two people sign as witnesses to my signature before I send the form to where it needs to go.

I remembered to take the form with me to morning tea and had a couple of the girls sign it. I forgot to take an envelope to mail it, but I'll do that tomorrow.

I had to update my new card details on the account for my website host. It was a process and a half that took about 40 minutes!

I had to cancel three subscriptions.

One was for the photography site Flickr. I've been paying $17 per month for a 'pro' subscription and I haven't even posted a photo there for over three years! That's over $600 wasted. Ugh! It's now cancelled, but I had to delete hundreds of photos before hand and the whole process took over 90 minutes.

One was for Stan Sport, which is an add on to the normal Stan streaming service. Stan Sport is now cancelled. 10 minutes.

The third was for Audible. I just discovered that I've been paying for the Australian version of Audible AND the US Amazon version! $26.54 per month for 12 months. It took a hell of a long time to find any information regarding this account - their website and profile information is very difficult to navigate and in the end I requested a phone call.

They phoned almost immediately at 10pm!

I spoke to two different people with VERY strong foreign accents and even though they were difficult to understand, they were extremely helpful and without any hesitation, offered me a full refund (over $300), cancellation of the subscription and a free book from Amazon!

Very happy with that outcome. 2 hours.

I had to do some light journaling about my 'patterns' in relationships through my life, in preparation for a Life Coaching interview that I have tomorrow. I am assisting a friend who is starting up a life coaching website and she needed a few practice runs before launching the site. There are a few of us volunteering as guinea pigs for her process. 30 minutes.

I did my Friday Falafel for Vegan Chickie. 10 minutes.

Three loads of washing.

Harley play twice. 40 minutes

Morning tea with the Art girls. 90 minutes.

Dinner of chicken rollups with roasted vegetables and steamed snow peas. 60 minutes.

We played YouTube trivia for an hour.

That's almost a ten hour work day!

It's now rapidly approaching midnight and I'm ready to sleep.