If I had fought procrastination early enough in my life, I wouldn't have missed some opportunities in the past. I was that person who lacked planning and managed my time poorly, allowing procrastination to rub off good tidings. It was always, I will get it done later, I will, I will without taking action immediately, forgetting that time waits for no one. While procrastination has helped me to work at my pace without so much pressure, it has also made me lose valuable things.
One such situation was when I shared my business with my former boss. I took my time to explain to him one-on-one about a particular real estate investment, which I believe will be great for him considering the location and how he can utilize the property very well. He picked interest and told me to visit back at the end of the next month, when the money will be available for the investment, so he can fill out all the necessary forms and proceed with payment. I was excited about the deal and couldn't wait to close it and earn a handsome commission from it.
The end of the month was approaching, and I reminded him; he told me that he would give me a call, which he did in the next 3 days. I really don't know if it's laziness that overshadowed me or if I felt so overwhelmed with work left and right, but all I know is that procrastination set in. I will think about the traffic on the road and tell him that I will come the next day. The next day, I will call him to bear with me for one silly reason or another. To my greatest chagrin, two weeks passed and I was still procrastinating and didn't visit his office for the deal. Finally, I did it when I felt I was a bit free from other work, and as I was approaching the office gate, I saw two of my real estate colleagues coming out of his office with our land deal fliers. You needed to see how tensed I was. I sensed that my colleagues must have convinced my boss to buy from them, and that was exactly what happened. Immediately after my boss saw me, he said, Awwwww, Nkem, I waited for you and you didn't show up, and you know, money is a spirit. I didn't want to use the money for something else but for investment. Unfortunately, the female and the male realtor you saw there at the reception already got the deal!
I felt like rewinding the time so I could do things right, but it was quite unfortunate for me. I was so hard on myself and vowed to always lay aside both laziness, procrastination, and lack of planning in my life if I really wanted to grow.
I was a procrastinator but am now a 5 a.m. club member, all thanks to my motherhood duties. Nowadays, I no longer go with the flow; going with the flow made me so lazy back then. I wouldn't know how much I have achieved in a day because I wouldn't even set a goal or remain focused on my daily activities, but ever since my kids kept growing with their time demands, I embraced the 5 a.m. club. Planning ahead is a must, and I hardly miss writing down my daily tasks in my diary and ticking off the completed tasks. This habit helps me keep track of my activities and helps reduce procrastination.
I will do that later or sooner is a common language for procrastinators and seems like an easy way out to dodge tasks and feel relieved with it's negative effect over time. Without planning ahead, it's easier to be distracted, and you may find yourself doing irrelevant things.
Planning ahead, starting off my duties early enough, setting reminders for a specific task, and not postponing tasks to later when I can actually do them immediately are some strategies I have embraced in confronting procrastination.
So far, I wouldn't say that I have totally overcome procrastination, but I am far better than the way I was in the past.
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Procrastination is a monster. Unfortunately, it always looks cool and friendly at the start. The masquerade is unmasked when the repercussion is knocking. I have had a fair share of the negative effects of procrastination. In fact the most common one that I still battle with is the one that has to do with sleeping. I would wake up a few minutes before my intended time. Instead of standing up to continue with my scheduled morning activities, I would go back to bed with the plan of have a 10 minute sleep. I could end up waking up two hours later. I am being forced by responsibilities to work on that presently.
Hahaha 😂, most people are victims of this sleeping aspect, I will I will, without leaving our comfort zone to do the needful. In this case, flesh discipline should be activated, hahaha 😂
That's it ooo. I like that phrase, flesh discipline. It has to be activated. Cheers!!!
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This is something procrastination does to one. Though it allows us work without putting pressure on us, we miss out on great things. So also, I would say that procrastination also helps us do things without pressure if only we work on time with what we need to do as there won't be stress in the end.
That experience of yours must have taught you a big lesson even when it pained you. I now love waking up as early as 5 to do my things and there is a difference now.
Yea, even when we don't want to experience pressure while working, it's important to work with time
The experience isn't rosy but I am getting out of this procrastination gradually
Procrastination is a destroyer! Unfortunately, I've been there today! The day someone divorces it is the day true progress begins, and the past becomes lesson learnt 🙂.
#dreemerforlife
Hahaha 😂
That habit needs to be divorced indeed
Lol
Procrastination is no friend of ours, imagine you missing out on such a deal with your boss just because of procrastination. I recently find myself procrastinating on creating a content calendar for a client and up till now, I still haven't done it 🤦.... procrastination is a destroyer of joy
Babe, kill this and go do it
Lolz 😂
Procrastination isn't too healthy
I will oo
As a matter of fact, I just started today 😀
I've been in this procrastinator's boat, although I'm walking hard to overcome it. It actually steals a lot from someone.
#dreemerforlife
Continue to work on overcoming it my dear
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Yeah I will. Thank you.
Yes, because you decided and really acted on changing, that's why you have changed, many talk about changing from procrastinating but lack the ability to act, acting it like you've done, is the beginning of a total freedom from procrastination, I have picked up some points to help me come out of it too. thanks