How i get to work when excuses to not abound…
Or: how an avid procrastinator finally gets to work.
Often severe spells of procrastination are spurred on by a feeling of being overwhelmed by a project, disorganized and generally making a mountain out of a molehill, even if it is a big project.
This isn't even addressing any tendencies to simply be lazy which ultimately must be overcome at ones own expense. My trick to this is to brainstorm on something that will motivate me to complete the job - typically the reward at the end but more often than not it isn't the reward that is more motivating but the 'hunger' in the meantime -- rent/bills are due, something important needs to be taken care of, etc. This is not even taking into account any actual deadlines.
As far as I know, the greatest motivators in the world are hunger and ego. Hunger is a metaphor for any immediate need but can be taken literally in certain circumstances and ego expresses the need to prove ones worth and place in the world. These are, however, only a motivating factors when working out of a rut or starting from the bottom. Motivation becomes increasingly difficult as NEEDS become WANTS and WANTS are more easily attained at which time incessant boredom sets in and once frivolous or extraneous ordeals become the primary focus.
A thought…
I wonder of our experience if we could see electromagnetic radiation as a voluminous fog. To see the microwaves emitting from your wifi router, and those of neighboring routers piercing through the walls of your home as they pass right through your body. The pulses of light emanating from your cell phone as you press send. If you could feel it.
The electrical glow of bioelectric spikes through neural pathways and out of the skin. A person's soul glowing about them.
So much radiation, natural and man made, I do believe we would be rendered blind very quickly.
Nature consists of imperceptible noise - electromagnetic vibration driving into existence everything from solid matter to a deep thought. As a matter of convenience, the human learned to harness some noise to a functional end. How does all of this radiation affect the soul as it exists from spark to spark, synapse to synapse to biochemical molecular exchange. How does it change the mechanics of man, fellow animal, plant and pathogen. You can bet on one thing, it is a very ferocious monster we create when we play with fire not knowing how to extinguish the flame or fix the consequential damage.
Just got to thinking
An email just dropped into my inbox, to renew my CougarOne card, my student ID / mastercard debit card I got in 2001 when I started school at U of H. The thought is lingering in my mind now, "had I stayed in school..." I would probably be done by now. But it also occurs to me, that in the meantime, I've changed what would be my prospective major - from Electrical Engineering to Industrial Design. How this all would translate had I actually stayed in school interests me. But for now, I don't see it happening too soon.
Just a thought.
Devin’s Birthday
So, Devin turned 27 yesterday, and we did nothing for his birthday, damn financial ineptitude. It just amazes me how everyone's getting old... I mean, it's nothing special right, everyone ages and moves on, but memories of 6 years ago and more are still so fresh, and yet so much like a dream. Just makes me think of how fast time flies.
All my girl-friends are in the baby business now, most have babies and the ones who don't are planning for it very soon. Scary transition, that, but it's pretty exciting.