January 31, 2006
Quick Procrastination
This needs to be quick because I'm quite tired..
I need to stop procrastinating. Its getting to the point that procrastination has worked its way into everything, work, school (I'm not really quite sure I ever was caught up on classes), doing my laundry, doing dishes, etc.
Procrastination is creating a debt to be repaid in the future. If I don't do something now, I've borrowed time from myself in the future to get it done. It really is no different than charging something on a credit card (that is a different blog entry though); It even has interest. I've pulled a couple all nighters just because I wanted to get some school work done. All nighters on work nights... That is really messed up and creates a bit of a bitch of a day.. Speaking of which ...zzzzz
I don't know you, and I stumbled on your blog while searching for information on whether M&M Mars company began reducing the amount of cheese filling they put into their combos snacks....go figure. Anyhoo: procrastination = amazingly common character flaw. It seems we delude ourselves into thinking we're buying "enjoyment" for ourselves when we do non-essential things (read:fun) while we should be doing work, bill-paying, etc. Truth is, the stress, worry and anxiety it causes us more than outweighs the pluses of extra fun time. So why do we do it? Because 1) we can; there's no one harping after us to do the right thing. We're adults and we have only ourselves to answer to (and to blame). 2) we're drawn to the immediate gratification of sitting on our asses and relaxing, watching tv, smoking a bowl...whatever our current passion is. We should be digging on the long term satisfaction that budgeting our leisure time affords us. When we begin to alter our behavior in this way, our leisure time becomes time well appreciated. Add to that our peace and security from accomplishing what we must. It really is an excellent way to live life...we know this to be true. The problem is painstakingly "creating" good habits to replace our bad ones developed over a lifetime. Once good habits become second nature, they begin to supercede the bad.
Man...it's a road I've been on for *years*. I've made progress, but still have a ways to go. I have begun to see the payoff though, and man is it sweet when it clicks.
Later,
D