tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914171004360811638.post33207020354147391..comments2024-03-27T18:44:04.274-07:00Comments on Up from the ashes: Putting an end to procrastinationQuinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05166302055865113078noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4914171004360811638.post-3756186459349955192009-12-14T16:51:35.763-08:002009-12-14T16:51:35.763-08:00Ok, so i've had this post on my mind, but I ha...Ok, so i've had this post on my mind, but I haven't known why or how to respond to it.<br /><br />Yes I procrastinate, but I couldn't figure out what if any my triggers were, or are, so I didn't really know what to do with this. I'm also not sure if I've ever been at a point where I try to even give up procrastinating because i've always felt in a weird way that it works for me.<br /><br />But I've been particularly sloth-like the last month or so, and today experienced a trigger for procrastination.<br /><br />I had a cancellation this afternoon and came home all jazzed and ready to get shit done as it were.<br /><br />Then I got an e-mail from an agency i contract with that totally pissed me off, made me angry, and made me frustrated and somewhat scared for my future livlehood.<br /><br />I plopped down on the couch and began engaging in self pity and venting to others and basically not doing anything productive. And now, even though the situation is more or less resolved, I remain sitting here.<br /><br />There's 2 parts to this -- part one is the actual trigger (frustration/anger, i definitely cope with both poorly). The second part is momentum. When you've got momentum, you've got it. When you loose momentum, you're what. . . inert. When I sat down, I lost the little momentum I had.<br /><br />So, I'm going to try to recognize this right now and then get up and get on with my life. I really need to remember that Momentum is the key -- the more i stop procrastinating, the more i do my dishes, or the more I do my yoga TODAY, the more likely I am to do it tomorrow the next day and the next.<br /><br />CaitCaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365920602363405580noreply@blogger.com