Now, this isn't for everyone. But I believe there are many out there like me, people who have things to do but somehow keep slacking. We don't always call it procrastination. Sometimes it's just "a quick scroll," "just one episode", "oh I'll start tomorrow". Small choices that slowly pull us away from what actually matters. I know it's hard because I am one , but you can start making a difference.
Lately, I have been swapping things around. Instead of a movie, I work on my thesis. Instead of music, I watch a TED Talk or an Islamic lecture. Instead of a mobile game, I work out. I don't know.., just anything that is a distraction to you that you could replace with something more productive.
It gets easy sometimes and sometimes too it gets a bit hectic
I'm not here to say I've got it all figured out, because I don't. I still slip, still choose comfort sometimes, still find myself scrolling when I should be writing. But I'm trying. I'm showing up differently than I used to.
Here's the thing, my greatest fear isn't failure. It is becoming someone who never reached their own potential. Looking back and wondering "what if?" That thought scares me more than any struggle along the way. I love to also look at the long-term, and that motivates and gets me back on track, that sole fear of not attaining my dreams knowing that if I had put in effort I would do better.
So if you are reading this and you've been putting off that thing, that project, that degree, that hard conversation, that dream, know that I genuinely get it. But the comfort zone is cozy for a reason. "All work and no play makes Jack dull boy", yes. Just don't let the play become your hiding place.
Stay focused. Do the work. And don't let the noise win.
Love Aya💕