Yesterday I had a list of things to do, all in a short period of time. The truth is, there were some things on the list that I've been postponing for some time and I had enough of procrastinating them. So I made a list and planned to do it all in a few hours.
I left late due to some unexpected problems and knew my time to resolve all those problems just got shorter. As I arrived at my first destination, the voice inside my head already started negotiating with myself, to leave some of the tasks for today. I knew I will to do that as I know myself well.
Most likely I'm not the only one who, occasionally takes the easy way and postpone things for the next day. Once someone said to always leave things for the next day and enjoy the day as we only live once. Yeah, the classical yolo. I see some people never keeping their word given to others as there's always an excuse as to why they can't do what they have promised. But what about your word given to yourself? What about what you planned to do and promised yourself to get it done? How do you deal with your conscience?
After getting the first task done, I headed to my next destination, but at the crossroad it crossed my mind to skip it and go to the third destination instead. This was the most difficult task and the most procrastinated one. So I stood on the sidewalk and weighed my options. I tried to figure out what would give me more satisfaction. Skipping it and gaining some time, or getting it done and enjoying the feeling of solving a long procrastinated problem. After a minute I decided to make an effort, go on with my initial plan and do what I planned for that day.
Feelings come and go, but some feelings last for some time. After getting the second task done, I still had another two on my list, so I headed to my third destination, but while on the road, I couldn't feel happier that one of the most procrastinated task was finally done. The third one was quite a pleasure actually, with a moment of relaxation and after that I was able to do the fourth one as well. It felt good to know all those things are done.
Today is another day and mother nature always have a say in how and when things happen. Seeing the weather today, I know the thing I wanted to postpone for today (the only thing that I could), could not be done as it was raining. This means I would have had to postpone it for another day or two.
What Makes You Feel Better?
These were maybe small things and the world would have not ended if I would have not done them yesterday, but looking deeper into things, maybe you can see a different picture. Sometimes maybe it's smarter to postpone a thing or two, but doing it repeatedly, just because you can afford to, can lead to loss of productivity and lack of results.
I think this is a question of focusing on results, rather than on the short period of pleasure you get by skipping the task for the moment. Some people like to procrastinate difficult and unpleasant tasks, which is understandable to some degree as who likes to deal with difficult things, right? Years ago I spoke to someone who said he likes to address the difficult and problematic matters first as after that, you feel like you got a free day for yourself. It seemed strange at the moment, but he was so right. I tried to remember his words and do the same, with more or less success.
History was not made by those who did nothing. Queen Elizabeth II
Over the years I've seen and worked with people who were always pushing themselves to resolve every problem and do better every day. There have also been those, who were always procrastinating everything, hoping someone else would do it. On the long run, we all know which one is the winning strategy.
Now the question is, which one are you? What makes you feel better? Procrastinating or getting things done?
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Such awesome thoughts and concepts! Interestingly, procrastination has never been an issue for me. My great issue is more like swinging around the rudder violently from a course I've been pursuing for a while, only to give it all up and take a completely different direction. But hey, to each their own vice, right?
Thank you! And you're right, we all have something to fight, to each their own vice 😃
eso es cierto a veces nuestro cuerpo se deja llevar por los pensamientos y estados de animo simplemente sabemos que ay cosas que si o si se deben hacer pero ciertamente su grado de dificultad nos pone contra la espada y la pared y solemos posponer dichas actividades en fin la lucha siempre será interna pero ay que seguir y simplemente tratemos de no desfallecer en el intento👍
Upon reading this article of yours ma'am. It made me ponder on something and that is to weigh things properly before doing it. To do a list for me to be guided. Though at some point there are instances that we have tasks left undone but what matters most is that we work our plan and keep doing it to the next day. Doing things within our limits could be of great help as well. Thanks for sharing this reflection of yours. I have learned something from this as well. Stay safe and God bless.
Greetings @erikah, first of all, I really liked the pictures you shared with us, they are very beautiful. Thank you for sharing them!
Regarding the topic of procrastinating or postponing tasks is something I identify with, I regularly postpone many activities that sometimes I don't do it because of laziness or because it's a difficult task, but because I want to do something I enjoy more at that moment.
Taking my activity here on Hive as an example, I know it has not been the best and that is my weakness as a user of this blockchain. I have had responsibilities as a curator at the time and that is something I feel I did well (at least I hope I did), but in terms of my activity as a user or blogger it has been very minimal and I am aware of that.
But recently I have become aware and I am trying to recover the lost time, although I can't recover it as such, because that time is already in the past, what I am keeping in mind are the actions I stopped doing in the past, to avoid repeating them again.
At the moment I am activating more with the interaction with other users in their respective publications, but I also want to activate my personal blog, I have a lot of content to share here on the blockchain, some are memories, experiences and moments that I would like to immortalize through its publication and others are content that I want to share, such as my day to day with the sport that I love, Street Workout.
Your post has motivated me, thank you very much for the words and thought you shared with us! Have a great day. 🙏🏻
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solving problems to have fun is unique, maybe I should also practice it once in a while. Living smoothly can only feel empty without challenges