DEALING WITH PROCRASTINATION. YEY, I MADE IT!

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It was such a terrible experience i wished i would never have again in the rest of my life. Procrastination, to some extent, is a horrible nightmare when it turns into such like an acute disease. Last week I lost my mind when i had to finish preparing for a presentation in a big English Expo in Sendai. I had more than enough time, for sure, to work on it. One month is a long time. Yet, i had not got my presentation power point done until right the day before the due date of the execution day. 

Some friends of mine one day named me ‘the last minute person’, a bitter nickname, actually. However, i could not agree more as that was the way it was. I confessed that, indeed, i was the truly last minute (if not to say the worse, ‘last second’) person. I appreciated myself enough as i was committed to put an end of this terrible procrastination habit. I was determined to have that procrastination to be the last one in my life. I had to make the procrastination ‘ a negative history’, a hardly possible thing, as a matter of course. I just believed that there would be such a turning point in life, that made everybody possible to have a big change. And that was the moment. 

Finally, not only did i complete my presentation powerpoint, but also i made it. It was unbelievable! It is not subjective, actually. The appraisal and feedback from some of the audiences attending my ‘lecture’ was the proof. I had not expected before that the audience would have been that a lot. Incredible! I thought the idea i put forward would be imbedded as a trivial thing. Yet, they opted my ‘lecture’ instead of other 5 classes due to being curious about how the ideas i brought up would be. Using movies in classroom is not something new, but using short english movies to teach writing was new to many of them. That drew their curiosity. I felt nervous, of course, prior to doing the presentation. However, when it went on, i could win my anxiety. Worries is a normal symptom that everybody, even presidents who frequently stand up to speak in front of many people, experiences. 

Okay! Let me talk a little about how my presentation went. I was given 45 minutes to present my ideas. Yet i spared roughly 10 minutes for discussion session. I felt so much confident. Even I could not have been such being confident before. I spoke a bit slowly, but pretty much normally, as i had won the control of my heart and mind. I let everybody interrupt and utter any remark, actually. But, still, i skipped a beat when a looked-expert man interrupted and gave a remark on the point about the kinds of movies possible for English class, especially to teach writing. I inhaled the air for a second, and then start responding. It was relieving when he showed a sort of satisfactory upon my response toward his comments. The discussion session went precisely for 10 minutes. The audience attending my presentation mostly took part in the discussion and asked me several questions that i think i succeeded in answering them. Finally, thank Goodness that my presentation was done well. I felt so much relieved. 

Go back to dealing with procrastination. This must be a turning point for my big change in getting rid of procrastination habit. Procrastination must be, as i said before, a part of history. A history to tell anybody who are in need of the sharing of this experience of success in overcoming procrastination habit. 

Well, i have not explained in details yet about how i feel i made it to deal with procrastination habit. Here we ago;

After finishing my ‘big project’, presentation, I felt very passionate of working on and finishing every work as soon as possible. That is the only way in order not to go back to procrastination habit again. It takes time, for sure. Yet, that is the price to be paid for being free from horrible procrastination habit. I have to get accustomed to making deadline for myself about when i have to finish my work. Granted, to change certain habit, one needs constant and sustainable effort which will take energy and time-consuming process. Nevertheless, it will be paid off. Being free from the nightmare named procrastination will be a priceless reward for that painstaking effort. 

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How is the art of dealing with procrastination habit? Let me share here. One must make a schedule of working on certain work. When the work to finish is the one which takes time, make a schedule of phases to step on. Make sure to complete every step perfectly. In dealing with every step, keep being focused, yet give yourself time for relaxed! So, be focused 100%, and make use of relaxing time 100%! It demands self-discipline, somehow. Work on your job/task in such way in a regular basis. You will smile at the end. Believe me!