So, I have been listening to a lot of enlightening media lately, and they seem to have a central theme. The moment. Most of us get caught up in the day-to-day living of life, in which we are always tuned into thinking about things that don’t necessarily apply to right now. If you want to overcome procrastination, you must respect the moment.
With this economy, it sure is easy to drift away thinking about this bill or that bill, or how we are going to pay this or that. With the election season caught, we get thinking about the worse case scenario if this candidate gets into office or if that candidate gets into office.
We get into our emails and forward all this negative news about Candidate X and get all bend out of shape. Oh, how we worry about worst case scenarios. Oh how we dwell in the past and fret over the future. It is these type of activities that are really procrastination in action. In this state of mind, it is hard to overcome procrastination.
The enlightenment masters all say the same thing. ”Now is the moment of power”. You can’t change what happened yesterday, nor can you control events that are happening many days from now. The only thing that is within your ability to affect is NOW, because there is ONLY NOW.
Robin Williams starred in a movie in 1989 called, “Dead Poet’s Society”. This movie had a very powerful catch phrase in it… “Carpe Diem”. But seizing the day isn’t good enough… it’s too vague. More importantly, you need to SEIZE THE MOMENT. Carpe Punctum… Specifically… SEIZING THIS MOMENT.
Time is now. So clear your mind from the trash within, the thoughts that pollute and disempower you. The thoughts that tell you that you aren’t good enough, and the thoughts that tell you that you’ll never measure up. Those thoughts that nitpick at your self-worth and make you feel inferior… they are all trash.
Trash is what keeps you from the only thing that matters… this moment. NOW.
So if you want to motivate yourself to overcome procrastination, just realize that the only thing that you have control over, is right now. Carpe Punctum, my friends. Life is filled with only moments, and doing the right thing now, will ensure that your life will be where you want it to be in the future.
I’d recommend picking up the book, “Peaceful Warrior”, by Dan Millman or watch the movie by the same name. It will help give you a different perspective on this time called time. Use this moment wisely, don’t abuse this moment. Don’t waste this moment. Do in this moment that in which is most important, and your life will be better than you could possibly imagine.
Get off Cultivate Greatnes, and go do something more important and Carpe Punctum!
Yours in growth,
Travis Wright
