Elude Procrastination

 As humans, we are not superlative at adapting ourselves easily.

 What is Procrastination?

Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something. It is a tarp where many of us fall onto. According to the academic scholars and speakers, 95% of us procrastinate to some level. It is the blight of every second person’s actuality. It is an act where we know that what our responsibility is; but we just elude completing it instantaneously as it is very easy to put off adverse work until the very last minute of deadline which makes us tired, frustrated and turning the work into a liability.

Why do people Procrastinate?                   

There are many reasons for procrastinating; some common reasons are

·         Some procrastinate because they just love the excitement of doing everything at the last minute or they just think that they still have plenty of time to complete and end up making them exhausted while doing everything at last minute

·         Some are afraid of failure or success as they’re scared of other’s opinion

·         Some are just bad at decision making or taking responsibility for the consequences that come with them

Basically, the last two reasons happen when the person has low self-esteem, anxiety or negative associations. But the 1st reason listed is something we should work upon.

Procrastination Vs Laziness

Many of us think that procrastination and laziness is the same thing. However, laziness should not be confused with procrastination.

Procrastination is an active exertion because we opt to do something else instead of the task that we know we must be doing.

However, laziness shows inactiveness, indifference and an unenthusiastic action.

My 7 Effective tips to avoid procrastination and jump into action: -

•  Change your surrounding: - When you procrastinate, the hardest thing is to get started. To get over this, make the environment work friendly and encouraging so that getting started will not be tricky any longer as the feeling around you will help the most to get started
• Keep a journal/ planner: - Writing down goals on a piece of paper helps you stay committed towards achieving them. List steps with deadlines and plans. Helps also to track your progress
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• Breaking tasks into small steps: Never be astounded by the size of the task, break it into convenient steps. It is not important to have all the steps chalked out for you. First start with the very first task and your next step will become obvious as you move along
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• Set deadline: - As setting yourself specific deadlines to complete tasks will thoroughly help you to be on track in order to achieve your goals
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• Reward yourself: -   As & when your tasks are complete, celebrate the progress as you go along. This will help you to boost up the mind to work more. Never forget to acknowledge your progress
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• Use the 3-minute rule: - If you’re a chronic procrastinator, this is for you. The real goal is to do way more than just 3 minutes. However, this will act as a warm-up for you to achieve the entire goal
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• Minimize distractions: - Turn off all those social media notifications which tend to distract you from the work

Building momentum is decisive as you start out. So pledge to moving out of your comfort zone now.

Now for some inspiration, watch this video --- The Easy Way Out

Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

Songwriters: Jim Croce

Time in a Bottle  -- >>     The Classic

One of the most powerful poems ever written for me! 

Do not go gentle into that good night

Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

When things go wrong !

I believe that when something goes wrong, we get two opportunities: 

--   The first is to learn how not to do it!

--  The second is to learn another way of doing, not to repeat the mistake. 

Most of the time, things go wrong on our own, we do not anticipate and do not evaluate the possible results. 

Inaccuracy and delusions, quite conflicting to what we think, exist to lead us to a path of accomplishment. No matter what we are, what we do, will always give us other opportunities, we just have to see them and take advantage of them!

Generally, we are habituated to see the facts of the day to day of a phony way, that is, of an apparent way, considering that the events appear outside.

When something wicked transpires, most of the time, we contemplate it a bad luck, otherwise if something good appears, we categorize it as luck. 

Our view of life and way of understanding it is very limited so we cannot judge with assertiveness whether or not what happens is beneficial, for we are not able to affirm what the real meaning of what happens.

Almost always, we do not see the actuality and we lose opportunities because many benedictions arrive at us camouflaged with provocations, as well as numerous hardships, are masked in joy.

We are subject to the laws that govern our destinations. Our dramas, our choices, our fortunes, our misfortunes, and their consequences, are governed by the law of Cause and Effect, happy or not, immediate or late, the results are assured by the exercise of free will.

What we call luck is nothing more than the result of our effort. In the same way, the chance is the consequence of our extravagance, our profligacy and our solecisms. The right and wrong will reflect luck and chance in the future.

So we reap what we sow! There is no chance!

What we call luck or benefit without apparent effort is life offering an opportunity for transformation and evolution. Being a concession, if it is well spent, with the mellowing and attentiveness that we have benefited, there must be retribution, serving others who may need our help. 

What we consider to be bad luck can be a trial, so that we can make an inquiry of our values and a stimulus to the exercise of our virtues. If transformed into an evolutionary impulse, it is even more difficult to be accepted, due to our level of understanding.

A divine being does not attach the reputation to luck or chance, since he knows that everything is the result of sowing and that he receives from life what is beneficial and necessary for his evolution.

With the emerging of cognizance, it is perceived that the so-called "luck" is conquered by work, patience, perseverance and discipline, since any other form of conquest is an illusion and detrimental to evolution. Legitimate riches are the fruits of learning and of honest work, if not, it is the only illusion, ignorance of the laws of action and reaction and escape of responsibilities before life.

In this way, luck and bad luck cease to have any meaning, because they are apparent realities and what provides them is much deeper and more complex.

Luck can be an instrument of downfall and future sufferings, and in turn, chance can be a faster instrument of evolution.

All of us, along with the evolutionary journey, have already had our quotas of "luck" and "chance", some more and others less, sometimes greater and sometimes less, in any aspect of life, and we must engage in learning, work, self-transformation and inner renewal.

Life is like a rosebush, the flowers are beautiful, but it also has thorns!

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Are you a Michigander ??

I live Michigan and I'm not at all ashamed of that. Our economy has taken a beating and 3/4 of the year is basically winter, but it's home away from home.

Despite the fact that this winter has sucked a big one, I'm proud to say I'm from Michigan.

What's a Michigander? Let me give you a taste:

1. No matter who you are, you use your hand to map out where each city is.

2. You may use both the heat and air conditioner in the same day.. NBD.

3. It's not soda, it's pop. You drink pop and bake with soda. 

4. Anyone who lives in the Upper Peninsula is a "Yooper". 

5. Nobody likes Michigan left turns but when you see someone screw it up, you automatically know that they aren't from Michigan. 

6. If you don't have one person in your family with a truck/four wheel drive vehicle, you're fucked.

7. "Up North" is an ideal vacation spot. Gorgeous lakes and trees for days.

8. You should know how to get your car out of a snow rut without a tow truck or even getting out of the car. (rock it back and forth baby) (twss)

9. Halloween costumes are picked out based solely on whether or not it will fit over a winter coat.

10. Car accidents are more frequently caused by stupid deer. Watch out for the stupid deer.

We're resilient, proud, and dedicated because we're from fucking Michigan. 

Also...we gave you cars, motown, cereal, and Madonna. You're welcome. 

Oh God – Where art thou!

Sitting in the waiting area of a car dealership, I heard an old lady ask me “Do you have trust in God??”, and to be honest, I could not react to this question. Perhaps a bit shocking for many of us, considering I’ve lived in India and belong to a religion which believes in the actuality of 33 crore Gods!!! Possibly many of my peers are facing the same predicament, do we truly believe in Divinity? It’s true that we attend religious rituals, visit temples and bow in front of idols, also make a wish or two but then, how many of these actions are an individual faith and how many just to respect the custom or elders in the family?

As children, we were taught to respect God, to fear, pray & believe. Our predecessors told us stories from the folklore, all glorifying the Deities as we know them now. Growing up, we know our traditional mythology, but then are we certain those events actually occurred? We have grown up associating ourselves to a particular religion, instructed to follow its customs, and expected to stay loyal to the religion of our birth. But how appropriate is it to our actuality? If whatever my religion says is true, if my God is true, then does it imply that other religions are false, that their God is false? Then won’t they believe in the same? That my religion, my God is false?

I know from personal experience that not all things that happen around us is under our control. And for the times when I really don’t have an explanation for a particular occurrence!  Depending on the significance of that event in my life, I term it God’s grace, luck, destiny or whatever. But a lack of explanation does not prove the existence of God, does it?

Personally speaking, I am a believer, not in a particular entity or religion, but I do believe that there are some things beyond my will or control and in such times, I just wait and watch. I believe in the positive energy and I believe in doing everything in my power. Maybe that is what some people describe as God. Maybe for some, the personification of this energy is necessary in order to believe. But then how does faith have anything to do with this??

My science teaches me not to accept anything without a rational justification. But this same science is still unable to explain a number of natural phenomenon. Does that mean I shouldn’t trust in science? Or should I generalize the same logic and believe in the existence of God?

I met with a small accident due to the Snow Storm in Detroit. I wasn’t hurt, but it could have been much worse. The incident freaked me out, to the extent that I stopped reading a book on atheism that I was carrying in my bag at that time. I still haven’t touched the book. In retrospect, it seems silly now, or probably makes it look like I do believe in God. I was scared then, for my life, for my family and such strong sentiments turned me into a believer, I was thankful to be safe and alive, and I expressed gratitude to God, not a particular God, but to me it was the energy of the universe, the power of the good, as I like to think.

Perhaps that is what makes people have faith in too, the fear of the unknown, of the things they can’t control, the hesitation in their world. Maybe believing in some higher power gives them the strength to move on no matter what. Maybe that’s why, people believe in God!!!

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