A Thoroughly Enjoyable Sunday
On Sunday, I woke up feeling tense and unhappy. A lot of things haven't been going my way in recent times, thus frustrating my ability to meet the targets I had set for the first quarter of the year. For some reasons I couldn't wrap my head around, I have gotten complacent and unmotivated in recent weeks.
At exactly 4:17am I was out of the bed. After doing my routine task of moving around the house after waking, I was feeling uncomfortable. I tried to engage in minor tasks to get in line but I just couldn't concentrate. Right there and then, I decided to engage in my tested and trusted process of clearing my head.
Due to my battle with procrastination, I've had a lot of periods where I'd lost track of time and failed to complete important assignments. This in turn contributes to either my inability to meet targets or being forced to cross the line in the dying seconds. In most cases, the targets met in the dying seconds are never really as perfect as they should've been if they were accomplished with time to spare.
As I walked around the house, lost in thought, I knew I had slipped back into my old habits. The only cure, for me, is a good old-fashioned soul searching. So, at exactly 5:30am I dashed out of the house in search of answers to my current problems. I needed to talk to myself, doing it around my family won't cut it. I needed to be in a place where I can be lost in my thoughts with no familiar distractions.
As I walked absentmindedly in the neighborhood, anyone walking close by could definitely hear me giving myself a proper talking to, reminding myself of the opportunities I already missed and the things I'm about to mess up. It was a very honest assessment of where I am and where I should be. And by the time I got back home at about 7am, I was very relaxed. With that, my first challenge of the day got settled.
For me, weekends are not only important for relaxation, but also entertainment. I get to watch interesting football matches of various European football leagues. On Sunday, the two top teams in the English Premier League battled it out. The match had been on my mind for about three days before. Funnily enough, I have no direct stake in this because I do not support either of the teams.
Also, the result will not have a direct impact on the position of my beloved team. Despite that, I was nervous because of anticipation. I know the football match will be of the highest quality. Just to imagine two teams of immense footballers and larger than life managers going toe-to-toe for a result that may define their seasons amazed me. I was thoroughly excited.
Without much ado, my mind was fixated on the match and potential outcome. And by the time the match ended about 6:30pm I walked home quietly having been thoroughly entertained.
I spent the ending part of the weekend thinking about what the new week will bring and how to implement the plans I laid down for the week. It was a Sunday that started with a bit of tension and ended in excitement for me. It was a thoroughly enjoyable Sunday.
Judging from the post, you must be either a Manchester United or Chelsea fan and you are about the match being on a lot of people's minds including mine because I am a Liverpool fan.
There are days like that when we lose control and need to have a quiet time to set things right again. I am glad things went well at the end of the day.
Man United all day, any day.
The match was a cracker; thoroughly enjoyable. And the result was exactly what I wanted. I'd rather have Arsenal win the title than those two Northern rivals.
This is really the best way to go. I do it, sometimes too.
I hope the team you support won?
You had a great week I must say.
#dreemerforlife
The two teams played out an entertaining draw. I don't support either team. As a matter of fact, a draw was the result I wanted.
Thanks for stopping by, #dreemer.
I once used to engage in stuff like this, waking up in the morning and weighed down by thought of things I couldn't achieve, eventually I just found a way to let such thoughts go by believing "what will be, will be".
And for the case of procrastination, whenever you set some things to achieve, just do it without thinking about it because the moment you start deliberating on it you will definitely come up with an excuse of why you should not do it now.
This will definitely help. Just that I love to plan stuffs before doing them. It makes the little I get done to be near perfect; it also means I get to skip a lot of things.
I will definitely give this idea a try.
Thanks.