I've always thought I was a big ol' procrastinator. But today it occurred to me. Maybe the problem is deeper than that. Maybe I have commitment issues. Today I finally finished my online health application. And it took a lot to make myself press the send button. Hell, it's taken me over two weeks to complete the damn thing. There's that and every other thing I ever procrastinated on. I once had a counselor in college write a motivational phrase on an index card for me, "Do it now." That and the fact that I have zero desire to get out there and date. Seriously, I'm totally fine being single. O.K., so I have committed to some things. My pets, the "Twilight" series, 5 1/2 years at Starbucks, my current apartment............Maybe the commitment problem only applies to certain things. Or maybe I've been working in a counseling office too long.
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I tend to put things off, too. I once read a psychological study that linked chronic procrastination to a combination of perfectionism and fear of failure. If you never get it done, you can't mess it up, right?
Oh yes, that makes sense. Though I've never considered myself a perfectionist, or type A or any of that but fear of failure or fear of messing something up......yeah.
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