My Fatal Flaw

Hello anyone reading this! 

I'm going to tell you about a big problem that I have:

PROCRASTINATING

Now, I'm sure I'm not the only person who falls into this really bad habit. In fact, I know other people who will sometimes procrastinate as well. But still, none of them seem to do it as badly as I do. I've always done this, since I was a small child, and it has always stressed me out. The worst thing is, I don't know how to stop doing it or if I need to cut something out of my life because I can never recall if I was doing something else, or if it was chores that got in my way, or if I was doing something that could have waited until I finished whatever I needed to, or if I took too long trying to get it done or what. I only remember that I procrastinated and then I freak out because I waited too long to do whatever it is and have to get it done in a really short time period.

Normal procrastination, I'd say, would be playing around for a little because you're bored or getting a bunch of snacks or maybe completing a task that wasn't a priority simply because you dread the task that is a priority for some reason. I do all of these. But what I also do is wait until the last possible second to start doing it. I hate it when this happens, but I do it all the time. I will prolong simple tasks, like reading a book, because then I'm not doing the dreaded priority task. But this isn't good! I need to be doing the priority tasks first, and yet I can't seem to figure out how!

I've gotten myself into quite a rut of a mindset. I think the key to breaking out of it is just actually applying myself and trying to find joy in the things I do. I've tried doing this on certain days, and it does work, I just forget to keep it up the next day. If anyone else feels similar to me, or did in the past and figured out how to stop being a chronic procrastinator, I would love to hear about it.

Have a lovely day!

-Owl ^OvO^