Crippled CEO Blog #103:
I’ve been procrastinating writing this blog all day because I’ve been in a poopy mood.
That seems to be a thing more and more often lately.
But no worries. I’m fine. Everything is fine.
IT’S FINE.
So, what have I been doing instead?
Speed chess and YouTube videos. Things I don’t really want to do, that don’t take a long time, because my plan is to start the blog.
But then I did that for hours.
And while it might have been enjoyable otherwise, it wasn’t, because I knew that I was procrastinating. I forget where I first heard this term, but I’ve always called this phenomenon of not enjoying the thing you’re doing while you’re putting off what you SHOULD be doing “gray fun”.
It’s feeling bad doing something that should feel good (which also describes my 20’s).
The good thing about labeling this phenomenon is that you can identify it when it’s occurring and, usually (though clearly not for me today), you can then talk yourself into doing the thing you should be doing so you can then ACTUALLY enjoy this other thing you’re doing now. You just have to flip the order around.
Before I had a name for it, it was harder to realize exactly what was happening.
And that’s the beauty of naming things. It makes them easier to spot and fix. My favorite allegedly ancient Chinese proverb: “The first step of wisdom is calling things by their correct name.”
Hopefully, this will help you, too.
And now that the blog is done, maybe I can actually enjoy my next game of chess.
(You know what I never procrastinate on doing? Reviewing my companies’ financial statements. Ha! Gotcha! But also your mom. Your mom, the lady who sent a text to 484848 with the word CRIP as the message and now receives a text from me every week with a link to the latest blog. What a gal.)
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