Addicted to Procrastination

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So I said when the year 2018 hits I wouldn't procrastinate anymore and that I would be on Wealthy Affiliate every day getting down and dirty. Well when 2018 rolled around guess what happened instead. You guessed it, I procrastinated.

What started as a simple distraction, ended with me becoming addicted to procrastination for several months.

I will admit that my website had come along very nicely since starting in October 2017. With a word count of 60,000 words and dozens of pages and posts, some of my content was even ranked in the top pages of Bing, Yahoo, and Google.

I had affiliate links scattered about and little spots of real estate for my ads. I was even 97% done with all of my training.

Then something happened so I had to leave for a while with the intention of "I'll start again tomorrow." It never happened. I became addicted to procrastination.

Websters Dictionary:
Procrastinating: VERB \pr?-?kra-st?-?n?t. To put off intentionally and habitually.

It wasn't a habit for me to procrastinate at all but this time it became a big habit. It became like a smoking addiction.

I picked up a procrastination problem. It's not that I couldn't break it, because I very well could have. I just didn't want to, I intentionally let it get out of hand.

Days and weeks would go by and then months. I started doing other things and different endeavors but getting back to priorities at Wealthy Affiliate and Smashwords was always at the back of my mind, clearing their throats at me, glancing at me.

I was procrastinating and I started feeling really guilty for it.


It was the kind of guilt that people have when they don't answer their family members call from out of town. And they knew that all that family member wanted to do was chat for a bit. They say they'll "call back" but they never do because the longer they stall the guiltier they feel.

From there it just gets harder. They may never call back because they would feel too ashamed and guilty that they were addicted to procrastination for so long.

But for me it got way worse than simply guilt trip. I started to become very worried. I worried that because I've been gone from the task at hand for so long I unfortunately forgot how to do everything. Ridiculous now that I think about it but that haunting thought manifested and existed in me.

I started to become very ashamed and embarrassed. This fact alone was absolutely terrifying. Months of learning down the drain. How lame would that be.


I thought long and hard about how I was going to face this reality. What started as a simple blow off ended up as a traumatizing dread walk back to my so called "cozy work station."

But I knew what I had to do so I sucked it up and marched to my dusty desk. "I'm going to be so lost." I thought. "I should just start the training all over." But then it dawned on me. I would start the training over and I'll easily create another website for a different niche while doing it. This will allow me to touch up, relearn, and build more real estate at the same time.

I began by thoroughly cleaning my work area as well as the whole house. I moved some furniture around and even bought my desk some new ornaments from an antique shop. Not to have OCD but I wanted to have a fresh new start.

By starting Level One training at WA for a second time I was creating excellent content once again without the urge to do otherwise. I wasn't putting it off. "I'm back in the game," I thought. It felt awesome. I was no longer addicted to procrastination.


It has now been exactly one year since I have joined Wealthy Affiliate and can officially say "I'm back..."

On June 26, 2017, I published an eBook called How to Remedy Psoriasis Naturally. It can be found on Smashwords, Kindle, and different apps and platforms. It is sold for $9.99 and I'm a proud camper for writing it.

The book is now on my website, Rememdypsoriasisnaturally.com, a place where people can learn how to cure their supposed incurable psoriasis once and for all. A place where they can get their skin back and live life to it's fullest once again.

Before concluding this WA blog post I want to say this.

I used to smoke tobacco and quitting that was the hardest thing I have ever done. I will never become addicted to smoking ever again.

The same goes for procrastination. I will never become addicted to procrastination ever again.



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It IS an addiction and I've had it my WHOLE life! Glad you're re-motivated.

~Debbi

It's cool you agree. We are not alone.

Thanks for sharing.

haha thanx Roger

You're welcome.

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