Tag: procrastination
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Words to Ponder #4
“Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Making a to-do list for the thing isn’t doing the thing. Telling people you’re going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn’t doing…
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Look Ahead
I wrote something in my notebook this morning that struck me as I was out for a walk this morning. As I gazed on the first rays of sunlight reflecting the orange glory of the changing leaves, I began to understand an idea. It’s an idea that opposes the concept of procrastination. Of course, procrastination…
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A Year Lost
It has been a year and 6 days since I had suspended my daily writing goals. Things happened and only recently have I sat down, stopped making excuses, and started the writing daily goal once again. A year was lost to my excuses. Now sure, I wrote during this year between today and when I…
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The Art of Procrastination
Procrastination is a hard habit to shake. I’ve dealt with it in some form or another for my whole life. Sometimes it is worse than others; sometimes it doesn’t exist. It permeates not only my writing life, but through much in life in general. In part it is a failure of my own abilities to…
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Procrastinating Anxiety
I’ve been having a lot of trouble lately. Writing has been dragging for me of late, and it appears to me to be getting worse, not better as I attempt to push through the detritus. Instinct wants to call it procrastination, or distraction, but I am finding that it isn’t the case. It’s something a…
Jeremy C Kester 