Top ten mysterious reasons to postpone

Over time, each of us has had better and less good moments, moments when everything we did came out of nowhere or when we hit an invisible wall and couldn't make even one step forward a micron!

On the other hand, each of us has, either in a drawer of our library or in a drawer of our mind, specific projects that we have been putting off for several years or certain actions that we walk from day to day or from one quarter to another!

One day I tried to list the top 10 reasons we put off doing something! And, out came the list below!

- Because we don't have energy,

- Because we don't know how,

- Because it is not important enough for us,

- Because we don't see an immediate reward,

- Because we don't see an immediate punishment,

- Because we have something better to do,

- Because we don't see clearly enough in the future the impact of action X,

- Because we are afraid of what the world will say,

- Because we don't see the first step,

- Because we don't see the end clearly.

The first time I wrote in the order, they came to mind (exactly as they are above). Then, I thought about their ranking based on various criteria.

But, with an extraordinarily big "but," I thought about the fact that any ranking would reflect my preferences, would be a faithful mirror of my personal criteria, and what for me would be in the first place, for another person would be in position seven!

And to make matters even more complicated, I realized that even for me, the ideas (or projects I put off "sine die") have a specific order for each individual project!

The next logical step, in my opinion, was to find a formula (the magic formula we are constantly looking for) to apply to get the results here, now, and with what I have at hand (tools, various resources, knowledge, skills, experience, etc.). We all want the "philosopher's stone" of the alchemists to turn the "lead" of our ordinary days into the "gold" of our victorious days!

And I remembered a German mathematician, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, about whom I read a few days ago ("on revient toujours a ses premieres amours") who used the inversion principle! Jacobi often solved difficult problems by following a simple strategy: "man muss?immer umkehren" (or loosely translated, "invert, always invert.").

So, let's get down to business!

Let's reverse the reasons why I procrastinate forever!

And surprisingly, I began to notice a pattern of solving various situations!

And my way of reversing it was to ask myself how I could do the opposite (not necessarily do something more accessible, but do the opposite of what is stopping me in my tracks)!

But the magic word was to do something!

Let's start something!

To get involved in something!

Because,

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” KAREN?LAMB

Ancient philosophers and modern social scientists agree: We are what we do daily.

What are you doing today?