"Do Capricorns procrastinate?"
That was the first thing I googled after I logged into my account for my blog.
Because you see, back in May 2023, I said I wanted to revive my blog and do active postings from then...
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HAHA.
It's August 2023 and none of that has happened yet.
That's the true blue trait of a Capricorn. Procrastinate.
And an interesting answer that I found on the Internet was that the reason why Capricorns procrastinate was due to our need to do things perfectly.
How true is it?
To me, blogging has always been a thought at the back of my head.
I wanted it to be a channel that allows me to pen (or in this case, type) down my thoughts and share it with the worldwide net knowing that it is going to resonate with someone out there, somehow.
So, the content has to be perfect and that it brings value to whoever's reading it.
Coupled with a few decent images that tells the story that I want to share; that to me, is a good blog post.
That's when I allowed these excuses get the better of me.
"Oh, I don't have images to use"
"Oh, there isn't any topics for me to write and expand on"
"Oh" this, "Oh" that and "Oh" my Tian Gong, Peggy Chin!
How about we just get started somewhere and get the ball (or rather the words) rolling?
Of course, I know most people wouldn't want to read long ass writing so if you are still here with me, know that I really appreciate you taking the time to read and perhaps smile at the silliness of my own self procrastination.
I'm doing my best to collect as many images as I can so that I can liven up my content with no just words, but graphics too.
This serves as a reminder to myself though.
That it's time to be more mindful of the surroundings that I am in and really take time to slow down and absorb the beauty in it, take more interest in the things around me and start living.
Like really living in the now.
A short yet deep conversation I had with my mum last night got me thinking - how blessed am I to have a woman like her in my life.
I was sharing with her on how I've allowed analysis paralysis got the better of me, coupled with my cough and backache, I just wasn't feeling the drive. I was in the "slump".
"You just need to set your mind to do it, stop snoozing in bed, wake up earlier and go for a walk before you start your day to clear your head."
Just like that - in one simple sentence she gave me clear, straight-froward & easy steps to take action on immediately to snap me out of my own funk. Amazing, isn't it?
And mind you, all these action steps that she'd casually pointed out were really habits that I am looking to change myself!
So yes, I have been procrastinating because I wanted to create, not sub-par, but a higher standard of content that I know I'm fully capable of creating.
I am really working towards less of the procrastinate and more of the motivation and production.
I'm leaving it here as an accountability to myself and hopefully for those of you who are reading, to keep me accountable in sharing new contents with you all weekly.
I cannot promise on the frequency so we are going to start with once a week for now.
And whenever there's any pop up of events that happened during the week, I'll be sure to make a mental note and update my blog to share with you all.
For today, as a start, lemme just share with you on how distraught I was when I spilled my ketones earlier this morning.
Yup. This was the tragedy.
The over achiever in me wanted to shake up my ketones, prepare my Mitoplex +pink salt and head over to my room to run some administratives before I leave for the office today.
When I'm done with securing the insulated cup, i lifted my ketones shaker bottle and then the tragedy happened.
I. WAS.DEVASTED.
There was a flicker of frustration and the next moment, I found myself smiling to myself.
Weird. I know.
And yet that felt good.
Because I wasn't mad that my ketones spilled.
I was grateful that I spotted my own mistake of not ensuring that things were secure, rather than go into full blast rage and looking up at the sky asking why would Universe pull a prank like this on me.
This event was happening for me, as a reminder, to be more mindful in checking and now as I'm typing - to not want to be an over achiever in every situation that I am in.
It wasn't a bad day. Nor did I have a bad life and resulted in what happened.
It was just a bad situation that I was in that cascaded into a series of thoughts that could have made it a bad day for me, and yet I chose to not allow it to happen.
So what I will tell you is, there's always 2 sides to a situation.
It all depends on what you allow yourself to feel and think about it.
Think of the worse, it'll only get worse-er. (if there's even a word for this. lol).
Think of the not so bad, things might just take a turn and come out better.
We are given the chance to make choices everyday.
And today I decide to choose gratitude over attitude of rage so that the rest of the day an be great.
True enough, the day is still going on great and I am busking in the joy of it.
So let the choice you make be the best choice that you can choose for yourself.
No one can and will be coming to save you. It's all on you how you want to progress on.
For me, I'm controlling all those that I can control.
Those that aren't within my control (like other people's mouth or opinions), they stand no chance whatsoever in coming anywhere neat me.
With that said, I'm gaining back that momentum and ready to rock and roll.
Stay tune to this page and hold me accountable for my posts.
I dare you and I welcome you ((:
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