I've thought about this for a while but never really talked anywhere about it. Since I was a teenager in high school, up until now (27) I've always noticed an unsettling theme in my life when it came to getting things done.
I only got them done when it was minutes to midnight and failure was no longer an option. By this I mean when my bank account was in the single digits, or when a deadline was right around the corner. This applies for basically every relevant accomplishment in my life. I should note on a few occasions I did hit rock bottom, and didn't merely "succeed" just in time. In other words I got smacked with a dose of reality on more than a few occasions.
What I'm really getting at is this is a quality of mine that has both been quite obvious for some time, but also frustrating in my fastlane goals.
Knowing I don't have to get X done right now is holding me back from getting what I want to get done. I'm aware this is a mindset thing and have tried meditation, eliminating distractions, writing goals down, etc.. still yet to break that barrier. I still manage to take small steps forward into tackling what I know will be an issue in a month or two months time.
FWIW, I've slowly accomplished some things I'm fairly proud of in the past year such as eliminating student loan debt that was following me around for over 5 years, and taking "control" of my life by being able to put myself in a position to pursue what I want( became more financially literate, living in countries I wanted to, research what I want).
This is more of a rant than anything, but curious if anyone has ever found themselves in a similar situation, and if so how they combatted this quality that has been innate for their entire lives.
Thanks for reading.
I only got them done when it was minutes to midnight and failure was no longer an option. By this I mean when my bank account was in the single digits, or when a deadline was right around the corner. This applies for basically every relevant accomplishment in my life. I should note on a few occasions I did hit rock bottom, and didn't merely "succeed" just in time. In other words I got smacked with a dose of reality on more than a few occasions.
What I'm really getting at is this is a quality of mine that has both been quite obvious for some time, but also frustrating in my fastlane goals.
Knowing I don't have to get X done right now is holding me back from getting what I want to get done. I'm aware this is a mindset thing and have tried meditation, eliminating distractions, writing goals down, etc.. still yet to break that barrier. I still manage to take small steps forward into tackling what I know will be an issue in a month or two months time.
FWIW, I've slowly accomplished some things I'm fairly proud of in the past year such as eliminating student loan debt that was following me around for over 5 years, and taking "control" of my life by being able to put myself in a position to pursue what I want( became more financially literate, living in countries I wanted to, research what I want).
This is more of a rant than anything, but curious if anyone has ever found themselves in a similar situation, and if so how they combatted this quality that has been innate for their entire lives.
Thanks for reading.
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