- Country of Origin: India
- Trigger Warning: Extreme mischief 😉
Recent events have made me think about my whole life again. People born under the influence of the number 2 are steered by the moon and known to be emotional. And here I am, as emotional as they come.
So, amidst bouts of anxiety yet again, I am trying to forget if the last week ever happened.
A signature feature of my own lifestyle is Procrastination with a capital P. That is how much influence the word holds in my life.
I can now help others.
Procrastinate by honoring distractions —
Instead of reading on, for example, you may want to daydream on the sleepy head of a unicorn implicit in the pools of color in the nearby photo.
Then let me show you other ways you, too, can introduce this complex, lay-back, and artful element in your life.
Procrastinate by replacing alarm clocks and structure with hope —
I often go to sleep hoping to wake up early and finish my tasks. And the early morning never appears.
The clock strikes 8: a.m. and I am left to mope in sorrow. Because my work meeting will start right at 8:30 a.m.
Procrastinate by overstating your goals —
On the work front, I have been constantly thinking about finishing my brand plan. It’s a grand plan. Still thinking.
Most of the day of some damsel in distress is spent idly waiting for her Prince Charming.
Procrastinate by freezing up in idleness, chaos or both —
Damsel or prince, most of my day goes about dreading work. The problem is, more work piles up before the pending gets taken care of. And the chaos intensifies.
Anyways, the influence of the moon also brings some much-needed clarity. Numerology says I am an excellent creator. And so I believe myself to be a creator of finesse much more than an analyst of facts and figures. Right brain versus left brain. Sounds counterintuitive, right?
Procrastinate by collecting worries —
It all stems from my habit of overthinking—what ifs and what nots. And this peculiar habit has landed me in trouble time and again, with unnecessary bouts of anxiety and tension.
In the end, will it be all worth it if I lay everything on the line to make this one task a success?
Not really. The universe does not operate per the whims and fancies of an individual. It is us, we assign notional importance to events and elevate them to grandiosely to earth-shaking. What is gold for one is pebbles for another.
So the gist of my take is not to over-credit the importance of any single task you have on your agenda.
Procrastinate by overrating each detail, or your own importance —
Well yes, your presentation might save the company. The single dot you put at the end of the sentence might protect an orator from years of public shame. And the one step you did not take by the pavement changed the course of history for a homeless man. It might have.
But, it is also okay to enjoy the triviality of our endeavors. Saves us the pain.
This brings me to the end of this short, sweet homily about the many trials and tribulations of distilling my personal skills in procrastinating, all captured and crafted to tutor my readers.
Slowly and steadily, I am mending my ways, isolating work and life, and learning the art of letting go. Tomorrow.
Thank you to Yosef Baskin for his inspired edits on this piece.
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Pen name: The Nonchalant Oracle
A new entrant into the workforce, The Nonchalant Oracle seems to speak words for many of us facing the same work-related stress. He yearns for the weekends and has been diagnosed with frequent bouts of Monday Blues, possibly Tuesday at this point. While not working, you would find him thinking about this next weekly blog piece, or telling the world around how difficult it has become to manage work and life.
