A very big problem, that's becoming a major issue for me; that I just cannot escape no matter how much I try.
Procrastination.
Yes, that's right.
Procrastination.
It's a horrible thing, it really is. It's enticing, seductive, luring you in until it kills all the imagination and creativity inside your mind and you become this horrible, slob staring wide eyed at a computer screen, or a tablet, or a mobile phone etc.
It's so frustrating.
I want to write, really I do. I want to write stories, I want to write scripts, I want to write assignments for University - but I never can.
As soon as I attempt any of these tasks I find myself becoming really, really interested in the dull and tedious, such as the colour of the walls, what people are doing outside my window, what people are posting about on FB. Or I see an interesting news story on another site, and then someone starts talking to me via messaging, or text, you name it - and I become so engrossed in all these pointless activities that by the time I go back to what I was supposed to be writing I find I've done 2 words and it's already been 2 hours since I started.
Then I get depressed. Delete what I've written and go back to doing the pointless activities from before, leaving all the ideas I have in my mind to collect dust in my mind.
This is something I struggle with daily, and I always wonder why this is happening, and I always try and find ways to prevent it, but nothing works.
But...
I think I've finally figured out why I so easily let myself get distracted, and why I'm a procrastinator-holic.
It's because I have virtually 0 self confidence in myself and my own ability.
I start writing, but then I get a niggling voice in the back of my mind telling me that what I'm writing is rubbish, that people will hate it, that it'll never be as good as what I hope it would be, and that I'll get nowhere.
And I believe this voice. I take it to heart and end up failing before I've even attempted anything.
But enough is enough. I just really need to fight this now.
I can't let that voice in my head win any more. I need to start trying. I need to start having the confidence in myself to actually write something. I need to get my voice out there and let myself be heard.
Or I'll never get anywhere in life.
Yours,
Sam :)
P.S If you suffer from the same problems feel free to let me know in the comments below or contact me through twitter. And if anyone has any tips on how to handle this problem then feel free to do the same again!
Yes, that's right.
Procrastination.
It's a horrible thing, it really is. It's enticing, seductive, luring you in until it kills all the imagination and creativity inside your mind and you become this horrible, slob staring wide eyed at a computer screen, or a tablet, or a mobile phone etc.
It's so frustrating.
I want to write, really I do. I want to write stories, I want to write scripts, I want to write assignments for University - but I never can.
As soon as I attempt any of these tasks I find myself becoming really, really interested in the dull and tedious, such as the colour of the walls, what people are doing outside my window, what people are posting about on FB. Or I see an interesting news story on another site, and then someone starts talking to me via messaging, or text, you name it - and I become so engrossed in all these pointless activities that by the time I go back to what I was supposed to be writing I find I've done 2 words and it's already been 2 hours since I started.
Then I get depressed. Delete what I've written and go back to doing the pointless activities from before, leaving all the ideas I have in my mind to collect dust in my mind.
This is something I struggle with daily, and I always wonder why this is happening, and I always try and find ways to prevent it, but nothing works.
But...
I think I've finally figured out why I so easily let myself get distracted, and why I'm a procrastinator-holic.
It's because I have virtually 0 self confidence in myself and my own ability.
I start writing, but then I get a niggling voice in the back of my mind telling me that what I'm writing is rubbish, that people will hate it, that it'll never be as good as what I hope it would be, and that I'll get nowhere.
And I believe this voice. I take it to heart and end up failing before I've even attempted anything.
But enough is enough. I just really need to fight this now.
I can't let that voice in my head win any more. I need to start trying. I need to start having the confidence in myself to actually write something. I need to get my voice out there and let myself be heard.
Or I'll never get anywhere in life.
Yours,
Sam :)
P.S If you suffer from the same problems feel free to let me know in the comments below or contact me through twitter. And if anyone has any tips on how to handle this problem then feel free to do the same again!