I read an online article yesterday about bad habits; why you might be doing the particular habit and how it might hold you back. Most of it was pretty obvious.. and really, the excerpt below probably is too.. but *gasp* That's not ME.. is it?
Fatal Flaw #1: You procrastinate. "Tomorrow is soon enough. Besides, I excel under pressure."
The ugly truth: You're secretly afraid your work won't be perfect and you'll be outed as a fraud. "Procrastinators tend to be very concerned about what other people think of them," says Joseph Ferrari, PhD, a professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago. "If you worry that you will never perform as well as you have in the past, fear of failure may be halting your progress." Putting off work provides a ready-made excuse: Instead of admitting failure, you can always blame your busy schedule and overbooked calendar. "That way, you can tell yourself the project would have been successful if only you'd had more time," Ferrari explains. (from 5 Habits Holding you Back from Fitness Magazine, on Yahoo Shine)
Ok, so maybe it is me a little bit.. I'm pretty sure I could look deeply within my being and see that I am indeed afraid of whatever-project NOT being Exactly the way I think it should be. And, yes, it can be said that I am all too aware of what others Might be thinking of me. You could read some of my previous posts to see some of my insecurities and perfectionist issues.. I like things to be "right." Is that really such a big problem? Truth is, Yes. It is a problem when being "right" gets in the way of even finishing in the first place. Does admitting this mean I'm a cured procrastinator? Absolutely Not.
Well, at least I'm honest, right?
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