There’s Procrastination and there’s a “Break”
Confusing the two is detrimental
Indulging in the former is detrimental
Neglecting the latter is detrimental
Procrastination is confusion
To procrastinate is to be confused with what you want (to do)
You think you want something but you don’t
You think you want something but you lack energy
You think you want something but the process separating you from that thing is not something that you want
Either way you’re confused
Either way you’re confused
On the surface you recite your PLANS and GOALS,
deep within you don’t want any of that
therefore you procrastinate
or perhaps you do WANT something,
but you don’t want to go through what is necessary to get there
This is not the real wanting; When you truly want something — you do it
Alas you don’t understand it because you are confused,
You’re confused instead of being aware of WHAT YOU WANT TO DO — and what results your actions should yield
Or perhaps you DO want to take action,
Alas you’re exhausted
This too is confusion,
You don’t understand that in the moment you’re exhausted, you’re asleep on your feet, you’re utterly enervated, you don’t understand that in that moment what you USUALLY want is NOT what you want
If you haven’t slept for a week, then run a marathon, while drinking 0.5l of vodka, and then painted your entire house — do you think your WANTS would be the same as your wants when you’re rested and strong and healthy?
You fail to understand this simple truth because you’re so “motivated”
And because you dread procrastination
You dread to fail on your goals for such as stupid reason
And this is how we become ignorant in regards to RESTING
This, and our emotional immaturity
You think you ought to be consistent
In that consistency you find some of that security you yearn
Alas we’re not consistent
We get tired
Physically
Intellectually
Cognitively
Emotionally
Psychologically
It’s just how it works
We don’t take a break often enough
Physically
Intellectually
Cognitively
Emotionally
Psychologically
We find a routine and shut ourselves within it
We find something we like and we abuse it
We find a person who tolerates us and we marry
We get a goal and fixate on it, not flexible
We don’t take a break often enough
We are not in touch with our mind and bodies
We don’t measure our performance
We are desynchronised from our natural rhythm
We ignore the natural way of things
We don’t take a break often enough
We’re in this rush
SOLVE EVERYTHING YESTERDAY
We are confronted with something NEW and BEAUTIFUL — and we instantly label it and throw it into some box in our subconscious
We get angry and don’t step aside to reconsider our silly reaction
We burn out and don’t step aside to reconsider if we had too much work, or too little enthusiasm for it in the first place
We get depressed and we don’t step aside to look at our shit life, before we resort to pills
We perform suboptimally and don’t step aside to reconsider our energy levels, our concentration, the strategy
We sit in one place for 5 hours and don’t take a walk, wondering why it feels so… stifling
We reach for another beer, not minding if perhaps the first one was all we needed, to relax ourselves
We have coffee every single day, and we wonder why it doesn’t work
I could go on and on
we don’t take a break
in EVERY aspect of our lives we’re as IGNORANT to the fact that EVERYTHING GETS TIRESOME AND BORING
like everything passes — so does the TIME when it is appropriate to do something
there’s an appropriate time to work and appropriate time to play
appropriate time to sleep and appropriate time to be awake
appropriate time to have a coffee and appropriate time to have a beer
and you have to be MINDFUL of that time
be mindful of yourself changing your mood, be mindful of yourself getting tired, be mindful of yourself getting bored
…it really is but a problem of IGNORANCE, isn’t it?
either your procrastination, or your routine
You procrastinate because you’re ignorant of what you want, and what it takes to get it
You don’t take a break when you need one because you’re ignorant of how you function
Get clear with what you want to cure procrastination
Be ready to give up if you still fail to follow; Or reduce your undertaking 10-fold; Baby-step it like the baby you are
But never fixate on anything
Fixation has nothing to do with clarity; You’re merely shouting over the lingering confusion instead of dissolving it
Be mindful in every little thing and every large thing you do: your everyday actions, your long-term undertakings,
Be mindful that you do get bored and you do get tired
and that it’s time to take a break