I have a tendency to procrastinate. To prove this point, I have a little secret to share with you. Ready? It has taken me over a month to write of this new challenge. In true procrastinator fashion, I kept putting it off until later. Point proven.
In my defense.... I USED to listen to my procrastination demons much more frequently. I was a procrastinator to the extreme. I would literally wait to do important tasks for years. Here is an example: I waited seven years after high-school, to finally jump in and go to college! That long just to go to post-secondary?? It seems crazy to me now.
Before that life changing leap of faith, I kept waiting. And waiting. And waiting...... What the heck was I waiting for? Forget asking me, because I STILL do not know the answer. Maybe I was waiting for my sanity?
It was a gradual climb up that mountain and getting to the top has changed my life for the better.
But let's back up a little. I have ALWAYS made goals and ran for them. It is not like I refused to accomplish anything before I attended post-secondary school. I had accomplishments. They were small. Small does not mean meaningless.... small means easier. The bigger, more daunting tasks were constantly put on the back burner. I went for what I wanted.... as long as it was not big and scary.
The four years before I began the adventure tourism program, were interspersed with many small accomplishments that eventually lead to my final decision to attend school. That mountain climb was very difficult to start, really hard to keep going up, but as I put one foot in front of the other, it became easier each day. Soon I was on the ridge, looking over the edge. I wanted to jump off and rip down the hill. So, I did :) I have never looked back and the fear of my unknown accomplishments has almost fully abated.
A late bloomer I guess. Who cares? I don't. At least I have bloomed!! I love it. I love my life. Now that I am no longer controlled by my fear (which I believe is at the root of procrastination), my dreams keep coming true. Faster and faster, like a snowball rolling down a hill, or like a snowboarder ripping....
Despite this all, I still feel that my low level of procrastination is holding me back from a sprint to a run. I want to prove to myself that I can ignore my nagging inner slow-poke and just do it! I can.... so I will.
The ultimate goal of this challenge is to eradicate me of any small procrastination ogres that I still feed.
Rules:
*I have listed my daily 'to do' items for the next three months. Some are big, some are small. I have to finish a combination of them all.
*Being active outdoors, is what I live for so when I plan an adventure it will trump EVERYTHING on my "to do" list. However, I will still be required to at least begin each task, no matter what I have planned.
*I aim to accomplish seventy-five percent of my daily tasks by March first (my birthday!!!).
Here I go......
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