Compulsive Acts [17]Comments on: http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/ Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hotch Potchery http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-15042 Hotch Potchery Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:49:18 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-15042 I do this all.the.time. I wonder how many 'events' I have ended up half assing because I am planning/concerned about the next one. or fifty. .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://hotchpotchery.blogspot.com/2009/12/eight-miles-is-far.html" rel="nofollow">eight miles is FAR</a> =-. I do this all.the.time.

I wonder how many ‘events’ I have ended up half assing because I am planning/concerned about the next one. or fifty.
.-= Author’s last blog post… eight miles is FAR =-.

]]> By: Mica http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14997 Mica Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:01:18 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14997 I do this a lot--I have a one-track mind and fixate on things before doing them (products before I buy them, rugby before I decided I sucked at it, looking at tattoos obsessively until I got mine, dog research, etc.) It's very satisfying and a good way to procrastinate for me. Plus, I get the added bonus of knowing a LOT about random subjects, hahaha. .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://micapie.blogspot.com/2009/12/posting-while-powerpoint-has-fit.html" rel="nofollow">Posting while Powerpoint has a fit.</a> =-. I do this a lot–I have a one-track mind and fixate on things before doing them (products before I buy them, rugby before I decided I sucked at it, looking at tattoos obsessively until I got mine, dog research, etc.) It’s very satisfying and a good way to procrastinate for me. Plus, I get the added bonus of knowing a LOT about random subjects, hahaha.
.-= Author’s last blog post… Posting while Powerpoint has a fit. =-.

]]> By: Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14996 Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:53:11 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14996 I'm generally pretty easy-going, but I can get compulsive about little things-- I've actually noticed that I've been doing it a lot with the blog lately...so, yeah, I should work on that :-) I love blogging, but I definitely don't want it to consume my life! .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://newlywednewlyveg.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/ducks-in-a-row-a-green-and-red-quinoa/" rel="nofollow">Ducks in a Row/ A Green and Red Quinoa</a> =-. I’m generally pretty easy-going, but I can get compulsive about little things– I’ve actually noticed that I’ve been doing it a lot with the blog lately…so, yeah, I should work on that :-)

I love blogging, but I definitely don’t want it to consume my life!
.-= Author’s last blog post… Ducks in a Row/ A Green and Red Quinoa =-.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14993 Caroline Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:10:56 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14993 You're definitely not alone! Sometimes I can't fall asleep until I've done certain things. I also can't do any of my work until my room and desk area is completely clean. Once I get my mind on something its hard to make it stop! .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://sunapeegirl.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/small-things/" rel="nofollow">Small Things</a> =-. You’re definitely not alone! Sometimes I can’t fall asleep until I’ve done certain things. I also can’t do any of my work until my room and desk area is completely clean. Once I get my mind on something its hard to make it stop!
.-= Author’s last blog post… Small Things =-.

]]> By: Erin http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14992 Erin Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:40:44 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14992 Excuse me, how did you get in my head?? My propensity to freak out and become compulsive or obsessed with something irritates the hell out of my husband. Like, when the maintenance guy painted our walls the wrong color I practically started crying and it was really difficult for me to think about anything else until it was resolved. Jason's all like "It's paint. Get over it." But I couldn't until I knew it would be fixed. If we hadn't already had plans that weekend *I* would have gone to the hardware store, bought paint, and done it myself. I let my RW subscription lapse. I wonder if that article would be on the website. It sounds interesting! .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://eri-thon.blogspot.com/2009/12/six-on-saturday.html" rel="nofollow">Six on a Saturday</a> =-. Excuse me, how did you get in my head??

My propensity to freak out and become compulsive or obsessed with something irritates the hell out of my husband. Like, when the maintenance guy painted our walls the wrong color I practically started crying and it was really difficult for me to think about anything else until it was resolved. Jason’s all like “It’s paint. Get over it.” But I couldn’t until I knew it would be fixed. If we hadn’t already had plans that weekend *I* would have gone to the hardware store, bought paint, and done it myself.

I let my RW subscription lapse. I wonder if that article would be on the website. It sounds interesting!
.-= Author’s last blog post… Six on a Saturday =-.

]]> By: Emma http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14988 Emma Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:32:43 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14988 I have freaked my entire family out by my totally compulsive thoughts and impulses. I can't drop something in my head until I resolve it, usualyl by completing the task at hand or making an 8-page list. The worst is that when I am thinking nonstop about something that I can't resolve, I pretty much always resort to hitting the fridge! I have freaked my entire family out by my totally compulsive thoughts and impulses. I can’t drop something in my head until I resolve it, usualyl by completing the task at hand or making an 8-page list. The worst is that when I am thinking nonstop about something that I can’t resolve, I pretty much always resort to hitting the fridge!

]]> By: Amanda http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14983 Amanda Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:41:45 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14983 Girl, YES, I can totally relate. I get something in my head and literally cannot focus on anything else. Like I spent hours the other day compulsively reading about and researching cast iron cookware. Today? Yeah, I like it and think it's cool but I'm over the obsession. I'm glad to know I'm not alone. I too get obsessed with list making. In college I would plan out my day to the minute, really, not exaggerating. I'm better about that now but I still am very prone to act compulsively. .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://adventuresinourfunnyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/cookware.html" rel="nofollow">Cookware</a> =-. Girl, YES, I can totally relate. I get something in my head and literally cannot focus on anything else. Like I spent hours the other day compulsively reading about and researching cast iron cookware. Today? Yeah, I like it and think it’s cool but I’m over the obsession. I’m glad to know I’m not alone. I too get obsessed with list making. In college I would plan out my day to the minute, really, not exaggerating. I’m better about that now but I still am very prone to act compulsively.
.-= Author’s last blog post… Cookware =-.

]]> By: Jillian http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14972 Jillian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:18:06 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14972 You're definitely not alone. The severity of mine waxes and wanes with the flows of life but, it's always in me. I am one hell of a list-maker when I get going. I'm not always very good at accomplishing the entire list... only the things I'm really focused on/obsessing about... but making lists is a soothing task for me. .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://www.jilllian.com/post/274793083" rel="nofollow">Photo</a> =-. You’re definitely not alone. The severity of mine waxes and wanes with the flows of life but, it’s always in me. I am one hell of a list-maker when I get going. I’m not always very good at accomplishing the entire list… only the things I’m really focused on/obsessing about… but making lists is a soothing task for me.
.-= Author’s last blog post… Photo =-.

]]> By: Kate http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14971 Kate Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:47:50 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14971 I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I was diagnosed with a mild case of OCD. I obsess about all sorts of things. One thing I can't seem to shake is my fear of losing things, so I repeatedly check things all the time -- that my license, debit card and credit cards are in my purse; that my Chapstick is in my pocket; that I haven't lost my keys; that my travel documents are in my purse when I'm traveling. My husband and I laugh about it, but if I discover I HAVE lost something? Commence freaking the f out. <b>I notice I keep doing that with my train pass. I will put it away after the conductor comes by, then check to make sure it's in my wallet once more on the train, when I get off, and again in the morning. What is the deal with that?!</b> I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if I was diagnosed with a mild case of OCD. I obsess about all sorts of things. One thing I can’t seem to shake is my fear of losing things, so I repeatedly check things all the time — that my license, debit card and credit cards are in my purse; that my Chapstick is in my pocket; that I haven’t lost my keys; that my travel documents are in my purse when I’m traveling. My husband and I laugh about it, but if I discover I HAVE lost something? Commence freaking the f out.

I notice I keep doing that with my train pass. I will put it away after the conductor comes by, then check to make sure it’s in my wallet once more on the train, when I get off, and again in the morning. What is the deal with that?!

]]> By: Vicki http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/2009/12/08/compulsive-acts/#comment-14970 Vicki Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:13 +0000 http://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/?p=5850#comment-14970 Kim, you just described me perfectly! You're not alone. I prefer to call it passion, but everyone else in my life calls it OCD. .-= Author's last blog post... <a href="http://chubbyvegan1.blogspot.com/2009/12/fashionista-and-weak-run.html" rel="nofollow">The Fashionista and a Weak Run</a> =-. Kim, you just described me perfectly! You’re not alone. I prefer to call it passion, but everyone else in my life calls it OCD.
.-= Author’s last blog post… The Fashionista and a Weak Run =-.

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