The P.R.O.C.R.A.S.T.I.N.A.T.O.R.S.
This is a
competitive world, a highly competitive world. Right from the moment you are
born till they sing you an epiphany, you are competing with everyone around
you. Ambitious people thrive on competition. It is after all competition that
helps segregate the ‘best’ from the ‘better’. The optimists look at competition
as an opportunity to prove their worth and that golden chance to get to their
goals. The pessimists frown upon it, call it names, and would rather have
nothing to do with it. So they label themselves as the ‘satisfied crowd’
calling the optimists as the ‘go-getters’.
So which label
suits you the most? Now thats a tough question isn’t it? I mean life is not
always black and white, it almost always grey... and thus the birth of our
clan; the Procrastinators! We literally are somewhere in between the optimists
and the pessimists. We want the best of both the worlds and yet would cringe at
working hard to achieve our goals.
Don’t judge us
yet, you are one of us too. You had that smirk when while reading the above
paragraph! No, don’t want to be labelled a procrastinator yet, well how about
this, tell me how many of those “new year resolutions” have you actually
implemented and striked off your list? Hurts doesn’t it? Well all I can say it,
welcome to the clan!
But this blog is
not about procrastinating and its good and bad effects on individuals. It’s
actually on how to get beyond the procrastinating attitude and into the
go-getters zone! (And to say that it took me a whole of a week to sit down and
write this blog...!)
So my dear
clannisters, here are the steps to help you beat the $h!t or whatever hell it
is to get going
1)
Listen
Listen to the
people around you, to your close friends and family who really care for you and
dare to show you the mirror. This will help you decide your long and short term
goals.
2)
Set your Goal(s)
Set a goal(s)
for yourself. This can be long term goal e.g. I want to be fit and healthy or a
short term goal e.g. I will reach office on time. And please do not postpone
this activity to December 31st!
Set yourselves a
date by when you would want to achieve this goal.
3)
Plan a timetable
“When in doubt
retrace your steps”. Back track from the goal achievement date to today and
plan out every detail of how you want to achieve your goal. Remember this is
not an engineering exam that can be cracked in one all-nighter! This is what is
going stay with you for life! So plan every detail, step by step. In fact also
include some cheat time.
4)
Get going!
Yes, get up from
your couch or from the bed. Put an alarm (only really bad, boring songs
allowed) for 6.00 am! And do not snooze it. Get up and get going.
5)
Remind
Remind yourself
everyday that you are doing this for yourself that this will help boost your
confidence. The more credit you attach to this activity, the more you would
want to do it.
6)
Reward
Reward yourself
on every small achievement. Recognise your efforts by indulging in something
you love doing (how about procrastinating?! Kidding, do not even think about it)
and encourage yourself thus.
Hope this helps. For now, Accelerate and Go for it!
