Self-Awareness
Why don't I do the things that I know I should be doing?
I quite sure the responses that I give to this question will like be typical to the responses that majority of people will give. But who knows I might be more atypical than I think. The #1 reason I probably don't do the things I know I should do is because of uncertainty; which is the precursor to confusion (not knowing if what I believe truly lines up with the actions that I "know" I should take), fear (afraid of the consequences of doing what I know I should do), frustration (irritated by the fact that doing what I know I should do is in direct conflict with what I want to do, also that performing the action probably will not get me closer to accomplishing a goal or task that is set forth in front of me). Also sometimes I would rather that someone else do what I know it is I should be doing (in this instance the task is usually unappealing to me, laborious, or just requires more effort than I am willing to put in). Then there are times when I already know what the outcome will be, by preforming the task and in the words of Sweet Brown, "Ain't nobody got time for that" (during these instances the outcome of performing the task is normally not in my favor or I get no direct benefit from it, so I don't want to be bothered with it. Last but not least sometimes I don't think I can afford ($) it (sometimes money gets tight and things are getting more expensive with each passing day, therefore - financial speaking - I may not have what it requires to perform certain tasks or perform certain actions). I guess from now on I guess a good idea would be to create weekly list of things that I "should" be doing and if I don't do them write down the reason/excuse to why the task/action didn't get completed. Hmm, that's not a bad idea...and I came up with it just now all by myself...LOL
I don't know if you are expecting people to comment on these blogs, but since the space is here I thought I would share a thought. I think your last sentence is instresting, because what do you plan to do with the task that you should be doing, if you don't get it done on a particular day? Will the reason for not doing the task be a "Foever" stamp, thus the task will not get done?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Shannon. Feel free to comment as much as you like, this an open forum in my eyes. But to answer your question, generally speaking if I mark something as a "should" it probably needs to get done regardless of when I actually do it. Marking why I didn't do the should gives me a frame of reference to the reason why I didn't complete it the task when I said I would (was there an emergency or did I just blow it off). But there are some "shoulds" that have a max out date (e.g. I should go to my sister's wedding).
DeleteOkay that makes sense
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