02/11/2024
Procrastination: The Silent Saboteur of My Daily Life"
“May lalabhan ka”, “may huhugasan kang kaldero”, “may vavacuum kang sahig”…. The list could go on and on but you’re stuck on your favorite sofa, browsing through social media or watching Netflix and Youtube and telling yourself “mamaya na, pwede pa yan mamaya” and then you snoozed, snoozed turned to nap and nap turned to sleep and…. The next thing you knew, it’s another day 🙁
Is it just me? Or have you experienced it yourself?
My experiences with procrastinating stemmed from a long time ago, emphasized during college days (because mom’s not there to remind me 😀). Studying was also invaded with the mañana habit that cramming during exams or submitting project deadlines (sometimes I called it deadliest lines 😂) was a regular occurrence although not all but yeah, it’s REGULAR (capital para intense). Not only during those times but in all honesty, until now… when beating deadlines hit rock bottom, when adrenaline spikes and kicks you in the face, fueling your entire being (mashaket cya besh) sa brains, sa muscles, sometimes minor incidents and hingal most of the time… 🙃
As I come to reflect on this, as time goes by, moreso as I aged, I figure that if I want to retire with less wrinkles and with a healthy heart, I should do something about it. Not that it takes rocket science to think about ways to make life easier but hey, I’m human after all! 😀
I’ve read books, installed apps and even watched videos about overcoming procrastination, planning and setting goals to accomplish all tasks in the fastest way I could ever think of and streamlined plans to finish the task efficiently…
But…it’s a big, insurmountable boulder of something that has to be resolved…
Rather than leaving it undone, I embarked on a series of activities, to name a few… long time reflections, some trial and errors before finally adopting the mindset that enabled me to focus on positive results, the beauty of accomplished tasks and the calmness that comes along with it. I used the 2-minute rule, which greatly helped me in accomplishing tasks I have set aside especially the difficult ones. And up to now, I thank all people who introduced this concept to me.
At this point, I could say that there’s no difficult tasks for a determined mind. Sabi nga nila “malayo pa pero malayo na”
Let’s overcome difficulties together, one at a time ♥
At the moment with Aimee
