Procrastination
I read a long while ago that the most usual reason for procrastination in doing a job is that you don't feel confident that you know how to do it well. I have thought about this from time to time and I've discovered that in many instances, it's true. If I knew just how to do the job, I would do it and get it over with.
But some of my procrastination is that some jobs take too much effort and I'm tired. Would either of these explain why I haven't sewn the seam that came undone in my skirt? There's no reasonable excuse. I just haven't done it.
Maybe soon.
Submitted by
Leslie
at 9/21/2005 10:46:31 PM- I think for me, I need to be in the right frame of mind to approach each task except when it comes to my day job: I get the most distasteful things done first so they don't ruin the rest of the day, lurking in the background, waggling their fingers at me.
Wow. Talk about a run-on sentence. ; )
Submitted by
NJ
at 9/22/2005 5:52:51 AM- Frame of mind must have something to do with some things that I put off. Some things that I can't do in the evening are easy to do the next morning. That must be frame of mind. But quite often, I put off the job because I think I don't know how to do it. This is especially true in art work. Lorraine, I read your blog before I wrote mine, and it reminded me that I'd been thinking about mentioning what I'd been thinking of writing about procrastination. There probably isn't a simple answer about the cause of procrastination.
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I talked a little about this on my blog. I find there are usually two reasons why I procrastinate. I find the job distasteful, and/or I am a perfectionist regarding some tasks, and I've waited too long to do the task "right," so I put it off.