{"id":2356,"date":"2009-11-22T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2009-11-22T08:00:30","modified_gmt":"2009-11-22T16:00:30","slug":"falling-into-professional-crastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/11\/falling-into-professional-crastination\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling into "professional crastination""},"content":{"rendered":"

It certainly has been a while since I\u2019ve written anything for GTD Times, so long that one might think I\u2019d fallen off the wagon.\u00a0 Not true – somewhat.\u00a0 It\u2019s not as if I\u2019d fallen and couldn\u2019t get up – it was that I was buried and couldn\u2019t dig out.<\/p>\n

Like most of you, I have a lot going on.\u00a0 Between my writing and the regular day job (the one that I enjoy a ton and it pays regularly), I\u2019d taken on a couple of speaking engagements and started work on a book.\u00a0 Apparently, I also have a wife and daughter.\u00a0 I found I wasn\u2019t doing my Weekly Review because my weeks seemed to blend into each other.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then when I did sit down to do it, I\u2019d felt shameful because I had made limited progress in several areas, but hadn\u2019t finished anything to completion.\u00a0 That\u2019s when I realized I had fallen into the dangerous realm of \u201cprofessional crastination\u201d – or procrastination for short.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Procrastination isn\u2019t all bad\u2026but it\u2019s definitely not all good, either.\u00a0 It can be a bit akin to quicksand if you\u2019re not clear in mind because the more you struggle with it, the deeper you sink into it.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure everyone has noticed when you are in the state of \u201cmind like water\u201d it\u2019s easier to make headway, but not so much when it\u2019s anything thicker!\u00a0 So I did the smart thing.\u00a0 I stood still.\u00a0 I did nothing but take time for myself, which I really wasn\u2019t doing – and hadn\u2019t been for some time (probably about knee-deep in quicksand terms).\u00a0 As I did this, I was able to sort out all the stuff that didn\u2019t matter and get to the heart of what did.\u00a0 Then I started moving.<\/p>\n

Soon enough, I was out the quicksand and back on solid ground.\u00a0 It\u2019s far easier to take stock when you\u2019re on steady footing than when you\u2019re in uncertain territory.\u00a0 I was back on track and flow had resumed.\u00a0 The very next thing I did was to sit down and write this piece.<\/p>\n

We all need certainty and uncertainty in our lives; they are two of our fundamental needs as human beings.\u00a0 Our productivity and – ultimately- our progress are affected by how we manage those times where either of these needs present themselves.\u00a0 GTD can be a valuable tool in that struggle.<\/p>\n

Of this I am certain.<\/p>\n

Mike Vardy is an accomplished, self-professed productivity and procrastination expert, as well as regular contributor to GTD Times<\/a>. With his humor and wisdom, we hope you enjoy his perspective<\/a> on doing things\u2026eventually. Read more from Mike.<\/a>
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It certainly has been a while since I\u2019ve written anything for GTD Times, so long that one might think I\u2019d fallen off the wagon.\u00a0 Not true – somewhat.\u00a0 It\u2019s not as if I\u2019d fallen and couldn\u2019t get up – it was that I was buried and couldn\u2019t dig out. Like most of you, I have … <\/p>\n

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