Well, my goal for 2018 is a bit different. Just like most people, I also have a list of goals that I want to check off by the end of the year. In December, I made the decision that I am no longer just going to sit around and just ‘go with the flow’. After all, “I am the Captain of my ship and the Master of my Fate”. My biggest goal of 2018 is to TAKE ACTION. Yes, to TAKE ACTION and it’s my personal motto for this year.
In order to achieve any goal, one has to take the steps towards accomplishing it and that is where the problem is for me. The problem is not the goal itself, but it’s ME. I am a procrastinator! And I think I have figured out why I procrastinate and it’s not because I am lazy, but because of fears in my mind and maybe little bit of anxiety. I procrastinate to get things done and I am also fearful of trying something out of my comfort zone; I just get a bit anxious. I always talk myself out of almost everything and I fail to push myself to do anything related to any goals. Many things runs inside my head when I think about doing something: fear of failure, fear of judgment, fear of maybe not having enough time etc.
For quite some time, I have been setting goals (not on paper, in my head) without really taking any steps towards achieving it and all thanks to my imaginary fears inside my head which then puts me to procrastination mode . Fear and procrastination has been a huge factor for me to not make any kind of effort to accomplish many of my goals in recent years. I came to realize that my imaginary fears are feeding my procrastination habit and I am using procrastination as a coping mechanism to ‘protect’ myself from any potential failures (I know, it sounds complicated). The fear of failure or fear of falling short tends to push me to procrastination and in the long run I have suffered the most by the outcomes of it.
So, I am going to TAKE ACTION to improve myself, to overcome imaginary fear and to exceed far beyond my goals. I feel like I have blocked myself for a long period and for no good reason and I have become exhausted of blocking myself. After sitting around for too long and just ‘going by the flow’, I know I have only harm myself along the way and I also know that my potentials are much greater than I realize. When I was writing down my goals and thoughts in my bullet journal, I told to myself that I am going to make a real effort to make 2018 the most productive year for me and I am actually going to take the steps to accomplish my goals. Also, I just don’t want to ‘TAKE ACTION’ only for 2018 and stop here; I want to develop the habit of ‘taking action’ and stick with this habit. I am currently reading the book The 5 Seconds Rule by Mel Robbins and honestly, this book is giving me some boost of encouragement to turn my life around. (I may drop a blog post on this book later).
That is all for now. I hope you enjoyed reading my first post!
Love,
Nausheen
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