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Originally Posted by inquiringmind4u  Neophyte -- that's it precisely. And you could also change that bolded phrase to zero in even closer on the real issue:
I guess it's saving myself from my hole when I feel most important
By and large -- people would rather be a stopped "somebody" and feel themselves as important and special by reflecting on how much they have to do, then to be the "nobody" they must agree to be in order to be productive.
It's so counter-intuitive... and yet so obviously true: To be productive I must be willing to be a nobody... undefined... unnoticed. |
I think you're right! It is when I feel most important. I'm negative about myself but I think that what you wrote is true. It's time to experiment. I think that I'm going to write my goals and add dates and such.
On a deeper level, I feel that I'm negative about myself and my life because of the type of life that I lead. Procrastination feels like a symptom of the larger challenge: fixing and enriching my life. The problem is that this won't be easy, the path of least resistance is staying all talk with little action. I've read Covey's book some more and a lot of what he writes makes sense.
On the 30 challenge: I caved. I was stressing out and felt annoyed and told myself that I'll have fries and a burger just this once, and I did this 3 times last week. My main worry is that I won't eat all the nutrients that I need, so I'm going to research nutritious food articles on the web. Also, I think that finding another way to deal with stress would be good. Any ideas?
On having one goal:
So I'll make my long term goal to graduate from college in 4 years, and work on that a piece at a time. I'll research to see what I need to do to get what I want...hmm...perhaps an hour a week?
On small steps and time management I followed through about half of my schedule since my last post and didn't really follow it the second time around =/. But, I've got to stay positive. It was at least a step up from what I normally do
I've learned what I need to do for next time. I haven't cut the major long term goals into pieces yet, but I have for assignments that were immediately in front of me, like essays. Small progress
On negative affirmations: I used them to help me focus on my school work, but I think I may need to use them more in order to have a better effect. I recently read an article on the law of attraction and have recently started trying to visualize a better me so that might help as well.
On starting things early and procrastination I've met deadlines as opposed to starting too late to do something, but I still feel that I have to put more time and effort into this before I have productive habits that I can rely on.
Sidenote; my thoughts: I'm improving slowly. Before I wanted a quick fix with as little time as possible devoted to my growth. I don't think that I wanted to pay a cost for change. Now I think that I do, and I may need to wait and stick with it more until I get the results that I want. I'm also planning on updating this thread weekly. I'll report my progress =]