Procrastination Is Stupid
Yes, that is the title and that is exactly how I feel. Have you ever noticed that when you procrastinate, you just make things more difficult for yourself? I certainly have. The worst kind of procrastination, in my opinion, is when we make easy tasks difficult by procrastinating on them. I might have been the president of procrastination but I’m sure there are a few people that would say “Absolutely not” and would say that they are more fitting for the title. This is because so many of us do it. Some of us laze around and say to ourselves that we don’t feel like doing the task right now. Some of us say that we will not procrastinate this time around and maybe even start our task but finishing is another story. Or what about those of us that make creative excuses and say something along the lines of, “Oh now wouldn’t be a good time because I’m standing up and I work better when sitting down and right now, I have to stand so that I can promote adequate blood circulation in my body to prevent blood clots.” Lastly, there are those gold league level procrastinators who do other tasks that they would rather do and take a longer time doing those other tasks just to avoid having to do the task that they don’t want to do. I can truly say this, I have fallen into every single category at some point.
Can you relate? I bet you can. But if not, teach those of us who struggle, PLEASE!!!
Recently, I have come to realize that procrastination is super stupid. I mean I knew it wasn’t wise but it is literally as stupid as deliberately chopping off your legs just so you don’t have to deal with the frustration of walking. You will still need to find a way to commute. With procrastination, you will always still need to do what you are procrastinating on. So, why not just do it now? That is the million dollar question. Why do we procrastinate?
Here is my opinion:
Fear:
We fear failing
We fear learning curves
We fear our greatness in succeeding at the task because our expectations of ourselves, and most of all, the expectations that others have of us, may increase. This would mean that we will have more responsibilities in the future which is terrifying, considering that we seem to struggle with the responsibilities that we currently have
We fear that what we do or produce will be rejected
Anxiety:
Not knowing where to start
Feeling overwhelmed with this task be yet another task that we have to do in addition to the ones that we already have
Perfectionism:
Want the impossible, which is wanting everything to perfect. Nothing will ever be perfect and we know this. Therefore, in a sense, this is just a crafty way to sabotage ourselves.
Triggered:
Maybe the task triggers a traumatic memory that we have of doing the same or a similar task in the past. For me, an example of this is talking on the phone to people (I might make this one another blog post).
Times I realized how I was shooting myself in the foot when I procrastinated:
Fasting:
There was a time when God told me to do a 30 day water fast. I said yes but it was a hesitant one. I also did not obey immediately. I kept making excuses as to why I had not started on the date that God told me to. Because of this, I started at a later date, The fast ended up being harder and overlapped into an event (A weekend retreat to be exact) where I was surrounded by food and I mean good food. I had to deal with so much temptation, it's not even funny. The warfare was real and would have come regardless. We all know that Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. So if you have something to be stolen, without question, the enemy is making a visit. In this case, the devil want to steal my time with God, my testimony, what I and others were fasting for, which was the retreat. The devil was also after my discipline. I would have faced this warfare regardless but I know in my heart that it would not have been so intense had I not procrastinated.
Refusing to wake up on time:
This one is short and sweet. When I don't wake up on time, I either arrive to work late which affects my pay or I have to take Uber to be on time, which is expensive and affects my bank account. This nasty habit has cost me so much money.
Not paying my tuition when I knew good and well that I had the money:
I knew better. But I wanted to get my hair and nails done. I wanted to order out. I wanted an escape from the stress of my summer job so I spent money on going out and leaving the campus (I was working at a summer camp that took place on a college campus). This allowed for the Spirit of Python to attack my finances. One thing led to the other and I started to experience a series of financial attacks as well as a weight on my shoulders. The Python Spirit AKA the Kundalini Spirit, for anyone who doesn't know, usually attacks finances and success so that people do not prosper, especially those who are in Christ. Python usually resided in the back area. It also attacks breathing and can cause sleep paralysis. I will talk about this in my next podcast episode on Dannie Are You Okay that drops tonight. I knew that the Python Spirit had gotten in because it was called out during a deliverance session. Deliverance is when demons get casted out of people. If you want to learn more about deliverance you can see content from Tiffany Buckner, Apostle Ivory Hopkins, Apostle Bryan Meadows, Apostle Alexander Pagani, Pastor Vlad Savchuk, Derek Prince, Isaiah Salvador, and the recent film, Come Out In Jesus' Name.
But not to get too far off track...
How do we overcome procrastination? Well I am not really sure. But I'll tell you one. Let's call this a part one and I will do my research and type up a part two for solutions to overcoming procrastination so that we can win this fight together. Stay tuned and let me know your thoughts.
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