Procrastination

 I was thinking of putting off this writing this post , haaa, just kidding. Seriously though I suffered with terrible procrastination , or putting things off. I excused putting things off that were vital to my growth .. Using the excuse “I am weighing all options”. When in fact, I just plain didn’t want to deal with it. I just wasn’t waiting and weighing my options I was forestalling the inevitable. It was just plain stalling. Stalling in hopes of some magic change, that would never occur.

         So, what is it that keeps us from “doing the thing we know we need to do. Well, I will tell you, it is FEAR . Usually it’s mostly unfounded. It is the acronym F>E>A>R I love to use to explain what I mean. FALSE EVIDENCE that APPEARS REAL

            Let’s say you get a letter from the IRS, and it says please contact us at your earliest convenience. Well, most people never think talking to the IRS is convenient. So, you keep putting it off, the call that is. Because your mind is  now fabricating the worst-case scenarios .Thus creating false evidence that appears real. Finally, you make the IRS call ,after maybe, a potential heart attack, no sleep, and a boat load of anxiety…. all they wanted to know was that they had your correct mailing address. Yes, a stinking address confirmation.  Now confirmed by your call.

         Looking back on my bouts with procrastination I lost out on sooooooooooooooo many opportunities that could have served me well .How did I remedy this? Well, I love to be the best that I can be. So, I decided to be the best PROCRASTINATOR I could be , I put off, putting things off.