Good afternoon buzzers,
It's been a hot minute since I was last here buzzing in your ear, eyes, or head. How do you 'read' content, do you make a voice and listen to it, or simply look at the words and 'read' it...
That wasn't the point of this post, although it does transition nicely into the topic. Procrastination.
That's right, the sloth's biggest enemy!
I haven't been active on Hive in almost 2 months! Well, discounting the odd check-in here and there I've hardly looked at my laptop at all over this time! And every time I thought of getting back into Hive and blogging and all the other things that come with it, I procrastinated my way away from it long enough to wait until the next day!
The biggest issue I found was every time I have done this I would push myself further away from getting back in and posting content. Each day I would pressure myself into thinking I had even more to do! How could I possibly get back into Hive now, there was 101 task awaiting to be completed!
However, I will only get out of this rut by biting the bullet and posting again! So here we go! The post that broke the camel's back? The final pebble that broke the damn? I don't know, I'm sure there's some saying that fits nicely here but for now, I'm just happy to be getting some words down!
It's too easy to pressure yourself into not doing something, for me at least. Maybe that's the sloth talking. I find it easier to ignore the pressure on myself to do something than I do to do nothing! It's all too easy to waste time (but I guess save energy) by watching TV or listening to music/podcasts and ignoring responsibility.
Sometimes we need to make the tough decisions, push ourselves further and find our buzz! I used to enjoy creating content, even if sometimes it felt a little forced. So many rules, and so many haters, that it's easier to do nothing!
I think I said that already, and having a glance through my post Grammarly is going insane, I have more red, blue, purple, yellow and green lines than I have ever seen! I think it wants me to buy premium, would this increase my productivity or entice the sloth to rear its little head even more? About £120 for the year if paid annually, it could be a great investment for me. Some of the premium features are bound to help my overall output, I guess I'll think about it if I do get back into the buzz!
Well, that's all for now, I'm already being distracted by half a dozen other things on Hive, so I'm making a start in tackling them, hopefully, this gets some momentum buzzing again!
Until next time,
sloth out!