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You’re not lazy. You just can’t decide. (my bad experience)
Whenever I used to postpone a task and say to myself that I’ll do it later, I’d label myself as a ‘procrastinator’.
I looked at myself as someone who lacked focus… Someone who’s just lazy.
But these weren’t really the root cause. And I kept looking for the root cause for a long time.
And it is only recently that I stumbled upon something strangely effective.
Something that completely went under my radar. (how can I be so dumb?)
I realized that the real root cause turned out to be something that I completely neglected.
Which was indecision.
Simply put, I was always super indecisive.
I just could not make a freaking decision, for God’s sake.
Amd what did I do instead:
I would let my environment dictate what’ll happen.
I would let other people decide how things will go.
And I would literally do nothing and waited to see “how things will go.”
This was my way of making a decision. Letting things happen and seeing where life takes me.
It was nothing short of a coin flip to decide my next action.
No wonder I couldn’t keep a promise to myself.
But I’m super grateful that I’ve discovered the law of decisiveness.
What I’ve realized is that…procrastination stems from not taking a decision.
Every time we procrastinate or put things off…
we have a few options to choose and we’re literally not deciding to pick either one of them.
So, what do we instead of making a decision?
We DON’T do that task at all.
And then we say to ourselves: “Why does this keep happening to us?”
And this is why we tend to spiral into a series of procrastination.
So, the solution is shockingly simple.
It is to literally DECIDE.
And the easiest part about it is that….
Even if you decide NOT to do a task…that is still a decision.
If you’re stuck in a rut and in a loop of endless procrastination (and endless guilt)...
chances are that there are so many pending decisions that are waiting for your order.
You’re literally the emperor sitting on a throne, and your butler (tasks) comes to ask you for your permission.
And you’re simply not saying anything. Not even nodding to him.
Instead, just tell him a clear yes or no.
And please no maybes, or I’ll think about it…because that still keeps the decision in a state of limbo.
A clear yes or no.
“I’ll won’t do my laundry today.”
“I’ll be having a client call at 5 PM.”
“I won’t read the book today because I have work to do.”
These are all decisions. A simple yes or no.
And there is no right or wrong decision.
It is only right if you choose to make one, and it is only wrong if you don’t make one at all.
So choose one task that is pending and decide what you wanna do about it.
And you’d be shocked at how you’ll automatically start moving after being stuck for a long time.
P.S: I know simply things like ‘just decide’ seem to fall under the generic thought leader or motivational talk.
But sometimes the solution to our problem isn’t really complex or fancy-sounding...
It is as simple as deciding.
I hope it helped because this perspective shift had certainly helped me a lot.
Much love,
Rohan.
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You’re not lazy. You just can’t decide. (my bad experience)
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