Prompt: Writing. What do you do each day that doesn't contribute to your writing -- and can you eliminate it?
Oh my old friend, Mr. Procrastination. We go way back; I think we meet right around the time I started receiving school assignments requiring projects and papers -- things that involved research, thought, preparation and time. I dreaded them. I didn't know how to start. I had plenty of time to figure it out. I'd push it off. Then, all of a sudden, the deadline was looming during second period tomorrow, and it was 9 p.m. the night before. Mr. Procrastination would laugh and go to bed while I toiled away into the wee hours of the morning... and sometimes during first period after only three hours of sleep... to reconcile for all the time I spent with him.
Even with a project I enjoy and created myself -- like this blog -- I still find myself attracted to Mr. Procrastination's wily ways. Maybe even particularly with my own projects, where there are really no repercussions to not doing (other than maybe feeling guilty to myself), I run away with my old friend and leave my passion or experiment to the next day.
I like writing, right? I'm good at it, it brings me pleasure, it relieves pain and stress... so what is the problem?
The problem is my old friend, Mr. Procrastination, and I think it's about time we had a fight and vow never to speak again. I'll get over it by taking tiny little baby steps every day.
2 comments:
I was going to comment but perhaps it can wait 'til tomorrow. ;) I think many of us have that friend in common.
Procrastination is a HUGE problem for me. Thanks for tackling it. My to-do lists keep me on track, but if I start to procrastinate at all, everything goes down the tubes!
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