Those who know me know that I am a procrastinator. My college professors called me an "active" procrastinator because although I would wait until the night before a paper was due to start it, it was ALWAYS a fantastic paper and for some reason, if I had started it sooner, it was not as good. I'm very pressure prompted and I work best under stress. Typically, this trait serves well in my job. However, because I work from home and don't have a supervisor beating on my door for paperwork everyday, I often get behind. Unfortunately, if there are not consequences to my behaviors, I struggle to do what I'm supposed to do. I try giving myself consequences all the time. For example, I deactivated my Facebook until I finish all my late paperwork. I figured this would motivate me, because I have a friend that I can only talk to on Facebook and he's only available on Saturdays. I deactivated Facebook Sunday night thinking that I would be motivated enough to finish everything by Saturday so I could talk to this friend. Nope. Still didn't happen. Even now, the only reason I'm writing this post is in an act of procrastination. If I have strict deadlines, I have NO problem meeting them. However, because I don't have anyone holding me accountable/giving me deadlines for the work I need to do for my job, it's a huge struggle.
The only One who has ever been able to motivate me is God. I have no problem doing something if I know He's asked me to do it.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." - Colossians 3:23
Ugh. Fine. You win, God.
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