The Downside to Doing Easy Things First
As I mentioned Wednesday, there’s potentially a downside to doing easy things first. If you put too many “easy things first” tasks back-to-back, it’s possible you won’t get around to doing the doing the hard things, especially that one hard thing. In other words, doing the easy things becomes the excuse for not doing the hard things. We might say to ourselves that after all, we got a lot done, and we did. And, what we got done was important even if it was “easy.” We just didn’t get to that one subject. We ran out of time. Maybe tomorrow. I’m talking about procrastination, and to one degree we all do it.
Hard things are those subjects or tasks that for whatever reason, we just don’t want to face. When it comes to certain subjects, we often procrastinate because we don’t like them. Usually, it’s those subjects that we’re not very good at so we avoid beginning them at all. The emotional price tag required to engage subjects like these seems just too high. We’re reluctant to put ourselves “on the line” because we don’t want to fail. We can’t fail if we don’t start, so we don’t begin.
I think the answer to procrastination, to doing the hard thing, is simply to face it, recognizing we don’t like it, but to start it anyway. The feeling of accomplishment is often proportionate to the level of difficulty inherent in the task or subject. There is a payoff if we can just stay with it. If needed, get some help and get started!
Thanks for reading!
Curt Bumcrot, MRE
For the month of January, our achievement test options are discounted. To take advantage of the discounted price, you simply need to registrar and pay for testing this month. You may schedule to test anytime in 2021 and get the discounted price.
Beginning February 1st, prices go up.
To take advantage of this offer, go here
