Twenty four hours a day, minus eight hours of sleep and the breaks needed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, we are constantly rushing and short of time for what we set out to do. Time is ticking, time is precious. Yet, why are we still led by procrastination?
Think, feel, do is a common behavioural framework we practise subconsciously everyday. Though it sounds logical, it doesn’t necessarily follow the sequential order. Sometimes, routine can drive us to perform actions without thinking or feeling. More often than not, we feel and think at the same time without any doing. Think, feel, do cycle happens so fast that we overlook breaking down details of our thoughts, feelings, and actions until consequences hit us. Prior to any actions, our thoughts play the biggest part in assessing potential risks and rationalising our feelings. What if, maybe, fear, anxiety and etc…The tug-of-war of these thoughts and feelings that runs in our head makes it too complex for us to react. Hence, we hesitate.
These happened to me. Often I stumble into deep thoughts out of random emotions. Perhaps tabling them out in writing could provide a clearer picture, leading to a purposeful outcome or idea. Instead, I let them wander. Striving for perfectionism, ideas are stalled because I’ve poured so much time into perfecting thoughts that I eventually did nothing. Ironic for an efficient master planner like me, who procrastinates so much that no dreams have been realised thus far.
You can do better.
“Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
― Sue Grafton
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Totally feel you there on the procrastinating. I do it despite knowing full well that my time is limited. Here’s to finding our way back to productivity. Thanks for this post!
Really don’t know why we do it, despite knowing we are wasting precious time. Oh well, cheers!