Procrastinating E-Verify & I-9 Compliance – Can be Painful

PROCRASTINATION!!  UGH……  Who invented that anyway!  Why is it so easy for so many of us to procrastinate so many things in our life?  Why do we put certain things off while other things are done with a pro-active approach?

I must admit I HATE going to the dentist.  From a very young age I’ve basically had nothing but painful, bad experiences at the dentist.  Also, because apparently insurance companies don’t  think you need your teeth (or your eyes either) I have rarely had insurance that covers dental work.  So I kind of have that double whammy working for me, 1) I hate it and 2) it’s expensive and not cover by insurance,  so it is really easy to talk myself out of going.

At some point it stopped being about potential pain and expense and started being about embarrassment!  I started to feel like the dentist was going to judge me because I hadn’t done what I was supposed to do.  I had not been to the dentist in several years, then several years turned into 5 years, then to 8! 

I know better than that…I intellectually understand that it is important to take care of my teeth but the fear of pain, the anticipation of expense, and the overall embarrassment of having to look a professional in the eye and admit that I had not had my teeth cleaned in over 8 years was overwhelming!  At some point I was finally able to convince myself that taking care of my health trumped all of these other things and I MUST GO TO THE DENTIST!

I was in a full body sweat by the time I got to the dentist’s office.  The staff didn’t even seem to flinch when I turned in my paperwork that clearly stated, right there on the intake form, that I couldn’t actually remember the last time I had seen a dentist or had my teeth cleaned. The hygienist who took my x-rays didn’t recoil in horror when she asked me to open wide.  The dentist treated me cordially and with respect when he told me that things didn’t look all that great but he had a plan to help get me back to a healthy mouth.

It occurs to me that it’s not all that uncommon for people to feel embarrassed about things they have put off, or don’t fully understand.  Make a committment today to stop procrastinating all of those things that you know you should do but just never get around to.  It may be less painful than you think.

If you are procrastinating developing a plan for I-9 compliance, using E-verify, or conducting a Form I-9 review, contact www.I-9okay.com and get started today.