‘Priority’ and loving the process.
Few months ago I was upset with myself for not always accomplishing all that I set to do each month, week and day. No matter how hard I tried it just never worked. I always had something come in-between me and the plans I set and I just never did them.
I got so frustrated, read a lot of pieces related to task completion, watched videos and listened to so-called experts. Finally, I got to understand that I was trying to do too much and was very impatient. I was setting out early in an awesome career as a designer but I wanted to hit it hard and fast.
I set strict goals and was too focused on realizing my goals that the knowledge of knowing someone was doing it better than me was intimidating. I got crippled by impostor syndrome.
After enough of trial and error, I decided to do the entire opposite. I discarded every plan, changed my attitude and slowed down. I deployed gratitude — I appreciated the fact that I had come a long way to where I currently am.
I decided to learn patience and love the process while realizing that I am in a long-term game. When I accepted the fact that my game-play was for the next 5–10 yrs, it was far much easier for me to love the process and do the best I can in the present moment. I stopped being result-oriented, became process-oriented and even overcame feeling like an impostor.
Today, I’ve learnt that there is no such thing as priorities. The priority is the priority. Let’s be honest about priorities. The definition of priority is “a thing that is regarded as more important than another.” By prioritizing one thing, we are inherently deprioritizing something else, do I know what I’m deprioritizing? I focus on my one biggest and most important task for the day and two other relevant tasks.
It is easier for me to be laser-focused on one thing and develop the habit of task completion while making sure to make progress no matter how little on the two other relevant tasks, that way I am able to stay organised and be on top of my plans even in the case of unexpected happenings.
