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Hi Reader, I had a task sitting on my list for two weeks. I knew exactly what it was. I knew it probably wouldn’t even take that long. And yet every time I opened the document, I stared at it for about ninety seconds, felt my whole body say “absolutely not, thank you,” and decided my desk urgently needed dusting. Not my proudest moment, I'll admit. It got me thinking about procrastination, and all the advice we get bombarded with on this topic. I don't think we need another app to solve this one. What I feel, is that often we call ourselves lazy when we’re actually dealing with something else entirely. Sometimes we don’t have capacity. Sometimes we don’t have clarity. Sometimes we’re avoiding the feeling that comes up when we try to start. And each of those needs a different fix. That’s what I wrote about this week. Because if you’re genuinely overloaded, a better to-do list won’t save you. If the task is too vague, forcing yourself to start just makes your brain wander off and start dusting random objects. And if the real issue is fear, self-doubt, resentment or dread, no amount of colour-coding is going to solve it. The useful bit is learning how to tell the difference. You can read it here: The Task Isn’t Hard. The Feeling Is. Read it before you call yourself lazy again. Trinity Trinity James is a Career Coach, founder of Views Professional Development and the APAC Lead for EA How To — a professional development membership for Executive Assistants across the globe. |
Trinity James
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