Next time for sure

[nancylebov]

I've noticed that when people talk about getting their asses in gear or getting their lazy asses out of a chair, or any such metaphors, it's pretty much about things they aren't doing.

Is that sort of talking to yourself generally ineffective, or does it work some of the time?

Comments

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

I don't usually say that, and I'd think it would be ineffective if I did. However, once I was talking about writing/studying, and youngersib and I realized that what we needed to do was to get our asses in our chairs, to write or study--and that seemed funny and did seem to work.