Hello readers
of rejuvenation; how are we doing and how were the so many owambe’s we had to
attend? Hope our aso ebi’s were on point and we ate well? Thank God for that. I
must confess, I had the longest weekend ever. I am writing this post tonight by
using one of the techniques of overcoming procrastination, I actually made the
task more enjoyable for me by having my readers give me what to write for today
and saving me from racking my already busy brain. Thank you guys. This week, we have come a very long way and it has been an amazing
journey for me; dunno about you sha. I have really learnt a lot and I’ve not
just been the reader of the word, I’ve also been the doer of the word. I thank
God for that.
Like I have written above, today is kinda different. I will be
sharing people’s testimonies of how they were faced with procrastination, the
effects it had on them or the task and how they were able to overcome. I hope
these people’s experiences and mine would inspire someone out there and even if
you still find yourself procrastinating, these should keep you going, I believe.
Testimonies
- I would first like to share mine. Let me sound like church testimony “praise God for me everybody. I used to be a great procrastinator like there was nothing I did not procrastinate on; even school assignment that was really important, I wouldn’t get to do it until the night before submission. The effect this attitude had on me no be small because I was always stressed and my assignments were never perfect because I never put in my best. The worst of all my procrastinations was starting up this blog. It was really bad like I gave up on myself because I felt the kind of person I have become is someone who would start something and just stop half way. But I thank God today because this blog is a living testimony of me overcoming procrastination and I have finally started this task that God Himself placed in my hands. I can only pray for more grace from God not to stop halfway. I have not stopped some little ones though but God is gradually changing me.”
- This is from a very good friend of mine Kayode, we served together in Osun state and I must say, he is a great follower of this blog and he is part of those that keep me going. Whenever my post comes in late, he’s always like ‘hope you haven’t forgotten to upload today?’ Thank you so much Kayode. He has this to say about his experience “I always love and have always wanted to observe morning devotion; which includes Bible studying and meditation. However, I find myself always behind schedule, most times because I wake up really late and by then, I feel I don’t have enough time for that anymore. I always tell myself that tomorrow will be different but it never gets better. In the long run, I had to change my wake-up time to 5:30 am. I have seen a significant change in this attitude of procrastination because I can now comfortably say that I observe my devotion 4 days in 7 days. I know it can only get better because I am working on myself.”
- This is from my one and only brother, Sola. He has been a source of motivation and even amidst his busy schedule, he still makes sure he keeps up with the posts. Thanks bro, I’m grateful. This is his testimony “Before I got this job I’m doing, I’d been working on my own for different clients. Since I was working from home, I usually gave them deadlines that were a week over what I should normally spend on the work. It had been working until 1 time I got about 4 different jobs at the same time that had very short deadlines (urgent PPs). Then came the problem of how to manage time; I then realized that if I’d been working before like I had a lot on my plate, I’d have loved how to manage pressure. The effects still flow into my present job cos I find I get tired quickly. But thank God, by finding joy in working and making myself feel important while working, I’ve become more effective. I think the lesson here is that, if you can make your task seem interesting (even if it’s actually boring), by finding ways to make it unique and engaging, you’d find joy doing them, and as such, you look forward to doing those things instead of running away from them.”
Much Love,
KanyinWrites.
Here is another testimony from my sweetheart,Yetunde. We served in Osun together as well and every moment with her is always wonderful because she is so down to earth. It goes thus:
ReplyDelete"personally, procrastination has made me lose opportunities and I find it difficult to meet application deadlines. I've also missed one or two job offers due to the fear of not being able to meet up with the work schedule and demands. Another aspect for me is decision-making; I've realised it fuels fear of failure, disappointment, etc. and makes a person sink deeper and deeper. As a naturally pessimistic person, I tend to procrastinate cos I see the downsides of most actions than I see the upsides. As I flip into procrastinating because of my inherent indecisiveness, many times, I end up shying away from making the decision at all or making a last minute half-baked one. However, taking bold steps and working promptly so that tasks and 'unmade decisions' don't pile up, have helped so far"