People referring to dull errands as "projects"

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A woman at my workplace has just announced that she has a "cleaning project" to take care of this weekend.

More dust bunnies under the sofa, dear?

― L@@K !! *RARE*!! (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

More of a chore than an errand, isn't it?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

dust oxen, maybe

― Tigerstyle Shamanic Vision Quester (sexyDancer), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Ok errands AND chores

― L@@K !! *RARE*!! (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

dustaphants

― Tigerstyle Shamanic Vision Quester (sexyDancer), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

I had a huge getting-out-of-bed project to attend to earlier, sorry for the missed calls.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

On Monday you should ask her for the quarterly report of her cleaning project.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://thegareth.net/home/photos/art/tate/olaf_eliason,_the_weather_project/people_basking_in_sun.jpg

― L@@K !! *RARE*!! (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

Well this thread has been interesting - but I've got to go, I've got a huge project in my pants to attent to. ta.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

it's classic

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 15 July 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)

Are blowjobs 'projects?'

― andy --, Friday, 15 July 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

Why do you ask?

― L@@K !! *RARE*!! (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 July 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

nine years pass...

callin u out in orbit

― local eire man (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 00:42 (eleven years ago)

uuuuuggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this kind of "thing" is so unbearable to me

― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 00:56 (eleven years ago)

i probably did it for years and probably still do, but it's like... enough projecting ironic comedy personas or w/e fuck arrrrgggghhhhhhhhh i hate myself

― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:06 (eleven years ago)

Lol at this revive :)

Totally classic. If it's what it takes to get me to TCB and GTD then I'm game. I couldnae give a fuck about deceiving myself this way. If it works it works and I'm a happy delusional person afterwards enjoying my self chosen post-project reward. And a clean toilet to boot.

― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:17 (eleven years ago)

i definitely appreciate that it works for some people, but as soon as i read "TCB and GTD" i got a major jolt of anxiety

― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:24 (eleven years ago)

my method is to just let off a battle cry and dive in, no conceptualizing or whatever but i do appreciate others' approaches

― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:26 (eleven years ago)

^^ that's my method too tbh. I never gtd or tcb in this regard. Calling it a "project" sometimes helps though oh who am I kidding etc

― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:27 (eleven years ago)

uuuuuggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this kind of "thing" is so unbearable to me

this. also every tv show and pop-psych movie and collaborative album calling itself a "project." it has to end.

― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:35 (eleven years ago)

there's a kind of faux-humility to it, a kind of "the journey >>> the destination" thing that's supposed to make it more relatably messy, and it's a little manipulative. big artistic statements are okay too. not everything has to be framed as a work in progress, especially not when you're selling tickets to it or charging non-beta prices.

― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:38 (eleven years ago)

I dunno. Washing the dishes or scrubbing the shower, even full-on housecleaning, fine, those are chores. But taking days to clean & reorganize the garage, I'm fine with someone calling that a project.

― contenderizer, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:40 (eleven years ago)

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People referring to dull errands as "projects" - classic or dud?