In a minute I’ll write, but first a word from our
sponsors.
Okay there aren’t any sponsors; it was a quirky
slogan in my head and I wanted to use and now I have.
So there.
Ahem, anyway. Yes; I’m a writer and when I put my
mind to it I’m actually a damn good one. But what I make up in passion I lack in
discipline. Which is why the WordPress booklet of writing prompts is great for
me. To help me shape my thoughts, to help me sharpen my train of conversation
and most importantly, to do as Chimamanda Adichie Ngozie advises : write a page
a day.
Today’s topic : Shape up or ship out
Write
a letter to the personality trait you like least, convincing
it
to shape up or ship out. Be as threatening, theatrical,
or thoroughly
charming as is necessary to get the job done.
The personality
trait I hate the most is procrastination. This trait has taken away years from
my life; it has made mincemeat of my dreams, made me miserable, fed my low
self-esteem issues and given me a false sense of security – I always felt like
I had tomorrow. My anthem was: “I can do it tomorrow, I don’t have to do it
today, I did enough today.”
Meanwhile I did
exactly fuck-all all day. *eye roll and face palm*
So self, here’s the
deal; you’re 35 years old and the way your mindset is, you’re not cut out for
working 8-5 after 50. Which means you have less than 20 years to make the type
of money that will allow you to do all the retirement traveling you want to do.
Which means, you
can’t do this lazy shit anymore. You can’t keep saying that tomorrow you’ll get
it done. Cos tomorrow literally never comes.
And stop telling
folks of your plans and your timelines; for normal people this means you are
shamed into following your deadlines. You’re not a normal person; your excuses
have excuses and your threshold for shamelessness is remarkable. So stop sharing
your plans and just sit down (or get up) and DO IT.
That’s right; DO
IT.
DO IT AFRAID.
DO IT BOLDLY.
DO IT WITH SHAKY
KNEES.
DO IT WHEN YOU WANT
TO VOMIT
DO IT AGAIN AFTER
VOMITTING
Ignore the voices
in your head (you can’t shut them up; you tried, you failed) but you can ignore
them.
And baby, be
patient with yourself. You’re at a very good place now, your faith is growing,
your trust in God is blooming and you are sure that the Potter knows what to do
with His clay.
So work at it every
day, a little bit at a time:
Do the aerobics 30
minutes every day six days a week
Learn a language
for 15 minutes a day
Write a page a day –
you want to win awards as a writer, you better work it like you mean it!
Don’t look at how
everyone is doing well around you, DO YOU
And at the end of
every day, write and count your blessings; you day is always full of them. You
need to be reminded of the little things that make the big things that give you
a sense of accomplishment.
And remember, you’ve
come a long way baby and your journey isn’t over yet:
Pray
Plan
Breathe
Then get it done
One step, one day,
one deliberate action at a time.
Kwakyewa The Storyteller 