Unlocking the Powers of my Subconscious Mind

Day 33 - Procrastination❌❌❌

Hey guys, 

It's too late (2.15 a.m.) and it's time to sleep, but I still have a task to complete, and that's none other than writing this journal.

The reason I got so late is because I was writing a contest entry just before the deadline, even though I had a full month of time.
 

Do you procrastinate?

Most of us will. I am not an exception to that. I am trying to change that bad habit.
 

People who have deadlines procrastinate until the deadline is so close. But not everything in our lives comes with a deadline. Even if it comes with a deadline, we don't know when it is in most cases.

For things like that, we often end up not doing that at all.
 

But do you know why we procrastinate? I don't think laziness is the only reason. We are feared. We fear failures, and we also fear facing the consequences.
 

I was planning to invest in the stock market, which you all know, I guess. It's already been a month, and I was giving some weird reasons just to postpone that. Buying a stock may require 2 minutes max. Don't I have that time? I do. Am I that lazy to stop myself from working for 2 minutes? I don't think so. Then why am I postponing those 2 minutes of my life?
 

I guess the main reason for procrastination is fear. I still cannot convert myself into a completely positive aura. I am skipping meditation often; maybe that's the reason.
 

I have a desire for stock market trading, but I have a huge fear that stands before my desire.
 

I should overcome that fear, and that's when I will stop procrastinating and start to make some positive changes in my life.

Not doing anything at all is one kind of procrastination. Doing something like fieldwork or research before starting something for a long period of time is also a kind of procrastination. We are delaying the actual start of something by doing some unnecessary or least necessary work just to pacify ourselves that we are doing something.
 

Have you ever done that?
 

Let me give you an example. Applying for a job can only bring a job to you. But I have seen many of my friends who take courses and study random things but never apply for jobs and still claim that they are seeking a job.

I never understood the logic behind it back then. But after reading Atomic Habits by James Clear, I understood that this was also procrastination.

"When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something." The Atomic Habits Book by James Clear

If you want something, you need to start it first. Without starting, you cannot fail. At the same time, you cannot succeed either.
 

If you need success, do not fear failure. Do not fear anything, because that is what makes you procrastinate on your work.

I am telling all these things not to you but to myself because lately I have been procrastinating so much, especially when it comes to the stock market and meditation.
 

Meditation is just kindling my hidden emotions, and I fear for that. I didn't want people around me during my meditation, and that was hard. It may be the fear that is driving me to procrastinate.

 
As I said to you, I will try to overcome these fears, and you can sense improvements in myself in my upcoming journal.

Bye byee!
 

Going to sleep at 2.33 a.m.
 

-AramintaFlores♥️
(October 25, 2023)