We are still scratching the year and it's 12th day in the month of January already. It may look like play but i can see no more time again if anyone is determined to be an achiever. When I stumbled on the topic for this edition, I was like would I be able to drop something that someone could read? After taking in oxygen and bringing out carbon dioxide behold the son of man was able to think deep and identified one thing to lay off completely this year. I know my weakness might be someone's strength that's how we roll in this life. Which ever the case might be, I would like to share one thing I am trusting God to deal with and the strategies on how to comb it.
If you notice my form of writing last year, you would realised that one of my strength or emphasis was on the issue of consistency and so on. Though I haven't arrived it yet but I am persuaded and optimistic that something better will ooze out this year. One thing I noticed that i need to work on this year in order to be among the great achiever is what I called procrastination. This is one of the commonest words yet has ruined a lot of lives and destinies today. I discovered that one of the greatest disease or viruses is not what the medical doctors or scientists diagnosed but there is something that eats deeper than cancer which I called PROCRASTINATION.
I wouldn't want to delve into any dictionary or encyclopaedia to dish meanings of this word however I intend to do justice by what I simply understand and at the end share some experiences before I mopped up with what strategies I have to combat this. Let me simplify it to the lowest form. Procrastination is a situation where an individual shift a particular task that ought to be done at that moment till another time. What you supposed to do but refused to do it at that particular time, move it to another time. Most at times when task are shifted, it becomes difficult to achieve them later because the rate of distraction will increase immediately. Many times I realised that there are other factors that causes procrastination.
I really battled with procrastination last year though I tried at some point but the truth is that I wasn't faithful and consistent with the plans I had hence lots of lacuna. There were lots of schedule that I ought to attend to them immediately but I said later I will do it hmmmm till now I couldn't and some of them I couldn't even remember again. I woke up one morning with the intention of making at least two post for that day. Before 12noon, I was clouded with other activities that I thought I would strike balance later in the afternoon to do it hmmm that's the afternoon I couldn't see till now. Procrastination mostly occurs when there's misplacement of priority. Any day I refused to write down my tasks hmmm certainly I won't be fulfilled and 80% of the task will be undone.
One of the strategies I want to employ is time management and discipline. These two factors are fundamental for me to overcome procrastination this year. I must learn how to draw my scale of preference, allocate time to each task deliberately, and follow it.
Another point is the issue of being willing always. I shouldn't feel reluctant in carrying other tasks at the expense of others instead I must encourage myself within.
I need to avoid unnecessary discussion or talk. When one is at the verge of achieving something, a call from a friend or others might come in and eat up the time for such task. Some conversations are meant for later not to be treated urgent.
I'm optimistic that this year will be greater and better than last year. Thanks for reading through my entry for week 96 edition 3 contest
