I just go with the flow
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If anyone is looking for who they can tag as the King of procrastination, then I am right here available to receive the award, oh! Pardon me, I meant Queen of Procrastination. For those who are like me or suffering from this habit, you all can agree with me that it is and has never been an easy thing to do, no day goes by that procrastination does not set in.
It affects even our day-to-day plans and we always love doing things under pressure, we can not seem to do anything if we have not procrastinated from the onset and it gets to a point where we can not procrastinate anymore. We can not go a full day without having this particular habit set in on one or two tasks if not all the tasks we have for the day.
I guess I learned this habit from a good source because I remember living with someone who loves working under pressure and no matter how urgent that job is, if it is something that has choked him, he will not attempt to do it immediately, always procrastinating until he is set under pressure to do the job. This habit seems to be what I learned from him, if I am not placed under pressure, I can not work.
So many times, I have woken up to write a post here on #hive but ended up procrastinating about writing it later in the day, but the funny thing is I realized that at the end of the day, I always end up not making any post that day, most days not because I don't have time but because I always let procrastination set in. A clear example is me writing this post now and today, I was supposed to write this post and submit it yesterday but I kept up pushing telling myself I was going to do it before going to bed, but here I am writing it today, and now. Lol, it is what it is.
Most days, I get carried away with fiddling with my phone and before I know it, the day has ended and I am left wondering what I did throughout the day, I realize I did nothing productive other than fiddling with my phone, not even taking a nap, since I don't do naps, afternoon naps, and I can go on like this for weeks, except on days I discipline myself to make sure to do what needs to be done especially on days I hem given a long talk for always making excuses why I don't make post daily here on Hive.
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I currently have a job, I should have given it to the owner over the weekend, but unfortunately, I procrastinated until today and I am still not done with the job, it was just a little task of filling our departmental log book for the person and I knew that I could use a day to do the, so I told the owner over the weekend I will be done with the job and will direct him to come and pick it, but the job is still on my work table staring at me. Indeed I have opened the job but for everytime I open it, I give myself excuses of why I should not do it now but later, and it is Tuesday already and nothing has been done yet about the job.
So many times I have had journals and written down what task to be done for the day, but I always end up going with the flow, it's either I only carry out just one or two tasks out of the many listed or I don't at all, and just go with the flow. When I say I go with the flow, it means that I do the task according to how I feel or do it randomly as my heart pleases, leaving the rest for another day, which I may likely not do the next day and the other next day with so many excuses but always end up putting myself under pressure because I didn't do it when I needed to do it and at the right time.
I tell myself I can do it within an hour, and honestly, I want to do that task and be done with it, my mind has already envisioned me doing the job or task, and the right things to do or if it is a post, my mind has already told me how to write and what to write and how to begin the write-up and in fact, I am already doing that thing in my mind, but unfortunately, my body has its mind of its own and wants to do the job/task whenever it wishes, not when and how my mind dictates for it. So my body tells me it's a good thing your mind already has an idea about what you want or need to do about the job, let's leave it for another time or another day, it is not a big deal since we have an idea of what we want to do, we can use few minutes or at least an hour to do the task and I end up accepting what my body says and neglecting my mind. Phew!
Procrastination is one of the difficult habits to defeat, even though I have tried to fight it, I have had people tell me, the do's and don't on how to fight procrastination but for someone who does not like doing things the same way every day, I always end up getting bored with doing the same thing the same way every day, then, I skip a day and tell myself, it is nothing, I will make up for it the next day but I lie to myself and never make up for it, instead I stop following the do's and don't and end up doing things my way. Now, I have no choice other than to embrace that part of me, so even if I make plans for the day, I always end up going with the flow, although I may follow up the plan even when going with the flow, it is never accordingly and it is always done base on how I feel not necessarily because I see the need to do it.
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You just have to learn how to face it
Yeah, you are right
going with the flow is not much of a good idea because sometimes we might end up not doing our daily important routines as planned, we just have to look for a way fight this thing called procrastination.
You should read books on how to actually defeat this enemy of yours, procrastination is really not a good thing to keep battling with.
It is actually very hard to curb but then I guess you just have to find ways to get rid of it. One of the best ways is just to be determined to get things done and just forget about it rather than leaving it for later.
Actually disipline is the best way to deal with procrastination. Thanks you for sharing with us