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The Secret: How To Overcome Procrastination

The author writes about his experience with procrastination and how he overcame it. He refers to it as a secret.

I’m not saying that I’m an expert on procrastination. I’m just saying that I have struggled with it a lot my whole life and I have some ideas on how to overcome it.

And I can overcome procrastination through action. Small actions. 

It doesn’t have to be some big action step. It can be a simple act of getting started.

My Story

When I was in class 11, I couldn’t sit down to study. So I avoided it.

But if I had known that I could overcome procrastination with small action steps, I would have started with 5 mins of sitting down to study.

And now I know the secret to overcoming procrastination and I am studying daily. 

But it’s not all rainbows and butterflies. I struggle with other things like commitment issues, trying new things, overthinking, etc.

I need to work on them too.

I’m reading a book called “Atomic Habits” by James Clear and I find it very helpful.

The ideas are practical and I can easily apply it to my life.

Conclusion

So yeah procrastination can be overcome with small imperfect actions.

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How I Turned My Failure Into Success

The author writes about how he failed in high school and still managed to complete his MBA years later in spite of other people’s negative remarks.

When I was in class 11 in high school, I failed and was detained for one year.

I was asked to change schools and study in class 11 again.

It was a failure for me. And I felt very bad about myself at that time.

I felt like I was not enough and that I was somehow flawed and not normal.

I remember a few remarks from my relatives about me failing one year and it stuck with me.

Whenever I wanted to feel good about myself, those remarks about failing one year would haunt me.

“How can I be a successful person knowing that I failed a test in class 11?”

“I am a failure because I failed in my studies.”

All kinds of negative self-talk started in my mind since then.

But fast forward 10 years, I have completed my MBA in Data Science. 

I have completed a post-graduate degree.

And I am proud of myself. 

I have persisted and not given up.

I have worked and I have achieved my version of success no matter the size.

My failure in class 11 set me up for success by making me more ambitious. 

After I failed in class 11 I wanted to show my relatives that I can do much bigger things. 

If they want to make me a black sheep of the family, I’ll show that I can be different in a great way.

That I can be different from them by getting an MBA degree and someday starting my own business.

And I know the importance of forgiveness and that it’s normal for those remarks by relatives. 

I do forgive them for what they said, and I also know that the fire inside me for greater dreams has been lit up and there’s no stopping now.

I am grateful for my failure in class 11 and my relatives’ remarks. Because they were fuel for my successes.

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Sometimes you need to be realistic

Life is hard and people are not always good.

And life is not always fairy tales and rainbows.

If you don’t study hard for your exams, you will not get a career you wished for.

If you don’t lower your standard of living and not save money, you won’t have any investments or emergency funds.

If you don’t eat healthy, you will get ill.

If you don’t take your medications on time, you will not recover from your mental illness as expected.

Sorry if it’s hard to hear but that’s the truth.

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Good old days’ memories make me laugh

What makes you laugh?

When I was in secondary school, class 10, I had a lot of fun with my friends.

We had to go to multiple private tutor classes and we travelled by bicycle throughout town.

We stole money from our parents and feasted on good food.

We wasted time playing video games.

We studied together.

I had a crush. More about that later 😉.

But recalling the memories of those days makes me laugh.

Not because they were precious but because I know I can never have them back.

Now they are gone.

Those innocent days are of the past.

I feel lucky to have lived such a life even if it’s for a short period of time.

I am grateful.

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I wish I could study and work more every day

What do you wish you could do more every day?

Study and Work

I wish I could study and work more every day.

I study and work on projects sometimes related to my MBA Data Science degree.

But I get tired and get mood swings.

I bet everyone gets these mood swings when sitting down to study.

But they study regardless of their mood.

I need to work on my “study regardless of their mood” aspect.

Relation to mental health

My bipolar disorder is also responsible for my difficulties in studying long hours.

It’s not like I don’t want to study and work. It’s just that I can’t.

Writing helps me tremendously to cope with the frustration of being unable to study.

But I guess I need to draw a line between what I can do and what I expect myself to achieve.

Satisfaction

  1. What I can do is – study for 2 hours.
    What I expect myself to achieve is – study 4-5 hours.
  2. What I can do is – go out with family, friends, relatives, etc. and sometimes alone to the barber’s saloon.
    What I expect myself to achieve is –
    • to travel from my town to the city by bus, or
    • take a public transportation facility,
    • to talk to strangers,
    • to make friends,
    • to go to regular/offline university, etc.
  3. What I can do is – be satisfied and work hard for uplifting genuine values like honesty, integrity, generosity, etc.
    What I expect myself to achieve is – to achieve external success that has no meaning expect earning more money.

What I can do and what I expect myself to do are two different things. They are not the same things.

Conclusion

Sure I can aim to study more but I need to be satisfied with what I have.

I can try to study and work for 3 hours next time. Or may 2.5 hours.

Because my circumstances are different.

Wanting more isn’t always necessary because we don’t need to compare ourselves with others.

I need to take it slow.

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