Procrastination is not the enemy, your mind is.
Procrastination has lately been made to been seen as the enemy, the flaw our many people’s brain, the one thing taking you from dormant to successful.
Is it really the case? It just depends on the reason why you do it.
Postponing something you’re supposed to do today because you just can’t be bothered, or you’d rather just do something else, yes, that’s isn’t very good. It probably means your motivation isn’t quite strong enough, so then maybe it’s time to question your original goal. If something you know you have to do is important to you, there’s a good chance you’ll do it. Even if it’s painful. Easy to say, I know, some things are just so boring and tedious. But if you really know that it must be done, and deep down you really know why, you’ll probably find the will to do it.
However, if you’re putting off something you’re supposed to because something else has come up, something urgent, more important, something that simply cannot wait, then I would call it healthy procrastination.
No matter at what stage you are in your business, being the premise where you are overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done (what I’m going through these days), or whether your company is successful and flourishing, some problem, unexpected call, meeting or follow up will arise almost everyday.
Does it mean getting stressed and overwhelmed? It can. It mustn’t. If you take a few second to actually think about the things you have to do, and that sudden concern is at the top, then delaying your original task is the right solution. It’s surely very important too, but it’s always a question of priority.
Sometimes a task won’t be done today, or tomorrow, or even the day after, simply because there won’t be space in your day to handle it.
It’s fine, don’t stress yourself about it. That won’t bring anything good that’s for sure.
You just have to realise what you rhythm is, your ability to do that much at that moment, let it go for the time being, and then, when the moment comes, if there finally is a space in four days, don’t miss the opportunity.
Don’t blame yourself for not doing things when you can’t do them.
Maybe you can’t do them for a more subtle and abstract reason: it’s just not the time. This brings me to the topic of time and the guiding principle which I strongly believe in: things come to you and you undertake things when the time is right for you to do it.
It doesn’t mean to stay in your couch and wait for life to pass you by, but have faith that everything comes at the right moment. When it does, it probably means this is the perfect one.
Don’t see procrastination as the enemy, laziness is the one to beat.
