Revision Procrastination

I have a bad case of procrastination. I have two books to revise and I'm not looking at the poor things. They are sitting on a shelf in full view which is my way of shaming myself into doing something with them. Instead, I pile things on top and in front of them so I don't have to see them. Sort of self-defeating, don't you think? I agree. I can't even say I have a great new project I'm working on so I don't have the mental stamina to work on the revisions. No, I'm just ignoring them and hoping they'll magically revise themselves so I won't have to. I hate revisions. I am so glad my kids don't read this blog because I can just hear their whiny little genius voices in my mind. "You always tell us that everything is attitude. If you just adjust your attitude, you can do anything no matter how much you may not enjoy the task." That's like nails down the chalkboard. I can't really sound so pompous, can I? Naw, surely not. Besides, when I say it I'm encouraging them to get their homework done or clean the toilet. Those are truly onerous but necessary chores. Revisions fall into a whole different category altogether. Revisions are like picking the remaining meat off a dead carcass. Too graphic? Oh, well, how about revisions are the stuff you flush down the dirty toilet? Can you tell I hate revisions? I figure I'd have read and a few pages and be thinking about plot and story line while fixing punctuation and typos by now. Why oh why do I put this stuff off? When I figure it out, I'll let you know. For now, I've got revisions to do. Ugh.