Procrastination is My Worst Enemy

A random picture of some fruits that I took at the nearby supermarket. Eat your fruits, my friends.

Hello everyone. It’s been a while hasn't it? It has been six months since I’ve last updated this blog with a proper post (the Origin fix does not count). Throughout that time, MANY things have happened. I put that in capital letters because 2020 has no chill.

First we have the Australian forest fires. Then the whole World War 3 meme situation when America killed an important figure in the Iranian military. Then there was a major shake-up in Malaysian governance where the old political coalition returned to power. 

Then of course, the whole situation with COVID-19 where we went on lockdown and pretty much everything got cancelled. Finally, at the time of writing, massive protests are taking place in the United States due to the horrible murder of George Floyd by an extremely terrible person.

So far, 2020 is a crazy year and I definitely didn’t think it would turn out this way when I wrote about my new year ambitions back in January. I have mostly stayed at home to abide by the Movement Control Order (MCO) in reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection.

And when I am staying at home, it is easy to feel relaxed and….procrastination is becoming a real problem. Heck, that is the main reason why I haven’t written anything on this blog for the past six months. 

I am even procrastinating to do other fun stuff, like playing video games, skateboarding or exercising. Why? Because it is so easy to open up my phone, lie on the bed or sofa, open up social media, spend half an hour there, then open up YouTube, then spend even more time there (sometimes up to hours) and the next thing I know it is already 12:00am. These things aren’t necessarily fun but dammit they are so relaxing, almost putting me in a trance somewhat. 

This sucks man. Part of the reason I am writing this post is because I wish I can get back that time and do more fun stuff. Stuff that I have invested money into, like playing my games and reading my books. Or even writing on this damn blog.

Fortunately, my tendency for procrastination does not leak into my Working From Home life. I am aware that I am a part of a professional organisation and there are other people depending on me for the company’s overall performance, so that motivates me to do work on time, to the best of my ability. Also, because generally, I don’t want to suck at my job. Getting fired during the pandemic (or any time, in general) isn’t exactly on my agenda.

As for this blog, I guess why I’m procrastinating so much is because I have to put effort into something that doesn’t necessarily bring anything to me back. And that is wrong. Writing stimulates the mind and I believe it is something I should do regularly. Not a lot, but consistent. Besides, it’s not like THAT much effort is needed. I started writing this post at 8:30pm and 20 minutes later, I’m already one page done! 

Now, I hope I can stick on a weekly schedule for this blog for the rest of the year. I believe doing small things consistently is better than doing a big thing once.

Until the next post!